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  On 1/26/2025 at 5:19 PM, Pdawg88 said:

Yeah I have no clue. I’m from OKC, my daughter is here for a cheer competition and a buddy of mine suggested it. I was going to hit Terry Blacks but he said Pecan Lodge was better. Again good was amazing. 

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Sorry dude, you got hosed

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Pecan Lodge's shack at the farmers market is what got me hooked on craft BBQ. That brisket is still the best I've ever had. The stuff they're serving now is not even close to what it used to be. Really sucks :(

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  On 1/27/2025 at 2:59 AM, HRSchenker said:

Pecan Lodge's shack at the farmers market is what got me hooked on craft BBQ. That brisket is still the best I've ever had. The stuff they're serving now is not even close to what it used to be. Really sucks :(

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Double+ pit size, gigantic struggles with consistency after leaving farmers market, lease requirements to not sell out / stay open and everyone else raised their game.

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That's never good to have a full on rebrand...but it's probably way better for SEO and getting actual people in the door.

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Oh...nm they must have sold it. New socials, walking away from 10k social media followers.

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Pinkerton’s in San Antonio beforea deposition. Good but not great. Dude put the sauce on my ribs before I could say no thanks. Surprisingly, the beans were the star of the show.

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  On 1/29/2025 at 6:16 PM, South Austin said:

Dude put the sauce on my ribs before I could say no thanks.

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I get burned on that at Mum Foods. They have some of the best ribs, but they squirt a little sweet sauce on them right before serving.  I always remember that right as I sit down with my tray.

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  On 1/29/2025 at 7:15 PM, Jerry Callo said:

I get burned on that at Mum Foods. They have some of the best ribs, but they squirt a little sweet sauce on them right before serving.  I always remember that right as I sit down with my tray.

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If you always get the sauce because you forget and the ribs are some of the best wouldn't that sauce be part of why you think they're some of the best? 

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  On 1/29/2025 at 7:19 PM, BurntOrange&White said:

If you always get the sauce because you forget and the ribs are some of the best wouldn't that sauce be part of why you think they're some of the best? 

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It would seem so, but no.  They are some of the best due to being cooked perfectly and having a flavorful, stout bark.  The sauce is a negative for me.  It's not a sweet barbecue sauce, but more like a simple syrup.

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  On 1/29/2025 at 7:15 PM, Jerry Callo said:

I get burned on that at Mum Foods. They have some of the best ribs, but they squirt a little sweet sauce on them right before serving.  I always remember that right as I sit down with my tray.

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Stiles Switch offered that on my ribs when I was there earlier this month.  I equivocated, and the server said, how about "just a whisper" of sauce.  I'm here to say that that is the correct answer, at least at Stiles Switch, just a hint of sweet vinegar. 

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  On 1/29/2025 at 9:16 PM, Deej said:

Stiles Switch does pretty good ribs. 

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The day I ate there, the did pretty good everything.

 

My tray from earlier this month.  No wait.  $36

 

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  On 1/29/2025 at 9:54 PM, jimmyjazz said:

I'm not sure I've had their pork ribs, but I ordered one of those dino ribs one night -- holy shit.  That was pearly gates level 'Q.

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I always hesitate to order beef ribs unless I'm splitting them because I have a hard time eating much else.  Last time was at Louie Mueller's, which was excellent.  That was a good thing, because the brisket was sad.

 

Edit to add that the beef rib at LaBBQ was next level great as well.

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  On 1/29/2025 at 9:54 PM, dcbc said:

The day I ate there, the did pretty good everything.

 

My tray from earlier this month.  No wait.  $36

 

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$36 for that tray is pre-covid pricing here in Fort Worth. Good for them and for you.

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  On 1/27/2025 at 2:59 AM, HRSchenker said:

Pecan Lodge's shack at the farmers market is what got me hooked on craft BBQ. That brisket is still the best I've ever had. The stuff they're serving now is not even close to what it used to be. Really sucks :(

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  On 1/27/2025 at 3:45 AM, NoName said:

Double+ pit size, gigantic struggles with consistency after leaving farmers market, lease requirements to not sell out / stay open and everyone else raised their game.

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The founders are long gone, as in sold the business pre-COVID.

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  On 1/27/2025 at 11:57 PM, NoName said:

That's never good to have a full on rebrand...but it's probably way better for SEO and getting actual people in the door.

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Oh...nm they must have sold it. New socials, walking away from 10k social media followers.

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Yup. Wild that Baked is staying open out there.

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  On 1/29/2025 at 11:21 PM, pch said:
$36 for that tray is pre-covid pricing here in Fort Worth. Good for them and for you.
3-meat plate and two sides.  Best guess is a half-pound of each meat.  Heck of a deal. And a lot less expensive and better food than my recent trip to the Waco outpost of Terry Blacks.
 
edit:  $31.95 plus tax. 
 
