A couple of years ago I went to Memphis for a Christian music festival at Shelby Farms. We got there the night before they opened the camp grounds, so the hotel we stayed in suggested that we go to Corky's when we asked them where we should go for bbq. After driving around for an hour and getting directions from a half dozen different gas stations, we finally gave up and settled for Chili's. Next day, as were driving to Shelby Farm's, guess what we passed. Oh well. As far as Drexler's goes, I've never been there, and I've never heard anything but bad about it.
It's 4:30 now, and I'll be home from work in one hour. At that time I have two briskets ready to hit the smoker. About 7:30 or so Friday evening....it's dinnertime! We're having a birthday party for my son, and his friends all requested that I cook. Even the children know who has the best barbecue. Thanks for the props, Smeg.
I don't think it's quite fair to compare some Texas BBQ's with places in Georgia or some Yankee places like Memphis (Tennesee is Yankee, isn't it? Close enough anyway). That's like comparing Lousiana, Pacific Northwest, and New England seafood. Texas has a cattle country tradition, and we're most famous for beef. Not that we have anything against pigs....it's just that so many of the places outside of Texas that are famous for BBQ are famous for BBQ pork. I've got to try some of these places you guys keep talking about.
I agree. I was once on a business trip in Atlanta, and one of my Atlanta counterparts kept ribbing me that Texans don't know barbecue because "we barbecue cows". I challenged him to come to Houston so I could show him what real barbecue tasted like. 3 years, and he still hasn't made it to Houston.
Burns in Acres Homes is the best BBQ in Houston IMO. I mentioned it in another thread on BBQ. It's absolutely ridiculously good. Two people can share a mixed plate they give you so much. And they're ribs are the best I've ever had. I would like to visit Memphis and Kansas City just to try some of the BBQ joints.
Oh jeez.....humans have been cooking meat over burning wood since the dawn of man. American Indians were cooking buffalo over burning wood LONG before the U.S. was discovered. The word barbeque most likely comes from the Taino Indians word "barbacoa" of the Carribean. It came to us by way of Mexico. I think there's a few more Mexicans in Texas than there is in Georgia, and I know they still eat barbacoa. I've also heard that the English version of the word "barbeque" --to go along with the cooking technique-- first originated on the Western cattle drives--I've never heard of a pig drive. Regardless, it's laughable that any state in the US would feel some type of superiority over another when it comes to such an ancient cooking technique. Tell your Atlanta counterpart I think he's a moron.
Burns is in Acres Homes, like pgabriel said its one of the best BBQ spots around. The ribs are off the hook. I've also been to Gates BBQ in Kansas City. I was a little disappointed by them. It was nowhere near as good as I thought it would be. Burns beats them any day. There also another place called Barney's on 1960 east. Thats a good place too.
