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On 8/16/2023 at 8:19 AM, NoName said:

this probably deserves to be in the all encompassing brisket thread, but anyone do their own pastrami brisket? worth doing it at "home"?

I've done it the cheap and easy way, i.e., buy a pre-brined, corned beef flat at the grocery store, soak it in cold water overnight to desalinate it, rub it the next morning, and toss it on the smoker.  It's quite good.  I don't do the steam thing toward the end, but I know someone on here has and has posted about it.

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Just idiotic “let’s be edgy & different!” bullshit.

Well, I mean…the outfit is legit Egyptian. Mediterranean folks use pomegranate liberally. I’m interested in giving it a try. Fusion can be tasty.
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21 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:


Well, I mean…the outfit is legit Egyptian. 

I’ll show myself out.

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I was having a flashback to when I tried “puffy tacos” at some place in Oak Hill that had boiled shredded beef in them topped with kale and cilantro. LOUD NOISES!!!
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1 hour ago, tigol said:

The fuck did they do to the bark on that thing?

that's trimming the fat cap to get rid of the fat. they just trimmed off and tried to leave as much bark as possible for chopping

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1 hour ago, Tylerocks said:

I don't really get "chopped" beef people.

eh sometimes it's better than the alternative and there is always a place for a mel man in my book.

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2 hours ago, Tylerocks said:

I don't really get "chopped" beef people.

 

If I get unknowingly dragged to a placndue to circumstances beyond my control, that I can tell is going to suck before I order, I get a chopped Sammie plate with a lot of sauce on the side.

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2 hours ago, Tylerocks said:

I don't really get "chopped" beef people.

 

I don't really get going into Rudys or any joint like that and the cutter trims off bark and fat.

Fuck, you think customers pay a premium for your product so they can have a plain ass roast beef sammich?

 

Shared it on the old board, but first time we went to City Market, our kids were like Junior High age and we go into the smokeroom  Wife asks me if chopped beef is OK for her to order, as in, will they make it for her?  Sure, just ask em...    When she gets up there she asks for brisket, chopped.  It gets all quiet.

" Ma'am we don't do that to our product."

The boys were laughing, I was laughing.  Wife wasn't... until later.

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1 hour ago, futureman said:

there's a time and a place for it.


it was too damn hot to eat pre concert. Got inside, nice ac, very comfy lounge area. Chopped beef was the right call

BUT … those burgers at grease monkey looked damn good 

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I’ve said before but I like Rudy’s in the Austin area for consistency sake and not needing to be in a line at 7 am. I’ve never had them cut or scrape the bark off. In fact, they’ll do you right (as right as they can I suppose) if you ask for moist outside cut.


There is a sliding scale though. The farther north you travel, the worse the Rudy’s get. It’s science or something.

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16 hours ago, deft said:

I’ve said before but I like Rudy’s in the Austin area for consistency sake and not needing to be in a line at 7 am. I’ve never had them cut or scrape the bark off. In fact, they’ll do you right (as right as they can I suppose) if you ask for moist outside cut.


There is a sliding scale though. The farther north you travel, the worse the Rudy’s get. It’s science or something.

I don't believe you...  https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=649503753855230

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Leaving Dallas early on Saturday morning and taking a trip down to Lampasas (buddy wants to look at some cows) anyway on way back home later I'm thinking Helberg for lunch.  That's the best option I know of, if anyone has any other ideas I'm open.  Not keen on Millers in Belton. 

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12 minutes ago, DallasSooner said:

Leaving Dallas early on Saturday morning and taking a trip down to Lampasas (buddy wants to look at some cows) anyway on way back home later I'm thinking Helberg for lunch.  That's the best option I know of, if anyone has any other ideas I'm open.  Not keen on Millers in Belton. 

Young's BBQ in Lampasas is good, haven't eaten there since they moved from San Saba but it's worth a stop. i think they just changed business hours, so check on that: https://www.facebook.com/youngsbbqmore

but Helberg is awesome and i can't recommend them enough.

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1 hour ago, DallasSooner said:

Leaving Dallas early on Saturday morning and taking a trip down to Lampasas (buddy wants to look at some cows) anyway on way back home later I'm thinking Helberg for lunch.  That's the best option I know of, if anyone has any other ideas I'm open.  Not keen on Millers in Belton. 

Schoepfs, Blue Cord, Guess also along the way

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22 hours ago, deft said:

I’ve said before but I like Rudy’s in the Austin area for consistency sake and not needing to be in a line at 7 am. I’ve never had them cut or scrape the bark off. In fact, they’ll do you right (as right as they can I suppose) if you ask for moist outside cut.


