BBQ Restaurant
 

What are some of your favorite bbq restaurants? Can be anywhere in the country. I have always wanted to own my own restaurant and am looking to go on a tour of Texas or anywhere and try different places and get as much knowledge as possible. I'm tired of working for other people. Let's hear your favorites!

Bodacious BBQ in Mount Pleasant Tx, melt in ya mout ribs and brisket.
Piggy Park BBQ in Thomaston Ga.
Exxon Station on the corner of Pinhook and Thruway in Lafayette.

go to Lockhart, TX they have some of the best TX BBQ 2 of them are like 100yrs old and Austin has one called Iron Works place rocks and its been there for ever

Bodacious is some good stuff! There's another one at one of the Tyler, TX exits on I-20 that is great too!

Bad Brad's in Fairfax, OK.

Head Country BBQ in Ponca City, OK. I've got some of their products at the house. Gimme a call and I'll give ya some to try.

They moved my dad to a rehab place in Denham Springs. Going Saturday so if you want to meet me at the bar to drink a few in the afternoon I'll be there.

The shed hands down

I went to the shed in Ocean Springs and it was terrible. Everything was drowning in sauce. Bbq is not ment to have sauce at all. But if you must it should compliment the meat. Not cover it.

The one in scott was unbelivable when we went

Sounds like a deal! Call when ya get close! Sounds like your dad is doing better! Glad to hear that!;)

Dan's in Lake Charles is legit.

x2 on the shed in Scott. A&B Henderson in Laffy if pretty good also.

Rudys in Austin
Also the Iron gate. Austin

No Stubb's?

Rudys in Austin, Round Rock or Waco are all fantastic

The Railroad Crossing on Hempstead Rd. in Houston was pretty good. Since a lot of you guys are mentioning TX.

Arlene P. Williams BBQ in Pensacola,FL

RUDY'S! That's the name I've been trying to think of! My neighbor brought me some sauce and their rub back when they were there last. That stuff is great!

Didnt find the barbq that great. Atmosphere was better than the food

Theres also one in San Antonio, they are all great! You can order the sauce and rub online

Only one place, My House!

Big Mike's In Houma, they make their own BBQ sauce that is off the chain. Their original building burnt down, now they setup at a shell station on the east side of houma

Coopers in Junction, TX is awesome as is Laird's in Llano. One other place is in San Saba, TX on the main street in front of the Super S grocery but can't remember its name.

QUOTE=eman;281414]Only one place, My House![/QUOTE]

My dad owns the Pelican Pub off exit 179 by the golf course. I'm meeting Corey there Sat if you want to bring some samples. I'll buy the beer. If not what is your address and I'll bring the beer there. And Corey. Lol

are you talkin bout the place kinda down town by the water with canvas walls? That's Iron Works if that's the place, they have Iron Gate Lounge

Can't believe nobody's mentioned memphis. Can't remember the name of the place but there is so much good BBQ there I think it would be hard to find a bad one

I like TJ Ribs in Baton Rouge just watch out for the gun slingers. HaHa!

Wherever is good for me! C'mon down Bob! Been a while since you made the trek this way! Got a battery for ya anyway!

Real Pit BBQ in Livingston and Hi Ho BBQ in Denham Springs for samiches. Best pulled pork and beef samiches ever!

No sir........the best was the orginal Hi Ho in Hammond!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Never been there but I have heard that alot. Got to try it cause I can't believe there is better out there.

Calhoun's in Gatlinberg TN...

Hickory smoked prime rib with a great horseradish sauce that will bring tears to your eyes...

Hydro

I used to eat at hi ho when i went to school at SLU., 2 hiho porks and a root beer. Is it still open?

Dan's BBQ Express in Lake Chuck!! Place is the best!!

Thats when we used to get em........Went to SLU also.
Just 2??????? We used to buy em by the dozen!!!!!!!:work:

I don't know if it's still open, haven't been to Hammond in forever.

If your serious about making a trip to Texas to tour our BBQ restaurants and markets, you have to purchase this book by Robb Walsh:

http://www.robbwalsh.com/books/book5/

Robb Walsh has done the homework and road work. The book is an excellent tool to get an idea of how it should really be done.

In my travels, the best BBQ I have tasted has been in Lockhart, TX. My two favorite stops in Lockhart are Smitty's Market and Black's BBQ. The sausage at Smitty's is insanely good. The beef at Black's is the best I have ever had from a food establishment. My son ordered a beef rib plate at Black's and the lady behind the counter told him that they only had one beef rib left. It was the size of a football and cost me $16.00 by itself. My wife is not a fan of smoked sausage. She took one bite of the sausage at Smitty's and finished a whole link by herself.

http://www.smittysmarket.com/

http://www.blacksbbq.com/

My .02 opinion, if the pit smoking the meat is automated, the meat will be boring and bland. Human interaction is a must to make quality BBQ. The closer you get to the taste of backyard BBQ, the better.

DO NOT SOAK YOUR MEAT IN SAUCE!!!!! If your meat is cooked right, sauce won't be necessary.

yes it is.

Yep off of red river, sorry Iron Works. Used to be an old blacksmith shop

Thanks buoy37. Just ordered the book. Lockhart was the one town I already knew would be one of my stops. After I read the book I'm going to pan my route. Plan to do Texas. Then Memphis and the Carolinas next year or later this year.

Try the links at City Meat Market in Giddings Tx.

:eek:....you ain't had real BBQ then. :p

To any of you that fish Toledo on the Texas side...maybe you can chime in on my favorite for ribs....hell...it's all good: Hemphill BBQ. This guy has the old school wood smoker on a rotisserie in an huge iron pit that is hand cranked. This guy knows his how to cook to the T on that thing and his rubs are the TITS. Don't even need BBQ sauce.

If you haven't been and you're up that way.

you can check them out on facebook
http://www.facebook.com/pages/HEMPHI...499919?sk=wall

They r located off Old Sabine Town Road just off 87.

I think voodoo bbq sucks, Sonny's bbq has good, pulled brisket and there sauce is good, everything else there sucks especially there ribs! TEXAS DE BRAZILLE isn't a bbq place (Technically) , but I like there meat!

You right i thought the exact same thing, take a ride down to Houma and try out BIG MIKES!!!

and they building a new one next to the CIVIC STOP

Hoggys Columbus Ohio .... Pulled pork is the shizzzzz

No, no, no, no, no…I eat BBQ all over the place and Rudy's is decent at best. Anytime you have high school kids working a pit watch out!

One of favorites is Kays BBQ in Midland, TX. Pick your meat right off the pit. I will post some more tomorrow.

My dad owns the Pelican Pub off exit 179 by the golf course. I'm meeting Corey there Sat if you want to bring some samples. I'll buy the beer. If not what is your address and I'll bring the beer there. And Corey. Lol[/QUOTE]
I got some fresh smoked brisket and some of my home smoked bacon i sliced today and i'll pull a pack of butt out the freezer for you to try?"

Let me know what time.

Now I know where to eat comin off the water. :). I ate a Chackadeaux's in Bush Int'l in Houston waiting for my flight and it was off the chain.

got one there called ''Two Doors'' I belive, its alrite

If you want BBQ with no sauce and ever head to San Antonio go to Lockhart. I have eaten at Kreuz Market but they say Blacks and Smittys is just as good and if you belive in no sauce then then thats the places since you cant even get sause at these places. When you go in to order they pull meat off the pit and cut and weigh in front of you then you eat off butcher paper, really worth a stop.