re: All types of BBQ have their place and most are very tasty

Dude, we get it. Why the obsession about the south? Of all the states not yet in the SEC, Texas and Oklahoma are more southern than you want to think. Why you throwing up barriers to keep us at a distance? Both of us fought in the confederate army. Okies were mostly Indians, but they still had a confederate general and no Union general. Texas had scads of confederate generals. The culture is southern, the accent is southern, the food is southern.

I think one thing that happened is a steady pipeline of northern and western folks have poured into this area and diluted the culture and accent. But it is still there.

One thing nobody has mentioned yet is how the vaqueros and early Texas settlers ran cattle north into Kansas. Brisket originated in these drives by cattlemen chuckwagon cooks. That's how Kansas City was introduced to brisket, and why they are known for it as well. These were all poor people, just as they were in the deep south with pork.