Best regional BBQ style?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

Okay, moment of truth here folks. This may cause some heads to roll, because people get very loyal and defensive about their style of BBQ.

I'm wondering what, in your opinion, is your favorite regional barbeque style? Sauce, flavoring, meat, etc.

I'm a sucker for Carolina--North (straight vinegar based) or South (mustard vinegar based), either/or. Don't get me wrong. I have nothing against what is considered traditional barbeque sauce by most (i.e. the Kraft/Sweet Baby Rays dark brown stuff). But in the end, it just comes off like smoky ketchup to me, not very exciting. Carolina style has that extra tang and spice that I'm seeking, and it isn't too thick.

[Shakespeare]

1. Slow-smoked Texas barbecue. Mmmmmm....brisket....

Although I also have a fondness for KC style (which is actually an offshoot of Texas style). :9

[av8rdave]

22. I'll second that!

[cloudbase]

28. Indeed.

Anything else is fit only for barbarians, with the possible exception of those shredded pork sammiches with the cole slaw on 'em up in NC.

[av8rdave]

32. I like the NC sweet sauce....but it's not even like eating the same kind of food at all!

Nothing tops Texas brisket!

[LanternWaste]

31. 'cause everything else is just... meat.

"Slow-smoked Texas barbecue." 'cause everything else is just... meat.

People outside of TX have the temerity to call what they cook B-B-Q? Culinary apostates! :evilgrin:

[cloudbase]

33. Even worse,

some barbarians actually use the word barbecue as a verb.

[Lyric]

2. Carolina style for sure.

I don't like "sweet" barbeque sauce much at all. I prefer the mustard/vinegar combo to just staight vinegar, but I like both *much* better than any other type. Babybacks brushed and grilled with tangy Carolina barbeque sauce...mmmmm. :drool:

[Tommy_Carcetti]

4. I made some baby backs with Carolina mustard sauce a few months ago...

Made the sauce totally from scratch.

Best meal I've ever personally cooked. Hand down. It was incredible. I improvised on the sauce, taking from a couple of recipies I pulled off the internet. And the ribs were tender to the bone. Damn I was good that night.

[redqueen]

3. Texas style!

Mustard, vinegar, worcestershire, and a bunch of spices and other stuff. Yum. :9

[Gormy Cuss]

5. Aw, you're looking to start a flamefest.

On this topic that's a guarantee.
:D

I like all of 'em. I will not choose.

[DS1]

6. dry rub, nothing sweet

I can't stand most bbq sauces. Typically at restaurants I'll mix some steak sauce with Franks or Cholula if available, then put it over my fries and dip my steak in it.

[redqueen]

7. Why are you bringing steaks into this?

One does not BBQ a steak! That's just plain effed up.

Do you not like brisket? *That* is BBQ.

[DS1]

9. I see you are more mealitist than I

replace "steak" with "meat", and you have the gist of post. :D

besides, I'm British, you expect me to know shit about BBQ?

[redqueen]

11. Hehehehe... that reminds me...

I've often fantasized about moving over there and opening up a BBQ restaurant. I wonder how that'd go over.

God, that smell... *swoon*

[DS1]

16. Probably quite well

There was a 'soul food' edition of Ramsay's Kitchen Disasters (Brit version) that once given a kick in the ass, was hugely successful.

synopsis if yer bored at work
http://admin.channel4.com/4money/realdeal/ramsay/nightmares_momma.html

[Nickster]

24. Funny, that was the first thing that came to my mind too. Mama Cheri's.

[redqueen]

26. Thankya...

I ain't that bored yet... I'll make a note though. :)

It'd be a dream job, that's for sure.

[Flaxbee]

8. The best barbeque I have ever had was at Maurice's (Piggy Park)

in Columbia, South Carolina. Unfortunately, his politics are a bit twisted so we don't go there anymore. But it was really, really good, mustard-based barbeque.

I don't like the super sweet stuff, either. If it's not mustard, then dry-rub spicy bbq.

Of course, this was before I quit eating meat. But I break down about once a year and have bbq'd chicken.

[johnnie]

10. All

I enjoy it all.

[Inchworm]

12. Carolina North here

I've eaten so much over the years the smell of vinegar arouses me.

:hi:

[Lex]

25. LOL!

" . . . the smell of vinegar arouses me."

You are not alone, my friend.

:rofl:

[SteppingRazor]

13. If it's not Kansas City, it's crap! n/t

[redqueen]

14. That's a goddamned lie!

[SteppingRazor]

15. No it's the goddamn truth, you BBQ heretic!

(By the way, is it just me, or are we simultaneously arguing in at least three threads?)

[redqueen]

17. Hahahahaha... I thought it was only two.

I do like to argue. :)

And the hell with that noise... Texas BBQ is THE BEST BBQ.

[Shakespeare]

21. psst....Kansas City style is actually an offshoot of Texas style.

In other words, we can continue to feel superior to KC style. :rof: :hi:

KC style grew out of the Texas style barbecue that made its way up to that part of the country during cattle drives. That may be my single most favorite bit of barbecue trivia.

[redqueen]

27. Hehehe... as if we need a reason.

Isn't irrational prouditude every Texan's birthright? :P

[Lex]

18. Eastern North Carolina barbeque.

Fact 1: Barbeque is a noun, not a verb.
Fact 2: Barbeque is pork, never beef.
Fact 3: Must be served with cole slaw.

[redqueen]

20. 1. True, 2. FALSE, 3. eh.

Never beef... 'thfuck?

:wtf:

[Lex]

23. You have much to learn

grasshopper.

[Tikki]

19. Santa Maria style .........

Uses red oak wood instead of charcoal....seasoning...no sauce.





Tikki
p. s. the traditional meat cooked is the tri-tip.

[mike_c]

29. north carolina-north georgia vinegar based sauce on pulled pork...

...is the ONE TRUE BARBECUE! Anything else is just cooked meat.

[IndianaJones]

30. Brazilian. nt

[Guava Jelly]

34. Being from Kansas city,Kansas/ Kansas city Missouri

I'd say we got everyone beat..
We aren't fat as cows here for nothing..

[nemo137]

36. When I was a wee lad, before we moved up to Illinois

My dad and I used to go to a bbq place by my grade school on Friday, and split an order or ribs and sweet potato fries. All childhood memories aside, it's still my favorite variety of barbecue.

[Guava Jelly]

37. We do have some great barbecue here

It's all in the sauce..I sure as hell can't make a good sauce..It is an art

[Redstone]

35. All of them. Every single one. Variety is the spice of life, you know.

Redstone