There is a sliding scale though. The farther north you travel, the worse the Rudy’s get. It’s science or something.

In Tyler, I use Rudy's as an example of where chopped brisket is the only way to order it, whether on a sandwich or, better, on a potato.  I got sliced, moist brisket there once.  Never again.

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On 8/21/2023 at 12:02 PM, Tylerocks said:

I don't really get "chopped" beef people.

 

The 2 for $5 chopped beef sandwich at Rubys down by campus used to be the best sandwich in Austin in my opinion.  Their smoked chicken jambalaya also slapped.  Damnit making my mouth water thinking about it.  Skillet potatoes were also strong to quite strong. 

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14 hours ago, deft said:

If I’m in Tyler, I’m getting a Cadillac motherclucker.

I get it.  I live here.  I love Stanley's.  I know the owners well.  My older son works there.  Rudy's is not in the same league.  But sometimes, despite my preference, I have found myself, as a matter of convenience or at the whim of others, at Rudy's.  

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1 hour ago, dcbc said:

I get it.  I live here.  I love Stanley's.  I know the owners well.  My older son works there.  Rudy's is not in the same league.  But sometimes, despite my preference, I have found myself, as a matter of convenience or at the whim of others, at Rudy's.  

Okay when I go to East Texas I hit 1) Sunbird 2) Jeffersons Riverport (because I love Stephen Joseph) and 3. Bodacious Hallsville. 

I have never stopped at the Country Tavern in Kilgore and I have always wanted to. What's your thoughts on it??

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7 hours ago, DallasSooner said:

Okay when I go to East Texas I hit 1) Sunbird 2) Jeffersons Riverport (because I love Stephen Joseph) and 3. Bodacious Hallsville. 

I have never stopped at the Country Tavern in Kilgore and I have always wanted to. What's your thoughts on it??

Expensive and overrated, but I haven't been there in years.  It's like that Tex-Mex place that people who grew up in a certain town love because they grew up with it, but if we're all being honest, isn't good outside of that memory of growing up with it.  I'm not from here.  So I don't get the appeal.

Neither did Mr. Vaughn. 

 

https://www.texasmonthly.com/bbq/country-tavern-2009/

 

Two alternative places possibly worth investigating if you don't have to have world class BBQ, but want something you can enjoy (and going there is part of the experience) are Pat Gees and Y'all's BBQ.  Bear in mind, these are straight-up Sammich joints.  Y'all's (open Thurs.--Sunday) has some good sides with whatever is in-season.  Chopped brisket potato I had there lasted two meals and was pretty inexpensive).  Pat Gees is a shack in the woods.  Texas Monthly wrote about it years ago.  I've still never been.

 

Outside of that, I'd say stick to what you're doing.  "Local BBQ" (yes, that's the dumb name) in Tyler isn't good.  Brisket had no taste and was a cheap cut.  Ribs were okay, but nothing to write home about.  I don't know how it has stayed open.  I live two blocks from there and once was enough.

 

I finally got to try Sunbird.  They were about to close and only had Brisket flat left.  I also got some street corn and beans.  Brisket was solid, but my son needed to get home.  So the 45 minute ride back to Tyler didn't do it any favors.  Flavor was great though.  Street corn was excellent and the beans were great.  There's so much there I want to try.

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2 hours ago, DallasSooner said:

Okay when I go to East Texas I hit 1) Sunbird 2) Jeffersons Riverport (because I love Stephen Joseph) and 3. Bodacious Hallsville. 

I have never stopped at the Country Tavern in Kilgore and I have always wanted to. What's your thoughts on it??

The ribs at the Tavern are phenomenal IMO.  Everything else is fine/solid/good. The brisket baked beans also quite solid. But the main takeaway is just get the large rib plate. 

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I get it.  I live here.  I love Stanley's.  I know the owners well.  My older son works there.  Rudy's is not in the same league.  But sometimes, despite my preference, I have found myself, as a matter of convenience or at the whim of others, at Rudy's.  

I wasn’t comparing the two. I got stuck at UT Tyler over the course of weeks on two different summers. I spent a lot of per diem on mothercluckers.
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13 minutes ago, deft said:


I wasn’t comparing the two. I got stuck at UT Tyler over the course of weeks on two different summers. I spent a lot of per diem on mothercluckers.

You were right to do so.  Those things are delicious.

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