Friday, October 21, 2005
The Great Debate
A couple of Google searches later, and I'm learning all kinds of fascinating things about "The Great BBQ Debate." Apparently- and this was completely unknown to me before today- there are actually people who think that there is some barbecue that is superior to what we have here in Texas. I know, I know- I'm as shocked as you are. But we need to keep it together. All this means is that there are more people who need to be convinced of the righteousness of The One True Way of brisket, beef ribs, and sausage. We have work to do.
A good place to start is the comment thread of this blog post on Memphis v. Texas v. Kansas City BBQ. Before we really get into this, I just want to say that I'm tired of these arguments that claim that the only true barbecue is that pork shoulder thing. That's like saying that a 747 doesn't qualify as an airplane because it doesn't match the design specs of the Wright brothers' original. BBQ is all about spirit, style, and taste, and no one has more of all three than Texas.
A good place to start is the comment thread of this blog post on Memphis v. Texas v. Kansas City BBQ. Before we really get into this, I just want to say that I'm tired of these arguments that claim that the only true barbecue is that pork shoulder thing. That's like saying that a 747 doesn't qualify as an airplane because it doesn't match the design specs of the Wright brothers' original. BBQ is all about spirit, style, and taste, and no one has more of all three than Texas.
# posted by Josh @ 7:07 AM 
