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  On 9/11/2024 at 12:51 PM, Native Horn said:

First fajitas I had were at La Vista at the Hyatt Regency Austin, which was among the fanciest hotels in Austin at the time.  Server after server bringing out the piping hot comales, delicious fajita steam wafting through the lily-white clientele on the second floor of the Hyatt. 

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thats the whitest thing i’ve ever read here, congrats 

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Pretty good TM article about Goldee's training other pitmasters.  Obviously, Chuck Charnichart features prominently with the success of Barbs-B-Q.  I found this interesting, especially since I hadn't heard anything about it:

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Charnichart is the only one who remains, after Haley Conlin left the business in January and Alexis Tovias was asked to depart in February. 

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There was so much hype prior to opening about the three women opening the business.  I'm glad Chuck has been able to keep it going - the quality of barbecue is quite impressive.

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  On 9/10/2024 at 9:06 PM, Brisketexan said:

Fajitas say "hi."  My 87 yr old dad has a whole rant about it -- "I used to buy them for 29 cents a pound before those assholes at Chili's went and made them popular with gringos."

Cheap/throwaway stuff (that is often the food of poor folks/minority cultures) gets discovered and becomes expensive:

- smoked brisket (used to be for country/rural folk, at the local market/butcher/bbq joint)

- chicken wings (cheap bar food for yankee yahoos)

- ox tails (an african american staple)

- fajitas (served by the platter full at countless mexican backyard barbecues until they got expensive in the early 80s)

- tacos in general (I'm looking at you fuckers at Torchy's)

And the list surely goes on and on.

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Wings too expensive?  My grandmother would buy necks for chicken and dumplings sometimes the head was still attached.  Blechhh!

 

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My mom (RIP, bless her heart) once told me about her father teaching her how to kill a chicken by swinging it around by the head until its neck broke.

The funny thing was, he wasn't a farmer, he was a tax attorney.  He just happened to raise chickens.

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  On 9/16/2024 at 9:22 PM, Jerry Callo said:

Pretty good TM article about Goldee's training other pitmasters.  Obviously, Chuck Charnichart features prominently with the success of Barbs-B-Q.  I found this interesting, especially since I hadn't heard anything about it:

There was so much hype prior to opening about the three women opening the business.  I'm glad Chuck has been able to keep it going - the quality of barbecue is quite impressive.

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3 women not able to get along on how to run a business ???

im shocked 😁

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Let's say you are driving from Austin to Ft. Worth and back the same day.  If you had a chance to stop somewhere in the afternoon to pick up BBQ to go and bring home, where would you go?  Are there options?

Here's a couple I see

Rise N Smoke Pit - Hillsboro

Buffalo Creek BBQ - Hillsboro

Tony's Backyard BBQ - Hillsboro

Massey's BBQ - Alvarado

Slovacek's West - West

I guess there are others but those looked easy

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  On 9/17/2024 at 5:16 PM, texasdago said:

Let's say you are driving from Austin to Ft. Worth and back the same day.  If you had a chance to stop somewhere in the afternoon to pick up BBQ to go and bring home, where would you go?  Are there options?

Here's a couple I see

Rise N Smoke Pit - Hillsboro

Buffalo Creek BBQ - Hillsboro

Tony's Backyard BBQ - Hillsboro

Massey's BBQ - Alvarado

Slovacek's West - West

I guess there are others but those looked easy

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Guess in Waco?

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  On 9/17/2024 at 5:16 PM, texasdago said:

Let's say you are driving from Austin to Ft. Worth and back the same day.  If you had a chance to stop somewhere in the afternoon to pick up BBQ to go and bring home, where would you go?  Are there options?

Here's a couple I see

Rise N Smoke Pit - Hillsboro

Buffalo Creek BBQ - Hillsboro

Tony's Backyard BBQ - Hillsboro

Massey's BBQ - Alvarado

Slovacek's West - West

I guess there are others but those looked easy

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Guess - Waco

Heilberg - Woodway 

G Wagon - Little River Academy (if they are open and not sold out)

Miller's - Belton 

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  On 9/17/2024 at 5:16 PM, texasdago said:

Let's say you are driving from Austin to Ft. Worth and back the same day.  If you had a chance to stop somewhere in the afternoon to pick up BBQ to go and bring home, where would you go?  Are there options?

