The Perfect Bleg for SA Readers
There’s a reason I won’t give up posting privileges at SA until Steve Dillard pries them from my cold, dead hands.
Where else could I ask the readers for a recommendation on where I can find a really good barbecue cook-off or a barbecue festival? Now, listen, I’m not talking about any of that Texas brisket stuff. I’m talking about barbecue pork and chicken.
July 25th, 2006 at 9:36 am
Jack Daniel’s World Championship in Lynchburg, TN.
It is a true championship in the sense that each team must have won a sanctioned contest to even be invited.
The only drawback is that I think it is October, although Lynchburg (and any of southern Middle Tennessee) is beautiful that time of year.
July 25th, 2006 at 9:38 am
BBQ pork and BBQ chicken are oxymorons.
Really.
July 25th, 2006 at 9:43 am
Memphis in May. The Best BBQ city and the best contest.
July 25th, 2006 at 10:14 am
Excellent suggestions so far. Both sound like must visit occasions. As for the obvious Texan up there. Go tenderize some beef!
July 25th, 2006 at 10:28 am
“……I’m talking about barbecue pork……”
From Eastern North Carolina, of course……
July 25th, 2006 at 11:15 am
Brock, I’ve had some very fine pork from Big Bob Gibson’s in Decatur, Alabama, but the type of barbecue they serve there is the vinegar based sauce style associated with the Carolinas.
July 25th, 2006 at 11:45 am
Big Bob Gibson’s is a must visit for anyone who truly enjoys BBQ.
July 25th, 2006 at 12:58 pm
You know, most early Texans were from the South. My ancestors left Tennessee and the Carolinas six and seven generations ago in search of meat fit to eat without being drowned in sauces red or yellow.
But, all fun aside, I have to admit, I’ve had enjoyable meals called BBQ in the South, in Alabama particularly, so I’m willin’ to give in a bit on BBQ.
But I won’t budge on Chili.
Good luck on your quest.
July 25th, 2006 at 3:59 pm
You know what, Randy. I want to be friends, but I just can’t meet you on the chili, either. I just don’t see how a bowl of chili can be any good without some nice pintos or kidneys.
July 25th, 2006 at 4:36 pm
Now, listen, I’m not talking about any of that Texas brisket stuff.
for shame…pork and chicken are just a warm up to what god eats when he does BBQ.
July 25th, 2006 at 5:51 pm
Wow…you’re kidding me. They have barbeque in places other than Texas ?
Brisket is God’s own food…
July 25th, 2006 at 8:42 pm
Good heavens, I thought this was called Southern Appeal, not Lone Star Appeal!
July 25th, 2006 at 9:00 pm
Ask and ye shall receive:
the granddaddy of ‘em all, the Lexington Barbecue Festival, in the home of “Lexington-Style” Barbecue, Lexington, NC. You’ll have to wait ’til October, but believe me, it’s worth the wait.
http://www.barbecuefestival.com/
July 26th, 2006 at 10:12 am
Good man, JTG.
July 27th, 2006 at 4:27 pm
Not a festival.
Not a cook-off.
But it is the best pork barbecue anywhere.
Scott’s Barbecue in Lexington, TN–about halfway between Nashville and Memphis. It’s only open Friday and Saturday, if it hasn’t changed. West Tennessee style–whole hog, cooked slowly over hickory, served with vinegar slaw.