Share Your Unpopular Barbecue Opinion

U_tarded

Rudy’s bbq chain in Texas is delicious.

Pork belly burnt ends always disappoint me.  

57sauce and cheap steak is a fantastic meal.

Baked goods from the egg always taste like ash no matter how clean your smoke is. 

JohnInCarolina

Yep, some of these are definitely unpopular.

Botch

SciAggie said:

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SGH said:

Rectum stuffed with labia and nipples is horrible.

I didn’t know that was an opinion - popular or otherwise. I need to get a different circle of friends...

Or not.  That sounds kinda Roman...

sumoconnell

Ok - I’m in for unpopular. 

We cook large cuts like brisket, ribs and butts for our friends more than ourselves. 

They enjoy it, appreciate the effort, but would rather go with us to a restaurant and have some drinks and food.  We’re pushers because this is our hobby. It doesn’t matter if we really like it either, it’s about getting it right. 

Of course our friends say they like it, maybe it’s even good, but that doesn’t matter. It’s about getting together.  I could cook bad food, we could still have an epic night.  Our best party recently was with store bought French bread pizza at midnight after LCR and a Bell Biv Devoe sing along.  /poison/

but the wine has to be good. 

The Cen-Tex Smoker

sumoconnell said:

Ok - I’m in for unpopular. 

We cook large cuts like brisket, ribs and butts for our friends more than ourselves. 

They enjoy it, appreciate the effort, but would rather go with us to a restaurant and have some drinks and food.  We’re pushers because this is our hobby. It doesn’t matter if we really like it either, it’s about getting it right. 

Of course our friends say they like it, maybe it’s even good, but that doesn’t matter. It’s about getting together.  I could cook bad food, we could still have an epic night.  Our best party recently was with store bought French bread pizza at midnight after LCR and a Bell Biv Devoe sing along.  /poison/

but the wine has to be good. 

Soooooo...pretty sure we live 3 minutes apart

sumoconnell

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

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sumoconnell said:

Ok - I’m in for unpopular. 

We cook large cuts like brisket, ribs and butts for our friends more than ourselves. 

They enjoy it, appreciate the effort, but would rather go with us to a restaurant and have some drinks and food.  We’re pushers because this is our hobby. It doesn’t matter if we really like it either, it’s about getting it right. 

Of course our friends say they like it, maybe it’s even good, but that doesn’t matter. It’s about getting together.  I could cook bad food, we could still have an epic night.  Our best party recently was with store bought French bread pizza at midnight after LCR and a Bell Biv Devoe sing along.  /poison/

but the wine has to be good. 

Soooooo...pretty sure we live 3 minutes apart

D’oh! This is at my little lake house in the boonies 3hrs north.  Matt Pitman @MeatChurch got a place on the same lake this year, as I can tell from his Instagram. Near Athens, cedar creek lake. 

JRWhitee

@johnincarolina is the most popular guy on the forum.

Ike

Should be ready around 4:00...most men understand (and enjoy), women not so much

The Cen-Tex Smoker

sumoconnell said:

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The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

sumoconnell said:

Ok - I’m in for unpopular. 

We cook large cuts like brisket, ribs and butts for our friends more than ourselves. 

They enjoy it, appreciate the effort, but would rather go with us to a restaurant and have some drinks and food.  We’re pushers because this is our hobby. It doesn’t matter if we really like it either, it’s about getting it right. 

Of course our friends say they like it, maybe it’s even good, but that doesn’t matter. It’s about getting together.  I could cook bad food, we could still have an epic night.  Our best party recently was with store bought French bread pizza at midnight after LCR and a Bell Biv Devoe sing along.  /poison/

but the wine has to be good. 

Soooooo...pretty sure we live 3 minutes apart

D’oh! This is at my little lake house in the boonies 3hrs north.  Matt Pitman @MeatChurch got a place on the same lake this year, as I can tell from his Instagram. Near Athens, cedar creek lake. 

I know cedar creek lake well! My grandparents Had a lake house There growing up. 

You should reach out to matt. He’s a great guy.plus he has plenty of “hand cramping cold Miller Lite” and probably more than one Traeger On his patio. 

GrateEggspectations

The barbecue community needs more university professors. 

QDude

You need a drip pan with water to keep your food moist.

The KBQ does a better job with ribs, briskets, and pork butts.

Your opinion here doesn't matter if you don't post pics of your cooks.

Kayak

Pork bellies are disgusting.
If you're not going to do fatty hunks of meat, there isn't much point to owning an Egg.
How's that for unpopular?

Mark_B_Good

Finish cooks on the gas grill.

Foghorn

I'll list mine separately so as to know which one is disliked the most.

Any time a pork belly isn't made into bacon it is a waste of a pork belly - because no "pork belly anything" has ever tasted as good as bacon.

Foghorn

When cooking brisket on the Big Green Egg, in order to cook it optimally it is important to block the rising heat really really well - on multiple levels - so that no heat rises onto the meat.  The heat has to go up the sides of the egg around the meat to the dome.  This makes the dome air hotter than the air below the brisket.  Once this is accomplished, you can cook the brisket with the FAT SIDE UP - the way it is meant to be cooked.

Foghorn

When cooked properly, the meat of the flat of a brisket tastes better than the point.  If it doesn't, you didn't cook it right.

fishlessman

i dont like short ribs cooked well done covered in ketchup based sauce or well done steak cooked well done covered in ketchup. same thing

but short ribs cooked medium rare over cowboy lump is one of my favorite meals

SonVolt

Using Dizzy Pig (etc) is why your BBQ is perfectly average. 

Legume

Owning lots of eggs (for one location) is silly.

frazzdaddy

^^^^^yeah one EGG is enough^^^^

frazzdaddy

Meh....all lump is the same.

JohnInCarolina

Turbo pork butts should be injected and smoked at a low temp before they're wrapped.  

SciAggie

Foghorn said:

When cooking brisket on the Big Green Egg, in order to cook it optimally it is important to block the rising heat really really well - on multiple levels - so that no heat rises onto the meat.  The heat has to go up the sides of the egg around the meat to the dome.  This makes the dome air hotter than the air below the brisket.  Once this is accomplished, you can cook the brisket with the FAT SIDE UP - the way it is meant to be cooked.

I am completely impressed by the amount of underlying thought that went into this comment. It was also clearly written. 

Legume

Gary shows up with a strong entry into the most unpopular opinion thread.  We’ll see how many disagrees he gets.

GATraveller

Pulled beef > pulled pork.

northGAcock

Ketchup is the best condiment on a hot dog.

SonVolt

Chili without beans is merely hotdog sauce. 

brentm

Your egg will crack.

Wolfpack

Anything besides a vinegar sauce on PP is sacrilege. 

This includes ketchup based Lexington style sauce. 

fence0407

Beans or no beans - you still have chili.