coco wrote:
But it's ribs & brisket I crave - Texas style - not pulled pork. I had some pulled pork at a shack outside Raleigh NC once and it was good but I still like that Sweet Texas Tomato sauce slow cooked smoky style. The Good Co. in Houston was very good and I had some awesome BBQ in Austin a few times too.
Raleigh, North Carolina BBQ? Well, that's the problem. You have to try SOUTH Carolina BBQ. There are way too many Yankees in Raleigh/Durham. I bet your pork was made by a guy from Jersey.
Obviously, I'm kidding around, and apologies to Jac (I know there's good cue in PA), but this would be a pretty typical type of response. You should hear how people go at each other about BBQ-even within the same state. Mustard-based sauce vs. vinegar-based sauce vs. tomato sauce, whole hog vs. pork butts, beef vs. pork, wet or dry ribs, etc. etc.
Props to you Coco for trying the bbq at its source, Texas and NC (such as it is). The worst thing are these bbq places, like here in DC, that try to please all the Southern ex-Pats by producing all the regional types of BBQ - and doing none of them very well.
But since you're coming from Canada, Stephen, I expect you'd be about as unbiased as they come. So if you prefer Texas-style beef barbeque, I guess I have to accept that and just conclude that you haven't been exposed to any real barbeque yet.