I live up in the Round Rock, TX area (north Austin suburb) and am
curious to find a good, nearby source for quality lump. There used to
be a barbecue place in La Frontera that carried Ozark Oak, which I
really liked. But now they're gone & I'm going to Barbecues Galore in
the Arboretum area for their stuff. I'm not very fond of it because
the pieces very greatly in size, it produces too much waste to quickly
and the last quarter of the bags are unusable gravel. I've tried B&B
that Whole Foods carries & wasn't as happy with it as I was with Ozark
Oak. They have BGE brand (I think), but haven't tried it because of
the price.

So instead of looking throughout Austin for good lump, I was wondering
if I'm missing out on some in the Round Rock area that I should try
out. Any suggestions?

rj

Richard wrote:
So instead of looking throughout Austin for good lump, I was wondering
if I'm missing out on some in the Round Rock area that I should try
out. Any suggestions?

Go to HEB's Central Market and get some B&B lump. You can't go wrong.
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-frohe
Life is too short to be in a hurry

Richard wrote:
I live up in the Round Rock, TX area (north Austin suburb) and am
curious to find a good, nearby source for quality lump. There used to
be a barbecue place in La Frontera that carried Ozark Oak, which I
really liked. But now they're gone & I'm going to Barbecues Galore in
the Arboretum area for their stuff. I'm not very fond of it because
the pieces very greatly in size, it produces too much waste to quickly
and the last quarter of the bags are unusable gravel. I've tried B&B
that Whole Foods carries & wasn't as happy with it as I was with Ozark
Oak. They have BGE brand (I think), but haven't tried it because of
the price.

So instead of looking throughout Austin for good lump, I was wondering
if I'm missing out on some in the Round Rock area that I should try
out. Any suggestions?

rj

Not sure if you have a Fiesta in your area but if you do check them out.
I get (small) bags of PICNIC brand lump at my local (Houston) store
and it's OK. I don't have a lot of things to compare it to, not a lot
of experience, but as I remember, PICNIC got a pretty good review on The
Naked Whiz.

Also check WalMart.

Kevin

Richard wrote:
I live up in the Round Rock, TX area (north Austin suburb) and am
curious to find a good, nearby source for quality lump. There used to
be a barbecue place in La Frontera that carried Ozark Oak, which I

BBQ Outfitters on RR620, immediately after the intersection w 2222,
carries Ozark Oak. They also have a good selection of hardwoods.

http://www.bbqoutfitters.com

6715 Ranch Road 620 North
Austin Texas 78732
1-877-274-7455
512-347-1988

Steve Wertz wrote:
On 31 Jul 2006 12:02:29 -0700, Richard wrote:
I've tried B&B
that Whole Foods carries & wasn't as happy with it as I was with Ozark
Oak.

I think you need to give B&B another shot. The last few bags I've
picked up at Central Market have been excellent, though I can't
say that they've all been like that in the past.

CM keeps theirs on the same pallets that they're shipped on to
reduce handling and breakage.

What was it you didn't like about B&B? It's perfect lump when
it's chunky.

-sw


Thanks, guys. Yeah, Barbecues Galore is the place that left La
Frontera. What I liked about that Ozark Oak is that the pieces were
mostly uniform and they burned really well.

It's been a while since I've tried B&B - I last got it from the HEB
Plus out on 79, but the last time I was there (about a month or so),
they weren't carrying it anymore. But when I tried it last, it popped
& crackled a lot & shot embers out periodically. There also seemed to
be a great deal of unusable gravel at the bottom of the bag. Maybe I
should give B&B from CM a try & see if I get different results.

Thanks again for the suggestions.

rj

Richard wrote:
There also seemed to
be a great deal of unusable gravel at the bottom of the bag.

The first time I read the subject line I could have sworn it said round
rocks in lump.

Cam

Steve Wertz wrote:
On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 13:34:04 -0700, Nonnymus wrote:

heh. . . it's named for a big, roundish, rock sitting in a
stream bed. Our son points it out to us whenever we go there.

Makes me wonder how they got the name "Pflugerville" (just
southeast of Round Rock). I'd be embarrassed to live in a city
with such an atrocious name.

-sw

If you think that's bad, try Blue Ball, PA!

BrianW (Happy that I'm in Syracuse, IN)

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Steve Wertz wrote:
On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 13:34:04 -0700, Nonnymus wrote:

heh. . . it's named for a big, roundish, rock sitting in a stream bed.
Our son points it out to us whenever we go there.

Makes me wonder how they got the name "Pflugerville" (just
southeast of Round Rock). I'd be embarrassed to live in a city
with such an atrocious name.

-sw

If you think that's bad, try Blue Ball, PA!

We have a place called "Dildo" in Newfoundland. It's out by Heart's Content
and but a little further away from Heart's Desire.

