Franklin BBQ

[conVINCEd 21469]

12 minutes ago, Godzillatron said:

Just looked at the website. $27.50/lb for brisket? FML.

If I don’t have to wait in line, I’m not sure at what price I would say no, but it’s north of $27.50/lb.

[Landomatic 3813]

12 hours ago, Godzillatron said:

Just looked at the website. $27.50/lb for brisket? FML.

Franklin brisket, Jerry.  Most briskets don't make their cut.

[futureman 22444]

21 minutes ago, Landomatic said:

Franklin brisket, Jerry.  Most briskets don't make their cut.

$27.50 you can’t beat that. 

[Jerry Callo 8699]

Just for the record, Jerry can't bring himself to pay $27.50 for Franklin brisket.  I've stopped the online ordering process twice after placing two pounds of brisket in the cart.  I've had Franklin brisket before and I'm not moving out of the area, so I'm not missing a chance.

[4th&Five 41519]

I happily paid it and would probably pay more not to have to wait in that line all morning.

[ZB'Tejas 593]

Yep. it added up quick and before I knew it I was buying $150 of bbq. But the process of picking it up was easy and this might be one of the few times you can easily get it without standing in line.

[Godzillatron 292]

So go to theinterstellarbbq.com to order brisket that’s 98% as good for $23/lb. Still pretty pricey but not quite so steep.

[Deej 76756]

1 hour ago, Godzillatron said:

So go to theinterstellarbbq.com to order brisket that’s 98% as good for $23/lb. Still pretty pricey but not quite so steep.

You can't claim the best unless you charge the most.

[luke duke 6412]

You can't claim the best unless you charge the most.

Snow’s says hi.

[SizzleChest 8283]

14 hours ago, Deej said:

You can't claim the best unless you charge the most.

 

9 minutes ago, luke duke said:

 

Snow’s says hi.

 

Snow's cooks once/week.   This comparison with Franklin (or anyone else for that matter) who cook 5-6 days/week is always a beating.

[pacman 7355]

what time do they push out new pickup slots? everytime i have looked, no pickup times are available

[Landomatic 3813]

39 minutes ago, pacman said:

what time do they push out new pickup slots? everytime i have looked, no pickup times are available

Just keep hitting refresh.  One will pop up.

[4th&Five 41519]

31 minutes ago, pacman said:

what time do they push out new pickup slots? everytime i have looked, no pickup times are available

It was 11am when I did it a couple weeks ago.

[DoobieWah 1435]

3 hours ago, SizzleChest said:

 

Snow's cooks once/week.   This comparison with Franklin (or anyone else for that matter) who cook 5-6 days/week is always a beating.

So you're saying Snow's can charge less because they only sell one day a week ?

Skipped Economies of Scale day huh?

 

(Full disclosure: I have six generations of ancestors, on both sides, buried in Lee and Milam Counties.)

[SizzleChest 8283]

46 minutes ago, DoobieWah said:

So you're saying Snow's can charge less because they only sell one day a week ?

Skipped Economies of Scale day huh?

 

(Full disclosure: I have six generations of ancestors, on both sides, buried in Lee and Milam Counties.)

Uh, no, your reading comprehension is lacking.  I was referring to the assertion of "best".  You can't reasonably compare a place that serves product one day a week with a place with that does it 5-6 days/week.

[HenryJames 66038]

We need a BBQ thread for the poors.

[luke duke 6412]

Snow's cooks once/week.   This comparison with Franklin (or anyone else for that matter) who cook 5-6 days/week is always a beating.

I was referring to the cost numbnuts. And, yes, I understand why Snow’s charges less.

[SizzleChest 8283]

[Deej 76756]

1 hour ago, HenryJames said:

We need a BBQ thread for the poors.

 

[Underdog 28585]

He said bbq not fried chicken.  

[AustinMT 952]

3 hours ago, HenryJames said:

We need a BBQ thread for the poors.

[dcbc 14465]

This place is slippin'.

 

[AustinMT 952]

9 minutes ago, dcbc said:

This place is slippin'.

 

That place didn’t just slip, it did a face plant years ago

[dcbc 14465]

Just now, AustinMT said:

That place didn’t just slip, it did a face plant years ago

Posted in response to the  "for the poors" suggestion.

[Biff Tannen 45667]

20 minutes ago, AustinMT said:

The horror

[AustinMT 952]

30 minutes ago, dcbc said:

Posted in response to the  "for the poors" suggestion.

I know.  I was agreeing with you

[Steel Shank 9421]

Lived in Austin for 42 years. Never had Franklin's.

[futureman 22444]

30 minutes ago, Steel Shank said:

Lived in Austin for 42 years. Never had Franklin's.

it’s only for tourists so you don’t qualify anyway. 

[tx 3 putt 76880]

5 hours ago, Underdog said:

He said bbq not fried chicken.  

sausage and potato tacos are 1st rate, get extra salsa 

[HenryJames 66038]

10 hours ago, Steel Shank said:

Lived in Austin for 42 years. Never had Franklin's.

