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Fair BBQ...

KiterTodd
KiterTodd Posts: 2,466
edited September 2016 in EggHead Forum
Went to the fair tonight...stopped at the award winning best bbq in the state stand.
Got the brisket.
Wasn't as good as mine.   (and mine probably isn't as good as yours)

I'm sure the guy who runs that stand can do some mean brisket in competition, but that dry shredded smokeless beef they served me tonight..... man, the Egg really ruins you for eating BBQ out. 

I should have tried the ribs.
LBGE/Maryland
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  • 20stone
    20stone Posts: 1,961
    KiterTodd said:
    Went to the fair tonight...stopped at the award winning best bbq 
    ....
    I should have tried the ribs.
    They would have sucked, too.  Over time, we've built a pretty long list of stuff we don't eat out for that very reason.  Now, a fried Snickers....I can't do THAT at home
    (now only 16 stone)

    Joule SV
    GE induction stove
    Gasser by the community pool (currently unavailable)
    Scale (which one of my friends refuses to use)
    Friends with BGEs and myriad other fired devices (currently unavail IRL)
    Occasional access to a KBQ and Webber Kettle
    Charcuterie and sourdough enthusiast
    Prosciuttos in an undisclosed location

    Austin, TX
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    If it fries....we serve it!
    ______________________________________________
    I love lamp..
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  • blind99
    blind99 Posts: 4,974
    Stopped at a place with some seriously badass smokers. Super nice pitmaster showed me around. He cooks all the briskets the day before, slices, and pans them with juice, and reheats the next day for service. It was lousy. I'd love to know if it was way better fresh. 
    Chicago, IL - Large and Small BGE - Weber Gasser and Kettle
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  • BikerBob
    BikerBob Posts: 284
    The best brisket I ever ate was at a motorcycle rally in Johnson City. The man owned a local place but told me he sold more brisket at the rally than he normally does in a month.
    There was a long line and the second night, he sold out before my turn. Don't know his secret, but it was good.

    Bob
    Cooking on the coast
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  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
    Fair food and fine dining are two things that typically don't go together. 
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,206
    Stick to funnel cake...
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  • jabam
    jabam Posts: 1,829
    .....or fried ice cream
    Central Valley CA     One large egg One chocolate lab "Halle" two chiuahuas "Skittles and PeeWee"
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  • KiterTodd
    KiterTodd Posts: 2,466
    NPHuskerFL said:
    Fair food and fine dining are two things that typically don't go together. 
    They had such a nice setup, it smelled good, smokers going, grills on to finish the ribs, etc...    Had high hopes for casual stellar BBQ.  Nope.


    LBGE/Maryland
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  • KiterTodd
    KiterTodd Posts: 2,466
    BikerBob said:
    The best brisket I ever ate was at a motorcycle rally in Johnson City. The man owned a local place but told me he sold more brisket at the rally than he normally does in a month.
    There was a long line and the second night, he sold out before my turn. Don't know his secret, but it was good.

    Bob
    Sounds like that guy has it down, Bob.  The secret there is probably that he sells it out...he is serving it as it becomes ready, probably in that solid 1-3 hour resting window after it comes off the smoker.  No reheating or warming...just carrying over the original heat from the cook.  

    That has to be it.  Serve what you cook and don't try to predict traffic later in the day and keep extra meat alive.
    LBGE/Maryland
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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 10,228
    Chicken fried bacon.

    XXL BGE, Karebecue, Klose BYC, Chargiller Akorn Kamado, Weber Smokey Mountain, Grand Turbo gasser, Weber Smoky Joe, and the wheelbarrow that my grandfather used to cook steaks from his cattle

    San Antonio, TX

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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,459
    Bacon fried chicken
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  • tikigriller
    tikigriller Posts: 1,389

    Corn Dogs Corn Dogs Corn Dogs


    I used to love the BBQ too, but I can already tell, I am not even going to be a big fan of our local BBQ Restaurant anymore, "Sauced" after eating what the Egg produces and all I keep learning around here much less the fair BBQ.

    Just bought an Egg?  Here is what you get to look forward to now:

    Plate Setter, FlameBoss 200, Spider, PSWOO-CI, Additional Rig Shelf for dome cooking, Thermapen, iGrill2, Cast Iron, Blackstone, Cooking Accessories for the Blackstone, Cover for the Egg and the Blackstone, shopping for Rub like a fine wine or IPA, and a new fascination with lump and what brand is the best-all to be debated every Friday Night.  Next desires-Joetisceriie, Adjustable Rig, Grillmates, table and more eggs

    Livermore, California
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,206
    tikigriller said:

    Corn Dogs Corn Dogs Corn Dogs



    Make some SRF corn dogs on the egg and you'll swear off the fair dogs too. 


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