Best BBQ...

[ecto1]

Who am I to argue with Texas having two of the top 7 cities....

http://travel.usnews.com/features/Americas_Best_BBQ_Cities/

I will never hear the end of this one. 

 

[barneypoo69]

Nerer heard of franklin in Austin. May have to try it out. Q is good in Lockhart. But as that article states....littlle towns have wonderful Q......I still recommend Milts here in Kyle.........http://miltspitbbq.com/

 

[ecto1]

If you go to Franklins go early the line gets about 2 hours long and they sell out of que fast.  Some people but the food and then resell it in the parking lot.

 

[michael ark]

I see memphis won.:yahoo:

 

[mballi3011]

Now I don't care who you are I wouldn't wait 2 hours for BBQ not even mine well maybe mine and Joel's, n Joe's, n kenneth's, n Jerry's and a few others. But a restuarants nope no way ah ah. You can find good Q in any part of this country heck after all the best beef rib I ever ate were in New York City. Yea really. I do love me some good Texas Q where beef is king and then the Carolinas where pork rules. Then you can come to florida and eat you some really good smoked seafood. Next time you get a chance smoke you a lobster claws or no claws there awesome.

 

[lcgc]

Now I don't care who you are I wouldn't wait 2 hours for BBQ not even mine well maybe mine and Joel's, n Joe's, n kenneth's, n Jerry's and a few others. But a restuarants nope no way ah ah. You can find good Q in any part of this country heck after all the best beef rib I ever ate were in New York City. Yea really. I do love me some good Texas Q where beef is king and then the Carolinas where pork rules. Then you can come to florida and eat you some really good smoked seafood. Next time you get a chance smoke you a lobster claws or no claws there awesome.

I posted this in another thread but here you go:

I actually went to Aaron Franklin's restaurant last weekend while taking a little mini vacation in Austin.  We got there at 9am with our lawn chairs and waited till he opened at 11am.  I never thought I would wait in line for two hours for bbq but I did. I would do it again in a heartbeat! There were already people in line, nine or so, when we got there and all of them were singing the praises of Aaron's bbq.  As minutes passed more and more people showed up with their lawn chairs and coolers of beer.  I love to people watch and this is a great place to do it.  By 10:15 the line was past the building flowing into the parking lot.  At this point Aaron has one of his emplyees come out and ask what you will be ordering.  That way they know approximately when they are going to run out of a particuliar meat and inform the people at the end of the line so they can make another choice.

When the door opens at 11am you walk in to see Aaron behind the counter taking your order and slicing your meat for you.  From our experiance, Aaron seem like the nicest guy you ever want to meet.  He engaged us in coversation.  He was pleasant and had a smile on his face the entire time.  He truly seemed like he was happy were were there and treated everyone the same way.

The food was AWESOME!  We had all the meats and each one was wonderful.  The brisket, which is mainly what he is known for, was the best in my opinion.  We didn't get any sides since we had heard the sides weren't all that great.  Infact, I only saw two people with sides on the tray while I was there.  We also bought some miniature pies that Aaron stocks from a local company there is Austin.  It was incredible as well.

I encourage everyone to try Franklin BBQ if you are ever in Austin.  Just know you will need to get there early if you want to try everything.  He serves until he is sold out.  From what I understand, that is typically around 1:30.