I have lived in Tx for 25 years.
The BBQ is good and beef based, no sauce.
I like pork and Carolina style sauce, slaw and bread.
And you gotta have pickles and onions
It’s all good
There are a good four different Carolina styles, what you had was probably eastern NC, vinegar pepper sauce, sweet creamy coleslaw as a counterpoint. Best place I have ever had eastern NC was literally a small concrete block building sort of hidden in behind a residential area, they opened when they felt like it and when they did the lines formed. They had in addition to barbecue, fried cornbread and collard sandwiches. Sounds maybe a little gross but it was awesome with butter and hot sauce.
43 years in Texas. Brisket RULES!!!
If it’s done right it doesn’t need any sauce.
Now in NC for 7 years, spent 6 years looking for Brisket here. Made it Myself until last year We got Big Tiny’s BBQ Downtown!!! Thank God now I can get a quick fix if needed.
If I’d had the money I would have opened My own place.
They can keep that vinegar sauce Crap!!!