Here's a couple I see

Rise N Smoke Pit - Hillsboro

Buffalo Creek BBQ - Hillsboro

Tony's Backyard BBQ - Hillsboro

Massey's BBQ - Alvarado

Slovacek's West - West

I guess there are others but those looked easy

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Helberg-Waco

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  On 9/17/2024 at 5:16 PM, texasdago said:

Let's say you are driving from Austin to Ft. Worth and back the same day.  If you had a chance to stop somewhere in the afternoon to pick up BBQ to go and bring home, where would you go?  Are there options?

Here's a couple I see

Rise N Smoke Pit - Hillsboro

Buffalo Creek BBQ - Hillsboro

Tony's Backyard BBQ - Hillsboro

Massey's BBQ - Alvarado

Slovacek's West - West

I guess there are others but those looked easy

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Terry Black's--Waco location on 8th Street.  

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  On 9/17/2024 at 10:42 PM, GreenspointTexas said:

Guess 

Helberg

Shoepfs

Putskas

Rosslers

Millers

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Not a bad list.  Neither Pustka nor Shoepf's are on the TM top 50 or honorable mention, though.  Putskas made the 2019 Top 25 new, but didn't make the list after.

As mentioned above, several of these places close at 3:00 on certain days and are not open others.  Rossler's is only open on Wednesday or Thursday, which is why I've never tried it.

With that being said, I would choose either Miller's or Shoepf's to grab something to bring home from a trip to the Dallas.  If its open, Helberg is probably the best on the list.  No reason to cart barbecue home from Hillsboro.  

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  On 9/17/2024 at 5:16 PM, texasdago said:

Let's say you are driving from Austin to Ft. Worth and back the same day.  If you had a chance to stop somewhere in the afternoon to pick up BBQ to go and bring home, where would you go?  Are there options?

Here's a couple I see

Rise N Smoke Pit - Hillsboro

Buffalo Creek BBQ - Hillsboro

Tony's Backyard BBQ - Hillsboro

Massey's BBQ - Alvarado

Slovacek's West - West

I guess there are others but those looked easy

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Take 281 and go to Hard 8?

I haven't been in about 7-8 years, but it was good back then. 

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  On 9/18/2024 at 2:27 PM, hornian said:

Take 281 and go to Hard 8?

I haven't been in about 7-8 years, but it was good back then. 

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I took the 281 route between Austin and Ft. Worth a couple of years ago for the express purpose of stopping at Hard 8. They could have just had an off day, but it was awful when we stopped there. Someone who has been there more recently might be able to corroborate or dispute that review.

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  On 9/18/2024 at 3:19 PM, royiv said:

I took the 281 route between Austin and Ft. Worth a couple of years ago for the express purpose of stopping at Hard 8. They could have just had an off day, but it was awful when we stopped there. Someone who has been there more recently might be able to corroborate or dispute that review.

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Hard 8 is not good. Allsups burrito is a great choice if you can find one.

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  On 9/18/2024 at 4:07 PM, DalTxHornFan said:

Hard 8 is not good. Allsups burrito is a great choice if you can find one.

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My oldest was disappointed that she didn't get an Allsups burrito when we were in Ruidoso this year (pre-fire and flood) because I talked them up so much. 

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  On 9/17/2024 at 5:16 PM, texasdago said:

 

Slovacek's West - West

 

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stopped for gas once and thought a sausage wrap was a great idea (damn good sausage). the line to order was longer than any bbq place ive ever seen. it fucking wrapped around the inside to the store. crazy 

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  On 9/18/2024 at 5:07 AM, Pablo said:

Houston Horns, what’s a Saturday Pinkerton’s line like?  
 

id like to take 4 to lunch around noon.  

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there will be a line, but it moves 

you can order ahead of time and it’s wrapped up and waiting for you on the togo table 

hands down the best bbq in houston right now. that latino staff has those pits tuned in !

 

 

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I know that I am risking the little bit of cred that I have on Surly, but I'm in Midland in a trial this week and am busy and hungry.  There is a Dickey's right next door to my hotel.

Half pound of pork burnt ends,  along with beans and slaw to go with my cheap bourbon out of a hotel paper cup.  Not bad at all.  Living the dream!

 

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