BrianW (Happy that I'm in Syracuse, IN)

"Kevin S. Wilson" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 17:05:17 GMT, "D. Winsor"
wrote:

I know people with double degrees and doctorals

Mowing their lawns isn't really the same as knowing them, you know.

That would depend if I was mowing their actual lawn or mowing their
euphemistic lawn in that biblical sense of knowing. That would be a joke,
Kev. At least it would be to anybody who can live in the world and still
analyse and critique too. The best you seem to be able to offer is some
self-elevated and over self-estimated musing from the hall of Juvenal. Oh
ya, you're a humper.

On 03 Aug 2006 21:59:47 GMT, wrote:

Steve Wertz wrote:
On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 10:48:19 -0600, Kevin S. Wilson wrote:

A thread about funny place names: A sure sign that the posters have
thoroughly exhausted what little imagination, wit, and humor they may
have once possessed, and that the Usernet Coroner may now pronounce
the froup officially deceased.

Lets see what alt.religion.kibology currently has to offer:

1. Oscar Meyer's new ultimate lazy hot dog.
2. Please Help ID Book on Time Travel
3. How to cook a human
4. But where do we get the alternative screensaver?
5. Odd Shoes

That three's the makings for some excisting stimulation,
yesseriebob.

I expect you'd pee your pants laughing at this site:
http://www.funnyname.com/

That's so ... Kevin. First you criticize everybody for engaging
in a "lame" thread, and then you contribute to it, both in the
same post.

Like I said (again), you're the inspiration for hypocrites
everywhere.

My friend Wertz, I have to wonder why you bother, although I hasten to
admit that I enjoy watching He Whose Name Shall Not Be Uttered bumbast his
labours with high swelling and heaven-disimbowelling words.

Haditha, Jar Head.

http://www.time.com/time/world/artic...174649,00.html

--
"Danked," the past participle of "dank", is used to refer to someone
who replies to his own post on an online forum posing as another person
(see "Internet sock puppet") but forgetting to change his username . . . .
This was an act of stupidity meriting a name of its own, and because the hapless
contributor's username was Danks, the term "dank" or "danked" emerged.
-- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danked

Steve Wertz wrote:

On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 10:48:19 -0600, Kevin S. Wilson wrote:


A thread about funny place names: A sure sign that the posters have
thoroughly exhausted what little imagination, wit, and humor they may
have once possessed, and that the Usernet Coroner may now pronounce
the froup officially deceased.


Lets see what alt.religion.kibology currently has to offer:

1. Oscar Meyer's new ultimate lazy hot dog.
2. Please Help ID Book on Time Travel
3. How to cook a human
4. But where do we get the alternative screensaver?
5. Odd Shoes

That three's the makings for some excisting stimulation,
yesseriebob.

Fortunately, A.R.K. threads' titles have no bearing on the posts at
all. Unfortunately, a.f.b. posters are strict literalists.

--
Chris McG.
Harming humanity since 1951.
"My dog ate my gratitude journal." -- Paula


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On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 13:32:00 -0400, Chris McGonnell
wrote:


Steve Wertz wrote:

On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 10:48:19 -0600, Kevin S. Wilson wrote:


A thread about funny place names: A sure sign that the posters have
thoroughly exhausted what little imagination, wit, and humor they may
have once possessed, and that the Usernet Coroner may now pronounce
the froup officially deceased.


Lets see what alt.religion.kibology currently has to offer:

1. Oscar Meyer's new ultimate lazy hot dog.
2. Please Help ID Book on Time Travel
3. How to cook a human
4. But where do we get the alternative screensaver?
5. Odd Shoes

That three's the makings for some excisting stimulation,
yesseriebob.

Fortunately, A.R.K. threads' titles have no bearing on the posts at
all. Unfortunately, a.f.b. posters are strict literalists.

Tell me again why that is unfortunate.

BW

On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 09:21:37 -0400, barbara wrote:

On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 13:32:00 -0400, Chris McGonnell
wrote:


Steve Wertz wrote:

On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 10:48:19 -0600, Kevin S. Wilson wrote:


A thread about funny place names: A sure sign that the posters have
thoroughly exhausted what little imagination, wit, and humor they may
have once possessed, and that the Usernet Coroner may now pronounce
the froup officially deceased.


Lets see what alt.religion.kibology currently has to offer:

1. Oscar Meyer's new ultimate lazy hot dog.
2. Please Help ID Book on Time Travel
3. How to cook a human
4. But where do we get the alternative screensaver?
5. Odd Shoes

That three's the makings for some excisting stimulation,
yesseriebob.

Fortunately, A.R.K. threads' titles have no bearing on the posts at
all. Unfortunately, a.f.b. posters are strict literalists.

Tell me again why that is unfortunate.

Unfortunate for them, when scanning ARK's threads; we, of course, know
that "Kreuger's a Dork" in a.f.b. won't deviate from the unbearable
dankness of being.

--
Chris McG.
Harming humanity since 1951.
"My dog ate my gratitude journal." -- Paula



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