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.

The only thing that gets on my nerves is when a northerner says they gonna throw a barbecue. I say a barbecue what?
They say you know a barbecue, No i don't know. I've even heard these idiots refer to a grill as a barbecue or a pit. No, a grill is a grill, a pit is a pit and a smoker is a smoker. They are not all one.

But the main thing:
Barbecue is a noun for what you eat
It is not a verb meaning to cook outside.

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I had some Dreamland ribs at our tailgate when a couple from Tuscaloosa joined us for an Alabama game in Starkville. Maybe take out is different but I have done better ribs than those. And they are world famous but heard things have gotten to be a lesser quality since franchising.

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Dreamland is like only the 3rd best....in Tuscaloosa. Once upon a time when Big John was still around, yea, it was out of this world but now they use mass produced sauce, ribs from Sams and don't take the time they used to. I stopped going there in like 2004. Northeast Alabama has the best BBQ I've had lately.

The US used to sell like 40-50% of our dark meat poultry to Russia and Eastern European countries when the chicken breast for health craze began in the 80’s/90’s.