OT: Shameless BBQ Plug

by mtex on May 23, 2009 8:06 AM CDT

Good Morning America is hosting a "Best BBQ Challenge" this weekend and Cousin's Bar-B-Q in Fort Worth has been nominated. The restaurant is one of four nominated for the award and the only one from Texas (the others hail from Iowa, Alabama and New York).

If anyone of you have eaten at Cousin's, you know that they make Texas proud. They're Bar-B-Q is amazing! You can vote by going to Cousin's Bar-B-Q website and clicking on the link at the top. Voting ends late tonight and the winner will be announced tomorrow morning.

Make Texas Bar-B-Q #1!!

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An excuse to post this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz1cee_94L4

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by TheBZA on May 23, 2009 9:06 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs

Have you ever been there?

¡Prefiero morir de pie que vivir siempre arrodillado!

I came here to split hairs. And you?

by inactive lsb user on May 23, 2009 11:16 AM CDT up reply actions

thats an awesome commercial

mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.

by Jayslick on May 23, 2009 11:18 AM CDT up reply actions

Gagree

¡Prefiero morir de pie que vivir siempre arrodillado!

I came here to split hairs. And you?

by inactive lsb user on May 23, 2009 11:27 AM CDT up reply actions

I live half a mile from that place.

And have still never been there. Early’s is just too good.

by AmnGuest2006 on May 23, 2009 8:35 PM CDT up reply actions

*Earl's

by AmnGuest2006 on May 23, 2009 9:05 PM CDT up reply actions

Nice commercial

I have to admit I was expecting this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPkMUU9tUqk

but I like that commercial as well.

by TRanger on May 23, 2009 2:39 PM CDT up reply actions

I have lived in OKC

for sixteen years and I have never seen that commercial. That’s pretty funny. They do have good BBQ, but Earl’s and Leo’s is better.

Formerly known as OKRangerFan

by B_Black on May 23, 2009 8:13 PM CDT up reply actions

Earl's?????

I’ve only been in OKC for 4 years, but the best bbq I’ve found thus far is Van’s Pig Stand. I’ve been thoroughly underwhelmed by Earl’s in 4 trips. Where is Leo’s? Needless to say, I’m a bit of a bbq connoussieur.

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by Bob Loblaw on May 23, 2009 11:37 PM CDT up reply actions

I LOVE COUSIN'S

And I miss it a whole lot

PhD

by JBImaknee on May 23, 2009 10:37 AM CDT reply actions

How did Corky's not make the cut?

Best pork ribs in the universe…

I'm Matt mutha-effing Bush, bitches, and mutha-eff East County.

"I'm as passionate and knowlegeable as any fan out there." Josey Wales

by Brian Thomas on May 23, 2009 1:24 PM CDT reply actions

Where's that?

Pork ribs are second only to beer and pizza.

"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."

by scoop16 on May 23, 2009 2:14 PM CDT up reply actions

Memphis

I think they have branched out some, though. I know they have one in Atlantic City.

I'm Matt mutha-effing Bush, bitches, and mutha-eff East County.

"I'm as passionate and knowlegeable as any fan out there." Josey Wales

by Brian Thomas on May 23, 2009 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions

Long distance information, give me Memphis Tennessee...

Next road trip thru the South.

"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."

by scoop16 on May 23, 2009 3:14 PM CDT up reply actions

Memphis is a fun place to visit

Lots to do there for 3-5 days or so. Couple of great music museums, Beale st, Peabody, Mud Island, Graceland, phenomenal pork BBQ, casinos, the mississip, great music, etc.

Been there 3 times; enjoyed each time about the same.

I'm Matt mutha-effing Bush, bitches, and mutha-eff East County.

"I'm as passionate and knowlegeable as any fan out there." Josey Wales

by Brian Thomas on May 23, 2009 6:02 PM CDT up reply actions

just dont go south or west in memphis

it makes oak cliff look like highland park

mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.

by Jayslick on May 23, 2009 6:12 PM CDT up reply actions

I'm trying to figure out how any place in New York or Iowa could make the cut

I think I real BBQ face off would be the best Texas place, the best KC place, the best Memphis/Mississippi place, and best Southern place.

Iowa and New York? Probably as known for their BBQ is as Texas is for its sushi

PhD

by JBImaknee on May 23, 2009 4:20 PM CDT up reply actions

i couldn't agree more.

