Could be a mini Q-Fest in Micanopy next Saturday. Hell lets do one anyway.
Chef Juke maybe able to come down.
He is supposed to let me know today. I think.
Anyway if any of Y'all can make it let me know. I am 3 miles west of I-75
so it is easy to get to.
Lets have one even if Juke can't make it.
Fats, Jack Curry, BOB, Bob, M&M and whoever else.

--
Big Jim

www.lazyq.com

"Big Jim" wrote in message
...
Could be a mini Q-Fest in Micanopy next Saturday. Hell lets do one anyway.
Chef Juke maybe able to come down.
He is supposed to let me know today. I think.
Anyway if any of Y'all can make it let me know. I am 3 miles west of I-75
so it is easy to get to.
Lets have one even if Juke can't make it.
Fats, Jack Curry, BOB, Bob, M&M and whoever else.

Jim,
Anyone worth their sauce will be cooking in Homestead next weekend for
the big bucks!
Ricky

Big Jim wrote:
Could be a mini Q-Fest in Micanopy next Saturday. Hell lets do one anyway.
Chef Juke maybe able to come down.
He is supposed to let me know today. I think.
Anyway if any of Y'all can make it let me know. I am 3 miles west of I-75
so it is easy to get to.
Lets have one even if Juke can't make it.
Fats, Jack Curry, BOB, Bob, M&M and whoever else.

--
Big Jim

www.lazyq.com

It's on the schedule...barring that four letter word (w**k).

This is a challenge to the rest of you...BE THERE!

BOB

Big Jim wrote:
Could be a mini Q-Fest in Micanopy next Saturday. Hell lets do one
anyway. Chef Juke maybe able to come down.
He is supposed to let me know today. I think.
Anyway if any of Y'all can make it let me know. I am 3 miles west of
I-75 so it is easy to get to.
Lets have one even if Juke can't make it.
Fats, Jack Curry, BOB, Bob, M&M and whoever else.

Damn. I have a houseload that weekend. My son, his main squeeze, his best
friend and all of the locals he's invited to eat offa my Kamado.

I'll eat well and I'd never trade time with my kids, but I'm sad I'm not
eating Big Jim's food and sharing with good friends. Have fun.

Jack Curry
-Will post pictures-

"Jack Curry" Jack-Curry deletethis @cfl.rr.com wrote in message
om...
Big Jim wrote:
Could be a mini Q-Fest in Micanopy next Saturday. Hell lets do one
anyway. Chef Juke maybe able to come down.
He is supposed to let me know today. I think.
Anyway if any of Y'all can make it let me know. I am 3 miles west of
I-75 so it is easy to get to.
Lets have one even if Juke can't make it.
Fats, Jack Curry, BOB, Bob, M&M and whoever else.

Damn. I have a houseload that weekend. My son, his main squeeze, his
best
friend and all of the locals he's invited to eat offa my Kamado.

I'll eat well and I'd never trade time with my kids, but I'm sad I'm not
eating Big Jim's food and sharing with good friends. Have fun.

Jack Curry
-Will post pictures-


Now Jack I think that's a **** poor excuseg
--
Big Jim

www.lazyq.com

-- "Ricky" wrote in message
...
"Big Jim" wrote in message
...
Could be a mini Q-Fest in Micanopy next Saturday. Hell lets do one
anyway.
Chef Juke maybe able to come down.
He is supposed to let me know today. I think.
Anyway if any of Y'all can make it let me know. I am 3 miles west of
I-75
so it is easy to get to.
Lets have one even if Juke can't make it.
Fats, Jack Curry, BOB, Bob, M&M and whoever else.

Jim,
Anyone worth their sauce will be cooking in Homestead next weekend for
the big bucks!
Ricky


Ricky, I don't think Chef Juke would have enough time to drive another 350
miles and make it back for his flight.
I am sure it will be a good time.
Big Jim

www.lazyq.com

On 24-Apr-2004, "Big Jim" wrote:
snip
Anyway if any of Y'all can make it let me know. I am 3 miles west of I-75
so it is easy to get to.
Lets have one even if Juke can't make it.
Fats, Jack Curry, BOB, Bob, M&M and whoever else.

