Texas BBQ (1 Viewer)

[culdeus]

I still feel that the most pure place is Louis Muller.  That's where I'd have my last meal if I was to choose.

The real breakthrough was when joints figured out how to get away from the "Angelo's cut" and cook over live wood and use proper resting.  

I've always said, and continue to think that the fall of Texas BBQ was due to Angelos in Fort Worth.  It spawned chain after chain making roast beef leftovers this ebola spread like wildfire.

It's not like Franklin's is some super secret art form.  It's wood, it's salt, it's pepper, and it's CAB or higher cuts.  It is really ####### hard to screw that up.  The places that go furthest away from those 4 items don't show up on the "Top 50" lists and those that do, do.  What separates the top 5 from the next 50 is really small now, and that's great for all of us.  

I went maybe 20 years without having a restaurant BBQ meal.  It just got awful.  It's nice to be able to go to a few places and not just be completely underwhelmed now.

 

[Bogart]

I still feel that the most pure place is Louis Muller.  That's where I'd have my last meal if I was to choose.

The real breakthrough was when joints figured out how to get away from the "Angelo's cut" and cook over live wood and use proper resting.  

I've always said, and continue to think that the fall of Texas BBQ was due to Angelos in Fort Worth.  It spawned chain after chain making roast beef leftovers this ebola spread like wildfire.

It's not like Franklin's is some super secret art form.  It's wood, it's salt, it's pepper, and it's CAB or higher cuts.  It is really ####### hard to screw that up.  The places that go furthest away from those 4 items don't show up on the "Top 50" lists and those that do, do.  What separates the top 5 from the next 50 is really small now, and that's great for all of us.  

I went maybe 20 years without having a restaurant BBQ meal.  It just got awful.  It's nice to be able to go to a few places and not just be completely underwhelmed now.

Wow, never thought I would see Angelo's brought up in the FFA. And as much nostalgia as I have for that place, I have to agree. It takes more than one ice cold schooner of beer to get past how plain their food is. 

 

[EYLive]

:(

You guys are lucky.

The BBQ in L.A. is sad. Even the one great place we had (Bludso's) has closed. 

 

[culdeus]

Wow, never thought I would see Angelo's brought up in the FFA. And as much nostalgia as I have for that place, I have to agree. It takes more than one ice cold schooner of beer to get past how plain their food is. 

Angelos had as much impact on ruining bbq in texas as Franklin did to bring it back. It takes all my energy to not firebomb the place. 

 

[Pigskin Fanatic]

Fan of these bbq topics for years, but I'm stuck in Dallas and going south anywhere far enough to try these best places isn't an option. Any spots in Dallas worth checking out? Downtown area preferred. Tia.

 

[Bogart]

Fan of these bbq topics for years, but I'm stuck in Dallas and going south anywhere far enough to try these best places isn't an option. Any spots in Dallas worth checking out? Downtown area preferred. Tia.

Best ones in Dallas are probably, Cattleack BBQ and Pecan Lodge.

If you can make it out to Fort Worth, my favorite is Heim BBQ.

Pretty good overall list of best DFW BBQ joints

 

[Pigskin Fanatic]

Best ones in Dallas are probably, Cattleack BBQ and Pecan Lodge.

If you can make it out to Fort Worth, my favorite is Heim BBQ.

Pretty good overall list of best DFW BBQ joints

Going to pecan lodge tomorrow. Will report back. But I'm from la so anything out here gonna be good. Thanks bogart.