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(Husband) "Hmm... well, porn, I guess."

by mtex on May 23, 2009 4:55 PM CDT up reply actions

But that doesn't mean

there can’t be a great place there. I grew up in Buffalo, and when I first got here there was no place to get real good chicken wings. Now there are quite a few that have decent wings. Likewise, when I grew up you simply could not get good Mexican food in Buffalo, but now there are a few good places. Food is just so…what’s the word…diverse and varied in every town of even modest size these days.

You’ll always have purists saying you can’t get this or that food anywhere but such and such place in the original location. But if you’re doing a blind taste test I bet you can find really good sushi or BBQ in any large city. Come on, we’re talking about BBQ sauce, here, not plutonium or something.

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by t ball on May 23, 2009 9:10 PM CDT up reply actions

Clearly not a purist ..

¡Prefiero morir de pie que vivir siempre arrodillado!

I came here to split hairs. And you?

by inactive lsb user on May 23, 2009 9:12 PM CDT up reply actions

No one

could ever move away from Memphis and start a BBW place?

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by t ball on May 23, 2009 9:22 PM CDT up reply actions

I guarantee Bobby Flay

could make some good BBQ in NY. He’s already got Southwestern fare mastered.

"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."

by scoop16 on May 23, 2009 9:24 PM CDT up reply actions

Did you say Plutonium???

I NEED IT TO GENERATE THE 1.21 JIGOWATTS OF ELECTRICITY!!!!!!

Aikman and Bradshaw?

Please. They are in the same league as Trent Dilfer and Jim McMahon as QBs who were taken to the SB by great Defenses and great Running Games.
-DJCahill

by SarasotaRanger on May 24, 2009 9:38 AM CDT up reply actions

Blasphemer

Sauce is an insult to good BBQ.

But if you’re doing a blind taste test I bet you can find really good sushi or BBQ in any large city.

I’d take that bet, and i’d give you odds to boot.

I'm Matt mutha-effing Bush, bitches, and mutha-eff East County.

"I'm as passionate and knowlegeable as any fan out there." Josey Wales

by Brian Thomas on May 24, 2009 10:42 PM CDT up reply actions

My point is that

every large city has immigrants that can cook just like home. It’s no less authentic when my mother in law cooks in my kitchen than it is in hers in Penang. And BBQ simply isn’t as difficult as nuclear fission. No one would be freaking out if Iran was on the verge of acquiring authentic Memphis BBQ. Actually, come to think of it, pork probably doesn’t go over so well in that part of the world, so I guess people would freak out a bit. New strategy, drop pulled pork on Tehran.

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by t ball on May 24, 2009 10:57 PM CDT up reply actions

Having lived in....

three states over the last 7 years and traveled extensively all over the U.S. in that time I have the hardest time finding good BBQ. Mexican, Italian, Greek, etc. I seem to find solid places all over the country. Not BBQ. I’m not sure why that is but it’s true from my experience.

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had people in an area tell me “oh we have a great BBQ place here. Go to…..”. Never works out for me. Well almost never. I had some of the best BBQ I’ve ever had in Wenatachee WA. of all places. Turns out the cook was from Texas.

by bdavison94 on May 25, 2009 9:06 AM CDT up reply actions

To continue to play devil's advocate

I suspect that “best” is pretty subjective. They may think their BBQ is great, but it’s not what you expect so you disagree, though they probably haven’t had the “real” thing and so the bar is low.

You never know, though. The very best hamburger I’ve ever had was in a nameless, hole in the wall bar & grill somewhere on route 75 in southern OK in 1992 on my way to TX. I don’t even remember the name of the place and when I tried to go back it was gone and a gas station was in its place. Hamburgers are obviously easier than BBQ, but you just never know where you’ll find a gem.

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by t ball on May 25, 2009 10:32 AM CDT up reply actions

I don't disagree with that....

My point was that for some reason good BBQ (in my opinion) is harder to replicate (and I don’t know why but i have some ideas) than other foods so you’re comment earlier about the blind taste test is suspect to me (and BT).

by bdavison94 on May 25, 2009 10:53 AM CDT up reply actions

But......

by luck alone you could stumble on the outlier and “prove” us wrong.

by bdavison94 on May 25, 2009 10:54 AM CDT up reply actions

Theory

there has been a lot more people moving TO the south from other parts of the U.S. than FROM it. The northeast, for example gets immigration from all over the world, but not much from the southern BBQ land. Also, some of these places have their own BBQ traditions that are very different from, say, Memphis style, and not something people who grew up eating Memphis BBQ will like.

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by t ball on May 25, 2009 11:03 AM CDT up reply actions

also the wood used to cook it

mesquite and/or hickory may be hard to come by in the northeast, and that makes all the difference.

