DFW BBQ Tour

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Tried Hutchins for the first time and it's amazing! Did the $18 all you can eat so I could try everything. Everything they have was incredible, don't know if I'll go anywhere else now knowing how good that place is, it would be hard to top them.

[ELVIS]

Really? You should open a restaurant!

True Story. That's not the first time i've heard that either. I actually do catering - http://high5bbq.com

B-rad......you my boy.... but a BOOSH is a BOOSH nigga!!!!!!!!!!

god bless.

[War Machine]

yea when we went during the week it was 11am and already a line out the door. I was going to try and go later in the day to avoid the rush

[Silverback]

Man this list is wildly different than mine. You like your meat a little plain I take it?

Big daddy's and Marshall's were terrible any time I've been. Hard 8 would be in the top quarter of my list, with Hutchins nearing the top (during lunch hour). Salt luck would be up there too...Rudy's is great for what it is...but nothing amazing and their sauce sucks. I can't remember the name, but there was a place in Houston that almost got a 10 on your scale.

Edit: Marshall's is the only place I've struggled to finish the brisket simply because there was just no taste.

I like my brisket to taste like brisket with salt and pepper and smoke. I don't want crazy rubs on brisket. I like my ribs to be tender, smokey, have no silverskin, and a decent rub on them, that doesn't overpower the flavor of the pork. I could care less about sauce at all, but I don't mind a good semi sweet sauce with some heat. I also like good homemade sides that don't taste like they came out of a plastic bucket or can.

Also, I never judge a BBQ place unless I go between 11am and noon. Any other time of day is hit or miss depending on the hold over of the meat.

[DoesSpeedTurnUon]

Really? You should open a restaurant!

True Story. That's not the first time i've heard that either. I actually do catering - http://high5bbq.com

[BradM]

I felt like I was eating my own Q.

Really? You should open a restaurant!

[DoesSpeedTurnUon]

Does Pecan lodge sale out often on week days?

Never been during the week, that was my first time. I'd imagine they sell out everyday.

I was waiting for you guys to tell me!!

I have heard good things but I have not tried it yet. Maybe I will try it and then let you guys know if its worth the drive.

Let us know how it is!

[mstng86]

I was waiting for you guys to tell me!!

I have heard good things but I have not tried it yet. Maybe I will try it and then let you guys know if its worth the drive.

[War Machine]

have you guys come out to 4 T's in Forney yet?

is it worth a shit?

[mstng86]

have you guys come out to 4 T's in Forney yet?

[War Machine]

Does Pecan lodge sale out often on week days?

[DoesSpeedTurnUon]

Finally made it to Pecan Lodge Saturday. This is the best BBQ I've had in Dallas. Lockharts was my status quo but it's now been replaced by Pecan Lodge. Their flavor and seasoning is VERY similar to my own, I felt like I was eating my own Q.

We arrived at 10:30am to about 50 people ahead of us already. By the time 11:00a rolled around, we'd met everyone around us and the line had another 50 people behind us. We were all anxious, excited and hungry.


We ordered: 1/2lb brisket, 1/2lb of pulled pork and originally ordered 2 beef ribs, but when we were informed those 2 beef ribs alone would be $66, we switched to just one. For our sides, we got the Mac and Cheese and the Fried Okra. Our total bill was $69.xx


The brisket was tender, seasoned perfectly and simply with nice bark. I think their seasoning is somewhere are salt/pepper/garlic... and maybe a couple other things. This was the best brisket I've ever had.




Pulled Pork - Full of flavor but a little on the dry side. Their vinegar based bbq sauce was PERFECT for it though. Even though it could've been a little more moist, again, their seasoning was spot on.


The Beef rib - This was the special for Saturday and we're believers that if you're going to try something new (Pecan Lodge) that you should go all out the first time. So we did. Despite this single rib costing $28.60 by itself - it weighed 1.3lbs @ $33/lb - It was worth it, and i'd do it everytime we go back if it's available. That said, by the time we got our food, they had scratched beef rib off the menu for being sold out. It was fantastic, it melted in your mouth.


It was huge.


Sides. The mac and cheese was good - i don't even like that stuff and their was really good, 5 cheeses, little bit of jalapeno - tasty stuff. Fried okra was perfect - crispy and not over cooked.

[War Machine]

Ive never been impressed with salt lick. I grade it as the same as bakers, dickeys, shit like that

[Ruffdaddy]

Updating my list (notice no one is a 10, I haven't found that Oh My God I could die after eating here BBQ yet)

8-9 - Damn Good BBQ, will stop any chance I get
7 - Will be back fo sho
6 - Would eat again
5 - Might eat again
1-4 - Not gonna go back ever

Big Daddy's - Lavon - 9
Kreuz, Blacks, Smitty's - Lockhart - 9
Lockhart - Plano - 8
Slow Bone - Dallas - 8
Sammy's BBQ - Dallas - 8
Best Quality Meats - Temple - 7
Vitek's - Waco - 7
Old Main Meat Market - Lewisville - 7
Marshall's BBQ - Carrollton - 7
Railroad BBQ - So Austin - 7
Mike Anderson's - Dallas - 7
Baker's Ribs - Dallas - 7
Fred's BBQ - Irving - 7
Rudy's - Any - 7
Mac's BBQ - Corpus - 7
Van's BBQ - Oakville - 7
Ten50 BBQ - Richardson - 6
Up in Smoke - Hillsboro - 6
Hinze's BBQ - Sealy - 6
Miller's BBQ - Corpus - 6
Soulman's - Richardson - 6
Spring Creek - Any - 6
Sonny Bryan's - Any - 6
Bill Miller's BBQ - Any - 6
Green Mesquite - So Austin - 5
Hobbi's BBQ - Irving - 5
Hard Eight - Coppell - 4
Bone Daddy's - Any - 3
Red Hot & Blue - Any - 2
Smokin Racks - Plano - 2
Dickey's - Any - 1

Man this list is wildly different than mine. You like your meat a little plain I take it?

Big daddy's and Marshall's were terrible any time I've been. Hard 8 would be in the top quarter of my list, with Hutchins nearing the top (during lunch hour). Salt luck would be up there too...Rudy's is great for what it is...but nothing amazing and their sauce sucks. I can't remember the name, but there was a place in Houston that almost got a 10 on your scale.

Edit: Marshall's is the only place I've struggled to finish the brisket simply because there was just no taste.

[bcoop]

but god damn it what kind of queer eats fucking lean BBQ???

lol