I found a jewel of a place to stay in Rockdale, if you need accommodations. It’s called The Rainbow Courts. The rates are very reasonable for what you get. They range from $60. to $180. per night. Most rooms are in the $60. - $80. range. This place is very unique. It’s more like a series of Bed and Breakfasts on site, than a hotel. If interested, just check out the link. I spoke to the owner for 20 minutes while booking my room, I think you’ll be impressed with this place.
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Meat Up In Texas For Snow’s BBQ - Come One, Come All
Calling all Texans, and beyond. If you’ve been following wcpreston ‘s post, he has confirmed he will be in Lexington, Tex. Friday June 4th thru Sunday the 6th for lunch at Snow’s BBQ on Saturday the 5th. He has invited anyone interested in a Meat Up to join him. Snow’s was rated #1 BBQ spot in Texas a few years ago by Texas Monthly Magazine. This is a great opportunity for some of us who are able to, to get together and meet for the first time. I’m looking forward to it and have already reserved me a room for Friday and Saturday night in nearby Rockdale, Tex. It’s only 15 minutes from Snow’s. I’m going to post a link to this place, if any of you can make it, we should have a lot of fun. I know myself, I’m ready to get out of my damn house!
I found a jewel of a place to stay in Rockdale, if you need accommodations. It’s called The Rainbow Courts. The rates are very reasonable for what you get. They range from $60. to $180. per night. Most rooms are in the $60. - $80. range. This place is very unique. It’s more like a series of Bed and Breakfasts on site, than a hotel. If interested, just check out the link. I spoke to the owner for 20 minutes while booking my room, I think you’ll be impressed with this place.
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Sounds like fun! I don't think my wife will let me travel to Texas without her, though. She's afraid I won't come back!
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You’re going or I ain’t going 👍
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Ernest C’mon buddy! Get ya a room. Slow down from working so much. We all wanna meet you. I might even share some of my cooking tips with ya.
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Some important info: Snow's opens at 8 am until sold out. They sell out before noon usually. There is often a long line too. My experience, and its been a few years, is that if we show up 7am-7:15am the line is short or non-existent. However, I've mostly gone in the fall - i.e. - the off season. Not sure how long the line will be in the summer at 7am. I arrived at 9am in May once and there were 150 people in front of me.
Another option is to get a tentative head count of attendees and call in an order in advance, It can be picked up at the pit at either 9 or 10 am. The caveat is that they ask that you don't eat onsite if you do this.
Snow's is open Saturdays only. A livestock auction occurs every Saturday just down the block so parking can be hard to find the later we show up.
I can contact Snow's and let them know who we are and that we are coming and get an idea of what time the line starts to form in the summer. I can also see if they would allow an exception for us to eat at the picnic tables if we decide to do a call in order.
Lets get a tentative head count and take it from there.
So far we tentatively have:
EDIT: I created a separate post for the attendance roster here. I will not update this list anymore.
LA Pork Butt +1
Uncle Bob +1
CaptainMike
fracmeister
Texas Larry + 1
Loren
wcpreston + 1
58limited
Panhead John
Ernest ?
Michael_in_TX
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For anyone interested, here’s a little more info. and a map. It’s 17 miles from Rockdale to Snow’s. It’s a straight shot and only 15 minutes away. This place, The Rainbow Courts, also has several free standing cottages as rooms, no adjoining walls. Some have kitchenettes and a fridge. They also have a large, shady and well maintained grounds. There’s outdoor tables and chairs for get togethers () under the trees if we like. 58limited and myself will be there both Friday and Saturday nights. I’m bringing a Bluetooth speaker with me for some tunes. There’s other hotels in the area, but after researching them, I thought this was the nicest bang for the buck, and the best reviews. The owner, Dan, said you can cancel if needed with 48 hours notice and no charge.
Most of the rooms are in the $60. - $80. range.
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I'll wait to hear what 58limited comes up with at Snow's but I've got to echo his thoughts. This place is tiny in a tiny town. They have a big patio area with lots of seating but they only cook for a Saturday service, which like he says is gone by noon. You literally have to get there at the crack of dawn to avoid being last in line. It's another version of Franklins. Bottom line I'd love to have a meat up there but it may not be practical for a group. But again let's see if they will accommodate us.
I wanna thank you guys for starting the ball rolling on this. Been wanting to do this in Houston for a long time. Believe me there are some excellent choices right here in Htown that are a lot more accommodating. Regardless let's keep the idea alive even if Snows falls out. Here's a sampling with larger venues with larger dining rooms....
Killen's in Pearland....simply awesome.
Pinkerton's A pitmaster who learned from Franklin.
The Pit Room. Smaller venue but killer 'cue.
Truth. The True Truth.
Ronnie Gatlin's. Oh the Ribs !!!
There's more but my point is if the Hill Country falls apart I'd like to suggest either Austin or my hometown of Houston. One other thought would be to go to Lockhart. There are 4 venues within that town. Kreuz's and Black's both have large dining areas and relatively short lines. That way you get one of the crown jewels of Hill Country BBQ in one place.
Either way we go let's make this happen. I'm pretty stoked we're even talking about a Texas meat-up, it's lonnnng overdue !!!!!
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Went to Killen's a few years ago - amazing BBQ! We got there at 9:30am - they open at 11am - and were #20 in line. By 11 am there were at least 300 people behind us! At 10 am they started giving away free beer at their outdoor pavilion. One beer per person at a time.
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I’m going to have to say something here. The Hill Country is definitely west of I35, I would argue that you need to be west of 281 if you are north of San Antonio to be safely in the Hill Country. Just because it is not a rice field does not mean there are hills.
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Troutman - I'm excited about this meat-up too. We could make it a quartery or twice a year function at different places.
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wcpreston is flying in from California for his 10 day BBQ road trip. He has already booked his flight, his stay Friday night at The Rainbow and he invited us to join him at Snow’s for the get together. While a get together in Houston or elsewhere is convenient for us living here, it probably wouldn’t be for him at this point. Any great BBQ place we go to is gonna have a line. I think your ideas would be great, if Snow’s doesn’t work out for some reason.
Edit: The good thing is there are several great BBQ joints nearby...IF Snow’s doesn’t pan out for us, for some reason..... I’d suggest we all go there as planned. Then if it doesn’t work out, we’ll have plenty of time to go elsewhere.Last edited by Panhead John; April 29, 2021, 10:01 AM.
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