"He's old school in that he give up his groin like that. It hurt me when he do that" -- Worsh on Chris Davis' stretch at first base to end the game vs. the Angels on 5/16

by tricer on May 25, 2009 8:32 PM CDT up reply actions

True

We had maple trees in my yard and made our own syrup, and oaks, birches and elms abound, but hickory and mesquite are not around.

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by t ball on May 25, 2009 10:19 PM CDT up reply actions

The Rendezvous folks.....

disagree.

by bdavison94 on May 24, 2009 9:46 AM CDT up reply actions

That place borderline sucks

Great atmosphere, mediocre food.

Circle BBQ on the southside gives Coeky’s a run, but not the Vouz.

Is that your take as well, Bdav?

I'm Matt mutha-effing Bush, bitches, and mutha-eff East County.

"I'm as passionate and knowlegeable as any fan out there." Josey Wales

by Brian Thomas on May 24, 2009 10:40 PM CDT up reply actions

I haven't actually been....

It seems like every time I’m in Memphis (for work) it’s a Monday and that’s the one day of the week they are closed. People in the area that I’ve talked to swear by Rendezvous over Corky’s and Interstate. I’ve had Corky’s and thought it was really good. Interstate kind of sucked to me.

I ate at the Germantown Commissary one time and that was solid BBQ. Surprisingly they had fantastic tamales. Don’t really know why the tamale is such a popular menu item in the Memphis area but it is.

I’m not sure Memphis style is really for me. Love good Carolina style and of course good Texas BBQ.

by bdavison94 on May 25, 2009 9:01 AM CDT up reply actions

Memphis style

Me either. I’m generally not a rib guy, but oh man, Corky’s dry rub ribs are the only Q I’ve ever eaten that gave authentic smoked brisket a run for it’s money.

Memphis style IS better than that KC crapola, however. Those are the cretins that judge it by the sauce (no offense, T).

I agree w/ you on Carolina, though, and they definitely do the best pulled pork, which is an underrrated badass of a smoked meat in Tejas. I much prefer Eastern style, the vinegar-based w/out the absolutely pointless ketchup additives. Meh. Piedmonters fucking up perfectly good meat w/ tomatoes.

But you should check rendezvous out, in my glorious, unsolicited opinion. Really cool place to even just grab a beer or two, and w/in walking distance of most of the great watering holes. Both times I ate there it was lunch time. Could be diff at night.

I'm Matt mutha-effing Bush, bitches, and mutha-eff East County.

"I'm as passionate and knowlegeable as any fan out there." Josey Wales

by Brian Thomas on May 25, 2009 6:45 PM CDT up reply actions

Sauce

I don’t judge BBQ by the sauce, just needed a substance to pair with Plutonium. I could have said pork, I guess, would have had the alliteration going then. BBQ is not my favorite food anyway. I like it, but it’s a couple notches after really good steak and several Asian dishes.

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by t ball on May 25, 2009 7:55 PM CDT up reply actions

It's on the list of things to do in Memphis

I get there at least 3-4 times a year so eventually I’ll make it happen.

With you on the vinegar based.

by bdavison94 on May 25, 2009 8:29 PM CDT up reply actions

I've eaten at Cousin's and it's not bad

but I don’t think it would rate among the top 5 bbq joints in Ft Worth.

"He's old school in that he give up his groin like that. It hurt me when he do that" -- Worsh on Chris Davis' stretch at first base to end the game vs. the Angels on 5/16

by tricer on May 23, 2009 4:59 PM CDT reply actions

I'd go Railhead, Angelo's, Cousin's

Precipitous dropoff after that.

I wouldn’t eat Coulters to get the taste of dog shit out of my mouth.

Not much of a fan of Risky’s either.

I'm Matt mutha-effing Bush, bitches, and mutha-eff East County.

"I'm as passionate and knowlegeable as any fan out there." Josey Wales

by Brian Thomas on May 23, 2009 6:05 PM CDT up reply actions

AJM,

FIP, WHIP, NIP, NIP…….WEINER!!!!!!!!!!!

Adam Lambert is indeed a rock god,so suck it.

by red shoe ranger on May 23, 2009 6:17 PM CDT reply actions

WOW

WRONG THREAD. enjoy your bbq….

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by red shoe ranger on May 23, 2009 6:17 PM CDT up reply actions

um.

¡Prefiero morir de pie que vivir siempre arrodillado!

I came here to split hairs. And you?

by inactive lsb user on May 23, 2009 6:18 PM CDT up reply actions

there is no right thread for that comment

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by ab03 on May 23, 2009 7:22 PM CDT up reply actions