Posted on 05/23/2013 2:02:53 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
The new BBQ map might seem like propaganda to some and truth to others (Texas Monthly)
There’s a new map and website on the Internet showing the best 50 BBQ joints. And they’re all in Texas.
Of course, the list—compiled annually since 2008—was done by a Lone Star state publication, Texas Monthly.
Editor Jake Silverstein told Yahoo News by phone that he’s ready to "declare war" on all famous BBQ regions, including Kansas City, North Carolina and Memphis. "It's a declaration of supremacy. Our level of authority on BBQ is completely unmatched," he said, noting they were partly having fun with the map, "but [we] also believe what we’re saying."
Causing job envy elsewhere, Texas Monthly has a BBQ editor. "The only BBQ editor in the country," Silverstein claimed. That’s right. Someone is basically paid to eat BBQ. The questionable list claiming newspaper reporter was the “worst job in 2013” may just have been flipped on its head.
“Our guy eats BBQ several times a day,” Silverstein said. And while he might not be as healthy as Texas native Lance Armstrong, he added, "he’s still alive.”
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Explains. It. All.
I want to be a BBQ judge, but only for Texas BBQ. The map is correct about the rest.
Texas is definitely the place to get the best barbeque beef. But they really need to discover pork.
Dreamland in Alabama may beg to differ on that. Instead of the sweet sugary unmanly crud they call BBQ in the SE....Dreamland has some good spicy BBQ
“But they really need to discover pork.”
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Yes, we know pork. Pork Ribs. Slow cook them and they fall off the bone.
Deee-licious!
Texans know pig. Happy pigs taste better.
/johnny
Is Angelo’s still open? How about Massey’s for chicken fried steak?
As a native Texan I really shouldn’t admit this, but I am among friends. I don’t really crave BBQ and the best ribs I ever ate were in Tennessee.
I have had good BarBQ in Texas and Oklahoma, have never gotten good BarBQ in NC (though have had decent BarBQ in SC), and have never been to Kansas City so I can’t speak for it.
However, the top BarBQ is to be found in West Tennessee generally (not just limited to Memphis). Hands down and without equal.
What is this thing on the map called “hot guts”? Sounds scary.
I can take you to places here in Memphis where you would change your mind. But you will probably be shot by some gangbangers going to them.
The nice part about living in neutral territory is you can enjoy MANY different kinds of BBQ. Really I don’t think any of them are patently superior, just different, suitable for different moods.
BS. It doesn't explain why, when I go to a Cajun restaurant here in southern Louisiana, I have to drive around looking for a parking space because of all the Texas-plated cars in the lot.
Any. Night. Of. The. Week.
Favorite brisket is at Schoepf’s in Belton. Favorite ribs is North Main BBQ in Euless.
Put me on record as enthusiastically wanting to try them all, from everywhere on this map, many times.
Bump
lolol.
A few years ago I was down on Beale Street. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY!
I was still nervous and ansty - let me tell you.
No, actually, it is dead wrong.
North Carolina does not do minced hog we do pulled pig, thank yew veddy much.Cows are for steaks and burgers...all else is ...unseemly.
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What is this thing on the map called “hot guts”? Sounds scary.
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We call ‘em tripas. And trust me. They are scary.
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