SmokinAussie
Fire Starter
G'Day Bruces! 
Welcome to my small part of the World. I live in Queensland and when I started smoking American Style BBQ in 2009, literally nobody here knew what that was. Cuts like brisket and tri-tip were non existent. Pulled pork was unheard of.
Over time things got a lot better and now there is a very strong BBQ community and quite a few BBQ Restaurants around.
I went to one today in Murwillimbah. 20 Twenty Smokehouse is out the back of the local Rugby Leagues club and it's only open on Sunday from 12 to 5. I only just heard about it, so I made my way there hoping for some good BBQ.
This is always a promising sign:
Inside it's more of a Bar than a restaurant. Nice relaxed atmosphere. Sunday is game day, so there were a few thousand locals watching the game as well as being at the Smokehouse.
Turns out they have a buzzer system. Take a buzzer, and when it buzzes, it's your turn to order. No lining up is really good. You can sit and have a beer and get comfy. The Menu:
So for me, I went the Texas Trinity.
Which did not disappoint!
Brisket. Very thick slices. Really moist, particularly for flat.
Ribs, I gotta say were about 5% over... I mean picky picky... Not sending these back!
And the sausage was A grade...
Eventually I got through it all...
It was big enough for 2 people, but I ate it all... except the slaw and the slaw was very ordinary slaw. I mean if you're coming out just for the slaw you need an operation on your head anyway... but the slaw was no good.
On the whole, I had a great meal. Good BBQ is expensive in DownSide Up land, but just remember there's no tipping.
Anyway, it was a great day trip for me. I'm stuffed full. No dinner for me tonight.
Cheers!
Bill
Welcome to my small part of the World. I live in Queensland and when I started smoking American Style BBQ in 2009, literally nobody here knew what that was. Cuts like brisket and tri-tip were non existent. Pulled pork was unheard of.
Over time things got a lot better and now there is a very strong BBQ community and quite a few BBQ Restaurants around.
I went to one today in Murwillimbah. 20 Twenty Smokehouse is out the back of the local Rugby Leagues club and it's only open on Sunday from 12 to 5. I only just heard about it, so I made my way there hoping for some good BBQ.
This is always a promising sign:
Inside it's more of a Bar than a restaurant. Nice relaxed atmosphere. Sunday is game day, so there were a few thousand locals watching the game as well as being at the Smokehouse.
Turns out they have a buzzer system. Take a buzzer, and when it buzzes, it's your turn to order. No lining up is really good. You can sit and have a beer and get comfy. The Menu:
So for me, I went the Texas Trinity.
Which did not disappoint!
Brisket. Very thick slices. Really moist, particularly for flat.
Ribs, I gotta say were about 5% over... I mean picky picky... Not sending these back!
And the sausage was A grade...
Eventually I got through it all...
It was big enough for 2 people, but I ate it all... except the slaw and the slaw was very ordinary slaw. I mean if you're coming out just for the slaw you need an operation on your head anyway... but the slaw was no good.
On the whole, I had a great meal. Good BBQ is expensive in DownSide Up land, but just remember there's no tipping.
Anyway, it was a great day trip for me. I'm stuffed full. No dinner for me tonight.
Cheers!
Bill
