I finally did it. I left there with no leftover tickets! Isn't that supposed to be impossible? Although it was rather warm standing in front of king sized grills and smokers on asphalt this afternoon, it was worth the trip. Here's today's lunchtime/afternoon snack report. (All sampled by yours truly.) Rated on a scale from 1-5 bones Butch's Smack your Lips BBQ: pulled pork sandwich w/med. "Pyro Sauce" Pretty darn good for a NJ outfit. Meat was cooked just right, good sauce.The real deal. Rating=4 bones. Sutphens from Texas: Only one thing to order from a Texas outfit, so the choice was an easy one. Chopped Brisket sandwich. Oh my! Just the right mix of burnt ends and fat in meat as tender as I've ever had. Chipotle Q sauce with just enough kick to put a sweat on your brow. Rating=5 bones. 4 for the food, and 1 just for bringing brisket to MN. Mojo's-southern Ohio: Pulled pork sandwich. Nice juicy tender meat. Mellow smoke flavor. Sauce was pretty ordinary. Snuck down to Butch's for a few glops of the Pyro. Rating=3 1/2 bones Johnson's of Norfolk VA: McRibs. On a bun. They call it their boneless rib sandwich.I call it animal abuse. Unbe*&%!*lievable. They, and anyone else trying to pass this abomination off as BBQ should be forever banned from holding a restaurant license. I thought Famous Dave had nerve, but that... well THAT takes a special brand of guts. I didn't even think about trying their pork sandwich. Rating=Boneless North Carolina BBQ Co.: NC is a place where Q is only one thing,if not a whole hog, and that is pork shoulder, but this ain't the one. Minced well,but bland (I tasted no evidence of live coals ever being near the stuff) and left in a steam table with the cover on too long. Watery. Rating=2 bones So there you have it. Go. Eat. It's overpriced, but still cheaper than traveling to all those places.
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