Nunya Bidnits wrote:
> In ,
> Cleatarrior > typed:
>> Nunya Bidnits wrote:
>>> In ,
>>> > typed:
>>>> In alt.food.barbecue, Nunya Bidnits > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> So anyway I am not the least bit amazed when I hear that people
>>>>> from any part of this great nation haven't the slightest clue as
>>>>> to what constitutes good barbecue.
>>>> My kids have gone to barbecue competitions since they were barely
>>>> able to talk. We live in New England, not exactly known as a mecca
>>>> of good Q.
>>>>
>>>> Once, when my older son was about 10, we went to Chilis. He wanted
>>>> the Baby Back Ribs. I tries to tell him that they were unlikely to
>>>> be what he thought of as "BBQ ribs", but he really wanted them, and
>>>> he ordered them anyways.
>>>>
>>>> When they came, he tried them, and then he wouldn't eat them. We
>>>> sent them back and got him a burger.
>>> Amen. Processed in a machine that spits a little smoke from burnt
>>> sawdust, cryo'd, frozen, warehoused forever, thawed and heated at a
>>> restaurant while being boiled in sickly sweet goo isn't barbecue.
>>> Good for you for not letting your kid grow up deprived.
>>>
>>> MartyB in KC
>>> raised on KC barbecue, real chocolate malts, and a good red hot or
>>> knackwurst here and there
>>>
>> Any votes on national-regional chains ribs?
>>
>> I've had Famous Daves' - not too bad, certainly a leg up on those
>> Chilis faux things.
>>
>> Tony Romas - gag! Where's the smoke?
>>
>> Best ever - The County Line. The baby backs are sublime and the cowboy
>> beans are totally addictive.
>>
>> http://www.countyline.com/
>
> Can't really comment on regional chains in KC. Only famous Dave's has a
> foothold of any kind and that is due to two locations in the travel
> destination areas, one in the new Power and Light/Sprint Center district,
> and one by the Kansas Speedway.
>
> There have been lots of barbecue chains who have showed up in KC bragging
> about their stuff, only to be spanked and sent home to mama. We have some
> local chains to be sure, but their place is hard earned and well deserved.
> It's just hard for the formula folks to compete around here.
>
> MartyB in KC
>

I wouldn't be surprised if Memphis and Carolina have similar issues.

Q is big in Texas too, but then Texas is just so big it has room for more.

If your travels take you near a County Line you be in for good eats.