I'd like to be there if I could catch a ride on some more economical
transportation. My truck would suck up over $50 in gas for the trip.
--
M&M ("When You're Over The Hill You Pick Up Speed")

On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 20:53:16 GMT, "Big Jim"
wrote:

Could be a mini Q-Fest in Micanopy next Saturday. Hell lets do one anyway.
Chef Juke maybe able to come down.
He is supposed to let me know today. I think.
Anyway if any of Y'all can make it let me know. I am 3 miles west of I-75
so it is easy to get to.
Lets have one even if Juke can't make it.
Fats, Jack Curry, BOB, Bob, M&M and whoever else.

Hey Jim,

I spent all day Sat travelling and kept missing my Dad. he's out
right now, but should be back by 3:00 and I'll check with him then,
but I THINK he's up for it... Will let you know for sure in a little
bit.

I just got some 'Cue at LEXINGTON BBQ, SPEEDY'S and THE BARBECUE
CENTER. I gotta go lie down for a bit...

-Chef Juke


-Chef Juke
"EVERYbody Eats when they come to MY House!

"Chef Juke" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 20:53:16 GMT, "Big Jim"
wrote:

Could be a mini Q-Fest in Micanopy next Saturday. Hell lets do one
anyway.
Chef Juke maybe able to come down.
He is supposed to let me know today. I think.
Anyway if any of Y'all can make it let me know. I am 3 miles west of
I-75
so it is easy to get to.
Lets have one even if Juke can't make it.
Fats, Jack Curry, BOB, Bob, M&M and whoever else.

Hey Jim,

I spent all day Sat travelling and kept missing my Dad. he's out
right now, but should be back by 3:00 and I'll check with him then,
but I THINK he's up for it... Will let you know for sure in a little
bit.

I just got some 'Cue at LEXINGTON BBQ, SPEEDY'S and THE BARBECUE
CENTER. I gotta go lie down for a bit...

-Chef Juke


-Chef Juke
"EVERYbody Eats when they come to MY House!

We got a few coming even if you can't make it.
Sure hope to see Y'all

--
Big Jim

www.lazyq.com

Chef Juke writes:

I just got some 'Cue at LEXINGTON BBQ, SPEEDY'S and THE BARBECUE
CENTER. I gotta go lie down for a bit...

CJ, I thought you were gonna try Jimmy's.

How'd you like the three that you went to?

--THC

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On 26 Apr 2004 18:45:41 -0400, Thomas Cormen
wrote:

Chef Juke writes:

I just got some 'Cue at LEXINGTON BBQ, SPEEDY'S and THE BARBECUE
CENTER. I gotta go lie down for a bit...

CJ, I thought you were gonna try Jimmy's.

How'd you like the three that you went to?

--THC


I got Jimmy's on the schedule for Thursday....

Okay, let's see...

Well, first I went to Lexington Barbecue #1. I had tried to go there
right from the airport Sat. night, but pulled up at 9:29, and just as
I turned and saw the sign that says "Closes at 9:30" the lights went
out. Dang!

Spent Sat night and sunday with my Sis-in-law and her family, then
headed out about 11 this morning (purposefully skipping breakfast) for
Lexington again.

Got to Lexington Barbecue about 11:30 and headed inside... Nice clean
place with a lot of friendly waitresses chatting with the regulars.
Got a menu and ended up ordering a Large Chopped Barbecue Tray with
Slaw, Hushpuppies and a glass of sweet tea.

My first taste of Lexington Barbecue was not bad. Not exactly what
I'd expected either. The meat was more chopped than pulled and I
wrote down the following description on my notepad (yeah, I brought a
notepad) "Dry...but juicy". I guess the best way to put it is that
the meat was kinda dry but the vinegar sauce made it SEEM juicy.
Most of the flavor seemed to be more in the kina sweet vinegar sauce
than in the meat. The hushpuppies were moist inside and had a good,
slightly corny flavor. The slaw was different than any slaw I had had
before but was pretty goodl Kinda citrusy ith a kick that I think was
just onions but it hit me as almost horseradishy. The sweet tea was
not as overwhelmingly sweet as most that I've had down south before.

