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Re: OK-so what makes a "great bbQ"

December 20, 2022 02:59PM
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waterfield
that can't be created anywhere ?

Pick your protein first. Brisket , beef ribs, pork ribs, pork butt, chicken, sausage. All available most anywhere .

Then pick your wood. Post Oak and mesquite both are readily available in Texas, not so much in CA. Mesquite is hotter and gives a different flavor than post oak. Other woods can be used alone or together. I use hickory and post oak for baby back ribs.

Rubs , salt/pepper only, store bought , make your own.
No rub.

Sauce, no sauce.

Indirect heat is bbq and lots of smoke or direct over coals .

Those are a few of the variables on creating great bbq anyplace

Bad to the Bone in San Juan Capistrano, which I've visited more than once has ok brisket. My parents and family in CA really like it. Visit Lockhart TX and you'll taste great brisket at Blacks or Kreuz Market or Smittys Market.
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  I am SO bummed! My favorite BBQ restaurant closed. It was down in Ocala.

Ramgator181December 13, 2022 12:08PM

  That sucks..

sstrams167December 13, 2022 12:29PM

  Re: That sucks..

Aries66December 19, 2022 02:30AM

  I dunno, Aries...

sstrams54December 19, 2022 05:05AM

  Lawton

Aries73December 20, 2022 03:31AM

  Let me tell you about Lawton..

sstrams77December 20, 2022 06:11AM

  Re: I am SO bummed! My favorite BBQ restaurant closed. It was down in Ocala.

waterfield69December 13, 2022 05:20PM

  Love me some BBQ....some of the best in Dallas Fort Worth area

ferragamo7967December 18, 2022 03:49PM

  I don't think the very best BBQ is in Texas...

JamesJM64December 18, 2022 04:11PM

  Most of the time, yeah...

sstrams73December 18, 2022 04:20PM

  Wyoming is close...if not tied....

JamesJM62December 18, 2022 04:26PM

  OK-so what makes a "great bbQ"

waterfield76December 18, 2022 08:05PM

  I have read / heard that question brought up hundreds of times. Like anything else...

Ramgator96December 19, 2022 02:53AM

  Personal taste...

JamesJM84December 19, 2022 06:21AM

  Many people equate BBQing to grilling......

roman1859December 19, 2022 10:18AM

  We use grape cuttings here...

JamesJM69December 19, 2022 12:38PM

  That's pretty neat.....

roman1860December 20, 2022 05:30AM

  I'm the worst at doing that....

JamesJM64December 20, 2022 05:54AM

  Its a combination of things..

sstrams121December 19, 2022 05:09AM

  It's the "how"......The truth about BBQ....

roman1879December 19, 2022 09:14AM

  Yup, brisket and ribs are top dog in Texas..

sstrams59December 19, 2022 09:29AM

  Re: OK-so what makes a "great bbQ"

txramfan83December 20, 2022 02:59PM

  Sauce....

JamesJM137December 20, 2022 03:17PM

  Oh heck no...

sstrams60December 20, 2022 03:37PM