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re: Documentary on Texas BBQ
Posted on 6/13/25 at 9:36 am to TigerHornII
Posted on 6/13/25 at 9:36 am to TigerHornII
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Heck, even Rudy's, before the franchising started that ruined it, had significant Mexican cuisine influence.
Rudy's has my favorite breakfast tacos in town. Try a brisket, jalapeno sausage, egg & cheese with some of their delicious salsa....damn good!
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Posted on 6/13/25 at 9:49 am to 49 to nada
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Louisiana just makes great food period. My dad's family are from /in central and southern Louisiana and those family reunions in Houma had some of the best food I've ever tasted.
While I agree in spirit, they haven't figured out TexMex yet, or at least hadn't done so about 10 years ago.
True but I don't go to eat TexMex. I go for the Cajun/Creole food.
Posted on 6/13/25 at 12:52 pm to PJinAtl
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Never been (although I want to try it) but I have heard great things about Sweatman's BBQ in Holly Hill SC. Pre-COVID it was served cafeteria style, but now I think it is a more traditional with an entree and a couple of sides.
Sweatman’s used to be a buffet; they put the whole hog on the counter and you picked up what you wanted. Now you order your plate like most other places, but the BBQ is still good.
Someone told me Sweatman’s only cooks butts now, but Rodney Scott’s in Hemingway still does whole hog, and it’s the vinegar based sauce common in the Pee Dee area. It’s hard to beat.
Posted on 6/13/25 at 1:20 pm to Bronco Calrissian
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BBQ craze we are currently in
what
this isn't avocado toast we've been doing upscale/chain/roadside bbq for decades with plenty of business
Posted on 6/13/25 at 1:42 pm to dstone12
Arkansas BBQ has a mix of elements from KC, Texas, Memphis and even StL. You can find great BBQ for every individual taste.
Posted on 6/13/25 at 3:03 pm to TX Tea
I bbq pork at home. TX BBQ simply isn’t good. TX fusion bbq is outstanding though. Curry boys (SA) or Vaquero (grapevine but just moved somewhere East) or Panther City(FW) I believe all have James Beard nominations and all are excellent. I never understood Goldee’s at #1 but there are some theories floating around.
Posted on 6/13/25 at 3:06 pm to HorninHouston
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Agree. Most southern states do something better than everyone else when it comes to BBQ. I don't get the arguments at all. Just enjoy great food in the south. Nothing else matters.
Yep. If someone is proud of their BBQ, I fvckin want some.
Posted on 6/13/25 at 3:16 pm to HorninHouston
Texas BBQ is good as long as you don't use mesquite
Posted on 6/13/25 at 3:34 pm to PJinAtl
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Best I’ve had was in Latta SC, though. I wasn’t expecting that.
quote:open Fridays & Saturdays only - don't skip the hash n rice and grab some pork skins before they gone -
Never been (although I want to try it) but I have heard great things about Sweatman's BBQ in Holly Hill SC.
Posted on 6/13/25 at 4:23 pm to Gulf Coast Tiger
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Texas BBQ is good as long as you don't use mesquite
While a lot of Texans would disagree, I prefer hickory or pecan myself. Mesquite is ok but the flavor overpowers everything.
Posted on 6/13/25 at 4:48 pm to dstone12
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Best I’ve had was in Latta SC, though. I wasn’t expecting that.
Posted on 6/13/25 at 4:53 pm to JLFVFFL
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Why would anyone eat mustard Bar-B-Que is beyond me.
Do you put mustard on your grilled bratwurst? You know that BBQ and bratwurst are made out of the same thing. PORK. So Mustard it wasn't a stretch for the German Immigrants that settled SC to put mustard on BBQ.
Posted on 6/13/25 at 5:25 pm to Dallaswho
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TX BBQ simply isn’t good.
You are kidding, right? I think Texas BBQ is fabulous. I like some of the Mexican influences on it as well. Hurtado's is really good.
Posted on 6/13/25 at 7:26 pm to TigerHornII
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Heck, even Rudy's, before the franchising started that ruined it, had significant Mexican cuisine influence.
The guy from Tx Monthly takes a dig at Rudy’s in that documentary. Said something about training the tasting panel about good vs bad BBQ and implied that Rudy’s was the example of bad bbq.
Posted on 6/13/25 at 7:41 pm to HorninHouston
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While a lot of Texans would disagree, I prefer hickory or pecan myself. Mesquite is ok but the flavor overpowers everything.
It does, I also understand why east Texas uses it. It is everywhere.
I cook with pecan, I love the flavor and i have 6 pecan trees in my back yard.
Hickory and Apple are also good
Posted on 6/13/25 at 9:50 pm to Gulf Coast Tiger
Mesquite should only be used to grill, not smoke. It burns hot and fast, you can sear off some great steaks in a hot arse mesquite filled pit.
Posted on 6/14/25 at 6:31 am to TX Tea
Best possible BBQ is a whole pig over hardwood coals like they do in parts of the Carolinas and Tennessee. Nothing in Texas can come close, and the only reason it's not as popular or known around the country is that it's much less profitable to make than something like brisket. 200lb hog takes 24 hours of active cooking over an open pit and yields like 65 lbs of meat. Much less meat for much more wood and time taken.
Posted on 6/14/25 at 7:49 am to TxWadingFool
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Mesquite should only be used to grill, not smoke. It burns hot and fast, you can sear off some great steaks in a hot arse mesquite filled pit.
Good info
I have seen a lot of East Texas BBQ places use it. I don't like the taste of bbq smoked in mesquite.
I have never had a steak with mesquite. I use pecan to cook our steaks, one because I like the flavor and two because it's plentiful where I live
Posted on 6/14/25 at 8:29 pm to Gulf Coast Tiger
Come to Kentucky and have some bbq mutton, a cup of burgoo, and an Ale-8
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