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Was in Spring for work today and swung by Corkscrew Bbq fresh off the 1 star Michelin.  

I wasn’t impressed.  I ordered 1/4 fatty brisket, 1/4 jalapeño/cheese sausage and 2 pork ribs.  Sides of pit smoked beans and Mac-n-cheese.  

The sausage was the most enjoyable but the brisket and ribs just lacked much flavor or smoke.  Sausage was peppery with a good bite but not spicy.  Brisket had the right mouthfeel but just not spectacular.  Bark was only noticeable in my last nite. The pork rib I ate was huge and tender but just not on par with any place I’ve eaten in 2024 (Barb’s, Pinkerton’s, Stiles, Truth). 

Sadly, the beans were the most impressive item on my plate.  Maybe I caught them on an off day. 

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Rolling Smoke BBQ in East Austin this past weekend.   Went for the BBQ tacos, but added a bit of brisket, sausage, and sides.  Wife (no pics) wanted some sweets as well. 
 

Tacos were great (2 carnitas, 1 turkey, 1 barbacoa).  Brisket/sausage was good.  I did want more jalapeño flavor in the sausage.   It a fan of the banana pudding as it had too much gelatin in it so it was a hard pudding.  

 

Good place to go with not much wait time. I would go back for the tacos and brisket.  

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Against my better judgment, with no reason other than intuition, I met my wife at SLAB (183/Burnet) for their 1/2-price pork rib special tonight, since she was in the area having coffee with a friend.

Don't do that.  Yikes.  I don't know how you overcook ribs, but they did it.

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  On 1/30/2025 at 2:39 PM, Jerry Callo said:

Castroville Barbecue Company

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Rumor in the FB group is that 2M partners split and one is taking each part of the business. Interesting to see who ends up where. Assume Esaul ends up at 2M and Joe in Castroville since the old account is telling people to go to Esauls wife's spot in Castroville.

Joe has been over the top nice to me on the 4-5 occasions I've dealt with him on catering. Legit comes across like a great dude every time.

Comments sure look like that's the case. Selah is Selah Melig, Joe's wife.

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IG link to new account: https://www.instagram.com/castrovillebbqcompany?igsh=bXNlNWV6cGdxYnFv

Keeping the Blu Lacy IG account is incredibly petty and shows how shit the partnership must have gotten.

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I like the spot in castroville and will continue consuming a lot of bbq and dropping coin there every time I move through. I dont care about all that BBQ world drama. Just want to smell oak wood and drink a margarita and have some good q on a thursday afternoon. 

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  On 1/31/2025 at 3:06 AM, NoName said:

Rumor in the FB group is that 2M partners split and one is taking each part of the business. Interesting to see who ends up where. Assume Esaul ends up at 2M and Joe in Castroville since the old account is telling people to go to Esauls wife's spot in Castroville.

Joe has been over the top nice to me on the 4-5 occasions I've dealt with him on catering. Legit comes across like a great dude every time.

Comments sure look like that's the case. Selah is Selah Melig, Joe's wife.

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IG link to new account: https://www.instagram.com/castrovillebbqcompany?igsh=bXNlNWV6cGdxYnFv

Keeping the Blu Lacy IG account is incredibly petty and shows how shit the partnership must have gotten.

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  On 1/31/2025 at 2:24 AM, jimmyjazz said:

Against my better judgment, with no reason other than intuition, I met my wife at SLAB (183/Burnet) for their 1/2-price pork rib special tonight, since she was in the area having coffee with a friend.

Don't do that.  Yikes.  I don't know how you overcook ribs, but they did it.

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1/2 price means they likely reheated in a micorowave the ones from earlier in the week that didn't sell. Gotta clear them out before the weekend. 

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From San Antonio Express-News story re:  2M and Castroville BBQ:

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Stopped at Kolacny's Bar-B-Q House in Halletville yesterday on the way to El Campo.  This is a place listed in the 2021 TM BBQ Honorable mention and receives good reviews throughout those who like obscure, old-school barbecue - like the podcasters on Tales From the Pits.  We got there around 1:00 following quite a rush.  The original owners, Ervin and Carolyn, were manning the shop because the son and daughter-in-law, who now run the joint, were catering for a funeral.  I really wanted to try the pork steak, but unfortunately Ervin said that the only thing they had left was two rings of sausage.  Of course I got those two sausage rings and they were great.  Course ground with a perfect snap.  I'm looking forward to finishing the sausage this afternoon with a stack of saltines.

Although its out of the way for almost anyone, I will go back (probably paired with a trip to Shiner).  If Halletsville is on your way somewhere, its worth the stop.  