*Franklin

[NoName 16351]

On 4/21/2020 at 5:53 PM, Godzillatron said:

So go to theinterstellarbbq.com to order brisket that’s 98% as good for $23/lb. Still pretty pricey but not quite so steep.

it's absolutely worth the 20% premium (23 vs 27.50) for Franklin, especially if you never have had it. also there are a huge number of better BBQ options than Interstellar.

[Steel Shank 9421]

1 hour ago, HenryJames said:

*Franklin

noted

(not really)

Edited April 23, 2020 by Steel Shank

[WBT 20561]

52 minutes ago, luke duke said:

And, yes, I understand why Snow’s charges less.

 

Poorer access to hipsters?

[utee94 15808]

*Franklinz

[Landomatic 3813]

13 hours ago, dcbc said:

This place is slippin'.

 

One of the Dickey's family kids is in my daughter's high school graduating class, so this picture hits close to home.

It is really shitty food but somebody forgot to tell the large masses of people who are buying it because that family is laughing all the way to the bank.

[Jerry Callo 8699]

There are some pickup times today (4/23) and Sunday available right now.

[irishtexan 11515]

1 hour ago, NoName said:

it's absolutely worth the 20% premium (23 vs 27.50) for Franklin, especially if you never have had it. also there are a huge number of better BBQ options than Interstellar.

Mickelthwait is the best deal for top-end cue in Austin, imo. Brisket is $20/lb. All the Austin area contemporaries - LA Bbq, stiles switch, leroy and lewis, terry black, valentina's, etc, are all $23 and above. All his meats are priced at or below their contemporaries. And their sausage program always offers something interesting. I had a thai chili sausage there that was fenominle. 

That being said, if I want to buy a couple of lbs of brisket, I'm not gonna let the $7 per lb price difference at Franklin stop me from ordering from there while I don't have to wait in line. Who gives a shit about $14 when you're surly 1%, amIright?

 

 

[Underdog 28585]

Any of these places ship?  We've done Rudy's through Goldbelly and Rudy's itself but the wife only likes their sausages/beans.  We were highly disappointed with the brisket and shipping fee was expensive. 

[Jerry Callo 8699]

37 minutes ago, Underdog said:

Any of these places ship?  We've done Rudy's through Goldbelly and Rudy's itself but the wife only likes their sausages/beans.  We were highly disappointed with the brisket and shipping fee was expensive. 

https://www.texasmonthly.com/bbq/how-to-have-barbecue-and-future-barbecue-shipped-to-your-door/

[Underdog 28585]

Not only are you a helluva lawyer & American.  But also a helluva Texan.  

[Landomatic 3813]

1 hour ago, Underdog said:

Any of these places ship?  We've done Rudy's through Goldbelly and Rudy's itself but the wife only likes their sausages/beans.  We were highly disappointed with the brisket and shipping fee was expensive. 

Yeah, I don't think Rudy's would be worth paying anything extra to get shipped anywhere.

[futureman 22444]

8 minutes ago, Landomatic said:

Yeah, I don't think Rudy's would be worth paying anything extra to get shipped anywhere.

worst bbq in texas

[Stunns38 3460]

worst bbq in texas

Hardly the worst, there are a few that aren’t even edible like ahem, Dickeys. At least Rudy’s is the most consistent for a chain. May not be superb but it does the job.

[utee94 15808]

10 minutes ago, Stunns38 said:

Hardly the worst, there are a few that aren’t even edible like ahem, Dickeys. At least Rudy’s is the most consistent for a chain. May not be superb but it does the job.

Well tell that to RUDY'S, buster!

 

[Brew 3049]

1 hour ago, Jerry Callo said:

https://www.texasmonthly.com/bbq/how-to-have-barbecue-and-future-barbecue-shipped-to-your-door/

So, short of me scanning the Texas BBQ thread which isn’t an option at the moment, if you’re ordering from one place on that list which one would you go with?

[conVINCEd 21469]

5 minutes ago, Brew said:

So, short of me scanning the Texas BBQ thread which isn’t an option at the moment, if you’re ordering from one place on that list which one would you go with?

Snow’s

[Jerry Callo 8699]

9 minutes ago, Brew said:

So, short of me scanning the Texas BBQ thread which isn’t an option at the moment, if you’re ordering from one place on that list which one would you go with?

Tejas, Snow's, or Evie Mae's.

[irishtexan 11515]

2 hours ago, Underdog said:

Any of these places ship?  We've done Rudy's through Goldbelly and Rudy's itself but the wife only likes their sausages/beans.  We were highly disappointed with the brisket and shipping fee was expensive. 

Trust us. We know...

[GreenspointTexas 9598]

2 hours ago, futureman said:

worst bbq in texas

Lol.

[futureman 22444]

29 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Lol.

what?