Okay, on to Speedy's....

Speedys I just drove up to the side with the curb service (man, those
hush puppies are kinda filling...I might not be able ot eat much
more...) Got a SMALL chopped tray with slaw and hush puppies...opened
up the wrapped tray to get just a bite before I headed on...MMM..much
juicier meat than Lexington...Slaw was good...a little less bite and
maybe a little more sweet....

On to the Barbecue Center.

On the way I'm munching on Speedy's hush puppies...definitely sweeter
and more corn flavor than Lexington's.....

Barbecue Center I pull up to the Curb Service again and within 3
minutes I have another bag with a small tray and hushpuppies. Take a
quick bite of meat....A LOT more smoke flavor and there's some bark
mixed in (hadn't seen any in either Lexington or Speedy's) slightly
bigger chunks of meat than Speedy's, but dryer throughout. The
Hushpuppies were darker on the outside and dryer on the inside...don't
know if it was just that they were overcooked, but seemed less tasty
and more like dry cornbread mix.

Now, here comes the funny part. I get to my hotel in Charlotte and
meet the main folks I have the biz meetings with this week and we all
go out to dinner....to the Smokey Bones restaurant across the way...
well first off, I am plumb full already, but I gotta go as it's the
getting to know you dinner. Anyway, I am NOT expecting much when
walking into a chain BBQ restaurant ( went to a Tony Roma's once.
Once. And that will be the only time). Anyway, I start reading the
menu and they SAY that they smoke their pork butts for 12 hours and
hand pull it. Okay, I'll try some...I get the pulled pork and St.
Louis Rib dinner with Slaw and Collard greens.

The funny part? Meat wise, the pulled pork was the best I had today.
Mind you, it already had some sauce mixed in with it (the sauce was
neither here nor there..a memphis sweet molassass type sauce), but the
meat was juicy, not overcooked, hand pulled in bigger pieces than any
of the three Lexington joints I had been in earlier. I was actually
wishing I could try some of THIS pork with some of the sauces and
sides from the other places. The slaw was more of the kind I'm used
to, thinly sliced white & red cabbage with a sweet white sauce (I've
used 1/2 & 1/2 and vinegar). The Ribs were real, but too salty for my
taste. Would have been fine if they toned down the salt factor more.

So, forgetting about the Smokey Bones for a minute, here's my Summary
from the Lexington Joints:

SPEEDY'S:
Juiciest Meat.
Best hush Puppies.

BARBECUE CENTER:
Best flavor, Most smoke.

LEXINGTON #1
Best Slaw

IF, what I had today was a good representation (If I was REALLY
reviewing, I'd go to each place at least 3 times) then if I had to
choose one of the three to recommend, it would be SPEEDY'S.

If I can not eat much between now and Thursday, I may give some of
these places a second try as well as checking out Jimmy's. Think I'll
go for the sliced pork next go around....



Best hush Puppies:


-Chef Juke
"EVERYbody Eats when they come to MY House!

Sounds good to me, I enjoyed the last one. I'll bring TFM some more
gin this trip up...

Evan

On 28-Apr-2004, Evan in Orlando wrote:

Sounds good to me, I enjoyed the last one. I'll bring TFM some more
gin this trip up...

I'm bringing two cases of Miller Light on ice.
--
M&M ("When You're Over The Hill You Pick Up Speed")

You folks that need directions send me a email at this address and I will
send them out.
Evan, we are in a different place this time
--
Big Jim

www.lazyq.com

M&M wrote:
On 28-Apr-2004, Evan in Orlando wrote:

Sounds good to me, I enjoyed the last one. I'll bring TFM some more
gin this trip up...

I'm bringing two cases of Miller Light on ice.


Good God! Between the 2 of ya I'll not only not make it back to Tampa
Sunday morn, but prolly not the whole week.

TFM®