Best BBQ you've ever eaten

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Franklins in Austin, Texas. The best in the world.

I dunno if it's the same one, but I ate at one just outside of I think Fredericksburg near Austin in 2017 where President W Bush went often apparently. It was really quite good.
 

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If I'm thinking of the same one, I went to one just off a DART station a few stops away from the Hyatt in Dallas with some fellow furries during TFF. It was very good.

This has been some time ago. The one I'm talking about is on Inwood. It's supposed to be The Original.
 

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This has been some time ago. The one I'm talking about is on Inwood. It's supposed to be The Original.

Hmm, not sure, but there is a Sonny Bryan's right near the Hyatt Regency where Texas Furry Fiesta is. I know many furries eat there during TFF. I don't think that's where I ate, but I will have to next TFF.
 

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pecan lodge, blacks, franklin....
but i've had lots and lots of great bbq.
KC style is good but oversauced imho.
Oklahoma Joes is really good for simple bbq with fries.
I had underwhelming bbq in Memphis but that was probably just poor choice of place.
If i have to use sauce at all it isn't GREAT bbq.

sonny bryans is solid but not great, i worked less than a mile from the original locale (across form the hospital) for a long time so probably just burned out on it.

hard eight is def better than sonny bryans and i'm blocks from it now.
 

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Last year was my first year of retirement and I spent it searching for the best BBQ joint in Texas. After copious research, my ratings: 1) Franklin BBQ, Austin 2) Snows BBQ, Lexington, 3) a tie between Blacks BBQ, Lockhart and Coopers Old Fashioned, Llano. Your mileage may vary.
 

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pecan lodge, blacks, franklin....
but i've had lots and lots of great bbq.
KC style is good but oversauced imho.
Oklahoma Joes is really good for simple bbq with fries.
I had underwhelming bbq in Memphis but that was probably just poor choice of place.
If i have to use sauce at all it isn't GREAT bbq.

sonny bryans is solid but not great, i worked less than a mile from the original locale (across form the hospital) for a long time so probably just burned out on it.

hard eight is def better than sonny bryans and i'm blocks from it now.

I like the sauce used in KC tbh, but I suppose it's really up to taste, isn't it?
 

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Last year was my first year of retirement and I spent it searching for the best BBQ joint in Texas. After copious research, my ratings: 1) Franklin BBQ, Austin 2) Snows BBQ, Lexington, 3) a tie between Blacks BBQ, Lockhart and Coopers Old Fashioned, Llano. Your mileage may vary.

Congratulations on your retirement. Those sound fantastic.
 

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Back in the day, and I am talking 50's/60's here, there was The Shack in Little Rock with the best BBQ beef sandwich on the planet. People would drive 3 hours round trip just to eat his sandwich. It was simple, chopped smokes brisket topped with thinly sliced cabbage that was in ice water and a sauce that would make you cry. If you like your BBQ sauce spicy and tangy, this one is for you.

His brother had a place in Southwest Little Rock called HB Slaughter's and the sauce was actually his recipe. My uncle was the GSM for Portable Kitchens back then and through his connections and a night of drinking got the recipe and I have been making this since the early 70's and people rave about it. However, if you like that think and sweet BBQ sauce, this is not for you. I am giving you the recipe as it was given to me and I have changed it to suit my tastes like subbing AC vinegar for white and brown sugar for white. This was the exact recipe as given to me and I omit the onions for shelf life and just put some in when I am going to have BBQ. This sauce is great for brisket, ribs, pork and sausage, it is not a good chicken sauce. Need a thicker and sweeter sauce for that or that Alabama White sauce is tasty.

3 14oz bottles of Heinz ketchup
1 Qt. of vinegar
1 Qt. of water
3 Tbls of salt
3 Tbls of pepper
3 Tbls of chili powder
3 Tbls of sugar
I small while onion chopped fine

Cook that for a minimum of 3 hours, partially covered and stirring often. The beauty of this simple sauce is that you can balance it in any direction you want to go, heat, sweet or tangy. I am partial to a vinegary sauce.

I did modify this for chicken by reducing the water to make it thicker and adding Mike's Hot Honey. If you haven't tried that product, you are missing something special, he's got that down and you put that on a piece of fried chicken and you'll have a smile a mortician couldn't get off your face.
 

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Last year was my first year of retirement and I spent it searching for the best BBQ joint in Texas. After copious research, my ratings: 1) Franklin BBQ, Austin 2) Snows BBQ, Lexington, 3) a tie between Blacks BBQ, Lockhart and Coopers Old Fashioned, Llano. Your mileage may vary.
I haven't tried Snow's but the rest are all A1 for sure.

Any time I travel in Texas I seek out the best bbq within 50 miles.

I typically judge by the brisket alone as I order a pound no sauce.
So people who love ribs may have diff ratings but usually if i love the brisket someone with me loves the ribs.
 

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Back in the day, and I am talking 50's/60's here, there was The Shack in Little Rock with the best BBQ beef sandwich on the planet. People would drive 3 hours round trip just to eat his sandwich. It was simple, chopped smokes brisket topped with thinly sliced cabbage that was in ice water and a sauce that would make you cry. If you like your BBQ sauce spicy and tangy, this one is for you.

His brother had a place in Southwest Little Rock called HB Slaughter's and the sauce was actually his recipe. My uncle was the GSM for Portable Kitchens back then and through his connections and a night of drinking got the recipe and I have been making this since the early 70's and people rave about it. However, if you like that think and sweet BBQ sauce, this is not for you. I am giving you the recipe as it was given to me and I have changed it to suit my tastes like subbing AC vinegar for white and brown sugar for white. This was the exact recipe as given to me and I omit the onions for shelf life and just put some in when I am going to have BBQ. This sauce is great for brisket, ribs, pork and sausage, it is not a good chicken sauce. Need a thicker and sweeter sauce for that or that Alabama White sauce is tasty.

3 14oz bottles of Heinz ketchup
1 Qt. of vinegar
1 Qt. of water
3 Tbls of salt
3 Tbls of pepper
3 Tbls of chili powder
3 Tbls of sugar
I small while onion chopped fine

Cook that for a minimum of 3 hours, partially covered and stirring often. The beauty of this simple sauce is that you can balance it in any direction you want to go, heat, sweet or tangy. I am partial to a vinegary sauce.

I did modify this for chicken by reducing the water to make it thicker and adding Mike's Hot Honey. If you haven't tried that product, you are missing something special, he's got that down and you put that on a piece of fried chicken and you'll have a smile a mortician couldn't get off your face.
Saw a Dutch chef on a cooking show make an improved Alabama white sauce I have been meaning to try.
Mike's Hot Honey with buffalo sauce and/or cayenne is about as good as it gets for super easy Nashville Hot fried chicken.
 
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