Survey says Texas has the best BBQ, but…..

[WillTravelForFood]

Three-quarters of Americans associate Texas with having good barbecue, “regardless of whether they've personally eaten it.”

if it helps, California and New York tied at 16%.


as always, 87% of statistics aren’t helpful.

source: https://today.yougov.com/topics/soci...es-us-good-bbq

[ofelles]

16%!!?! come on who doesn't love slow roasted shrimp with avocadoes and pineapple and tofu?

[texastweeter]

Forgot the seaweed, and dorian

[dubob]

UGH! KUCAH!

[Panhead John]

Finally, a poll that gets it right. 🤓

”Just 5% of American meat eaters said they don’t like BBQ at all.”…….Who are these heathens?!?!

[Oak Smoke]

My guess is reformed vegans who only eat boiled free range chicken.

[JLR]

Get a rope…

[Ghawtho]

My wife Gwen doesn’t care much about BBQ and have never once seen her order BBQ beef at all. She will order smoked ham if available otherwise we won’t eat at the establishment. My wife isn’t a beef eater anyway and neither is her family. I got to hand it down to her family not eating beef.
Her family is living well into their 90’s and some living around 103 - 105 years old and it’s not eating beef getting them to that age.

[Livermoron]

...we're tied with New York??

FAKE NEWS!!

[HawkerXP]

What a bunch of bunk! Virginia, the birthplace of BBQ, didn't even make the list.

[HawkerXP]

Was this survey in Chip and Joanna's Wacko magazine?

[texastweeter]

Hey, she makes fantastic cupcakes!

[bbqLuv]

If Virginia is the birthplace of BBQ, is Texas the Afterbirth of BBQ?
😛😜😁

[texastweeter]

But nothing. Way more accurate than political polls.

[TripleB]

Texas does have the best BBQ. in fact they do just about everything better. Just ask any Texan.

[Panhead John]

Huskee Us Texans are tougher than you think! Sometimes we BBQ when it gets below 50*!

[dubob]

And Panhead John, we love you for it.  

[Huskee]

Panhead John Us northerners wear shorts and sandals when it gets above 50. We start setting our pools up. Watermelons ripen. Drought warnings permeate the news each night.

[SJUfeller]

The best BBQ my family and I have ever had was in Seward Alaska . . . of all places. Numerous choices in a glorified food trailer, built up to be a really cool setting with views of the water and mountains. We drove by and saw a long line, so turned around and drove back.

We had been primarily eating halibut and salmon for over a week, so we had a craving for beef . . . and we were shocked to find such a place in a fishing village in Alaska.

Asked a few questions to the guy in change, who was the owner/operator. I wish I could remember is name. I recall he had retired as a firefighter, and he had been in competition BBQs down in the 'lower 48". Decided to try an adventure, so moved to AK.

Turns out he is a transplant from Texas . . . and he seems to have found a great niche in a part of the country where there is not lots of high quality BBQ. He said word travelled fast about the unusual business, and his business took off. He was having a ball running it, and getting time to spend in a beautiful area.

[Panhead John]

What a great story! Alaska is absolutely beautiful, stunning scenery pretty much anywhere you go.

[Oak Smoke]

Here I set in Texas wishing I had some grilled halibut. I love the stuff.

[SJUfeller]

Yup. Expensive trip, but worth every penny. Was a bucket list item with high priority. With busy lives --- and the kids at ages where they were all out on their own with jobs/school -- we had not had a family trip for 8 years, and it took lots of coordinating to get schedules to line up.

I had spent a summer in Alaska during college working at a fishery, and got to do some traveling there. I just wanted my wife and kids to see it once because I had loved it so much. . . and now they all want to go back again. Finding the gem of the BBQ spot is just one of many great memories of the trip.