Even if all meats were available, I probably would have only bought pork steak, sausage, and a half chicken.  I don't go to places like this for brisket, which many places have perfected.  I go for the simple food cooked in a manner that it has been cooked since the 1800s.  The same reason I grab a sausage ring from Smitty's when I'm in Lockhart.

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  On 2/2/2025 at 2:30 PM, Jerry Callo said:

Stopped at Kolacny's Bar-B-Q House in Halletville yesterday on the way to El Campo.  This is a place listed in the 2021 TM BBQ Honorable mention and receives good reviews throughout those who like obscure, old-school barbecue - like the podcasters on Tales From the Pits.  We got there around 1:00 following quite a rush.  The original owners, Ervin and Carolyn, were manning the shop because the son and daughter-in-law, who now run the joint, were catering for a funeral.  I really wanted to try the pork steak, but unfortunately Ervin said that the only thing they had left was two rings of sausage.  Of course I got those two sausage rings and they were great.  Course ground with a perfect snap.  I'm looking forward to finishing the sausage this afternoon with a stack of saltines.

Although its out of the way for almost anyone, I will go back (probably paired with a trip to Shiner).  If Halletsville is on your way somewhere, its worth the stop.  

Even if all meats were available, I probably would have only bought pork steak, sausage, and a half chicken.  I don't go to places like this for brisket, which many places have perfected.  I go for the simple food cooked in a manner that it has been cooked since the 1800s.  The same reason I grab a sausage ring from Smitty's when I'm in Lockhart.

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Its definitely the strangest/most out-there bbq experience I ever had. Their bbq may have been good pre-franklin bbq, but the only reason to stop, imo, is if you are hungry and headed to Splashway

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Went to Mum today for lunch. Got there around 11:45 and there was one other car in the lot. I was surprised but happy. Brisket sandwich and sausage were both really good. Thanks to this thread I think I’ve had more good BBQ already in 2025 than all of last year. 

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  On 2/2/2025 at 7:08 PM, 4th&Five said:

Went to Mum today for lunch. Got there around 11:45 and there was one other car in the lot. I was surprised but happy. Brisket sandwich and sausage were both really good. Thanks to this thread I think I’ve had more good BBQ already in 2025 than all of last year. 

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Nice thing about showing up to Mum at 11:00-12:00 on the weekend, even with cars in the parking lot, there's a long line of hipsters getting coffee and the food line is short.  

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  On 2/2/2025 at 2:30 PM, Jerry Callo said:

Stopped at Kolacny's Bar-B-Q House in Halletville yesterday on the way to El Campo.  This is a place listed in the 2021 TM BBQ Honorable mention and receives good reviews throughout those who like obscure, old-school barbecue - like the podcasters on Tales From the Pits.  We got there around 1:00 following quite a rush.  The original owners, Ervin and Carolyn, were manning the shop because the son and daughter-in-law, who now run the joint, were catering for a funeral.  I really wanted to try the pork steak, but unfortunately Ervin said that the only thing they had left was two rings of sausage.  Of course I got those two sausage rings and they were great.  Course ground with a perfect snap.  I'm looking forward to finishing the sausage this afternoon with a stack of saltines.

Although its out of the way for almost anyone, I will go back (probably paired with a trip to Shiner).  If Halletsville is on your way somewhere, its worth the stop.  

Even if all meats were available, I probably would have only bought pork steak, sausage, and a half chicken.  I don't go to places like this for brisket, which many places have perfected.  I go for the simple food cooked in a manner that it has been cooked since the 1800s.  The same reason I grab a sausage ring from Smitty's when I'm in Lockhart.

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  On 2/2/2025 at 5:59 PM, GreenspointTexas said:

 headed to Splashway

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Met a friend at Brisket & Rice Friday. Brisket was kinda dry this time - I’m a little curious if they’re dealing with any issues upping quantity after all their recent press. Anyway, I like supporting family restaurants, but once they move to their new location they’ll be far enough that i’ll just stick to Truth or Pinkertons anyway. 

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  On 2/3/2025 at 5:54 AM, RollLeft said:

I forgot that Pit Room opened a location near me between Memorial City and City Centre.  Went for lunch on Friday.  Solid.  

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Hah, I got taken there a few months back and I thought it was inferior to Rudy’s.  Cool space for the kids and full bar was a highlight but the meat was flavorless (tacos, too, which was weird).  

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  On 2/3/2025 at 1:33 PM, LCHorn said:

Hah, I got taken there a few months back and I thought it was inferior to Rudy’s.  Cool space for the kids and full bar was a highlight but the meat was flavorless (tacos, too, which was weird).  

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I’ve found Pit Room to be wildly inconsistent. I’ve been there when it’s in the upper echelons of Houston Q and other times and it’s damn near inedible. I’ve given up on it after two trips in a row that were in the latter category.

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