[Rhodes22-list] BBQ Ratings

[Bill Effros]

      I don't know how this will come through Michael's system.  It is a
      rating I just found that is posted on the Internet at:


http://hkentcraig.com/ChrisDavisBBQReviews.html

if it gets lost in translation, go to the page if you want to see it.

Note, Short Sugars in VA gets his highest rating.  Never heard of that 
one before.

He has visited several chains.  They vary with the abilities of the pit 
boss at each location.  Some Red, Hot and Blue are excellent--some are 
average or poor.

You can get excellent BBQ in Florida at Sonny's--if the pit boss at the 
franchise moved there from North Carolina.

The beauty of BBQ is that the meat is supposed to be a lousy grade, 
cooked forever, then sauced.  This means that someone who knows how to 
do it can prepare all of it, without having to physically be at the 
restaurant all the time.  The point of it is not the sauce--that's just 
the whipped cream--it's what you can do with the meat.  If you can cook 
the meat just right, and then add a great sauce, you've got great BBQ.

Bill Effros.



      Chris Davis' Thumbnail Reviews Of Selected Barbecue Restaurants in
      North Carolina & Virginia



*Name* 	*Address* 	*City* 	*State* 	*Date Visited* 	*Rating* 
*Comments* 	*Wife's Comments*
A&M Grill 	401 East Center St. 	Mebane 	NC 	7/23/04 	3 pigs 	Meat good, 
no sauce on table 	average at best
Allen & Son 	Mile North of 40 on 86 	Hillsborough 	nc 	8/21/04 	1 pig 
Meat taste burnt, sauce is awful 	He is to nice disgrace to Barbecue
Wilburs barbecue 	
	Kinston 	NC 	early 90,s 	4 1/2 pigs 	great 	Loved it, best meat I have had
Short Sugars 	
	Danville 	VA 	all the time 	5 pigs 	Love it 	Simply the Best
Bullock's 	3330 Wortham 	Durham 	NC 	6/4/04 	4 pigs 	good barbecue 
chicken too dry 	great barbecue
Stamey's 	
	Greensboro 	NC 	10/18/04 	3 1/2 Pigs 	ok stew real good 	not impressed
J & G Barbecue 	
	Haw River 	NC 	6/26/04 	2 1/2 pigs 	no sauce on table 	rated it 1 1/2 
pigs not good to her
Hog Heaven 	501 South 	Roxboro 	NC 	all the time 	2 1/2 pigs 	barbecue 
little greasy 	
Pierces 	
	Williamsburg 	VA 	4/4/03 	4 pigs 	good 	
Red, Hot and Blue 	
	Chapel Hill 	NC 	twice 	4pigs 	great chili 	
Fuzzy's 	
	Eden 	NC 	2/2/04 	2 pigs 	don't waste time 	
Mickey' Barbecue 	
	Semora 	NC 	1/2/00 	1 pig 	taste like canned barbecue 	
Hurseys Barbecue 	
	Burlington 	NC 	12/3/04 	3 pigs 	so so 	
Sonny's Barbecue 	
	Charlotte 	NC 	9/3/04 	2 pigs 	sauces ok but barbecue tasteless 	
Troutman's 	
	Concord 	NC 	9/3/04 	3pigs 	chops in front of you 	
Smithfields babecue 	
	Clayton 	nc 	all the time 	3 1/2 Pigs 	Fast food Barbecue 	
Country Barbecue 	Wendover Ave. 	Greensboro 	NC 	90's 	3 pigs 	Average 
barbecue 	
Hobgoods 	
	Hillsborough 	NC 	90's 	4 pigs 	good sauce Closed now 	
Barbecue Shack 	
	Thomasville 	NC 	9/3/04 	3pigs 	Good barbecue, sauce western 	
Bob's Barbecue 	
	Creedmoor 	NC 	7/3/04 	3 Pigs 	Meat good taste, sauce eastern 	
Bland's Barbecue 	
	Warsaw 	NC 	7/17/04 	2 pigs 	not that good and no sauce 	Vegetables 
good, barbecue not
Bubba's Barbecue 	
	Frisco 	NC 	7/19/04 	2 1/2 pigs 	Meat good taste, sauce eastern Expensive 	
Big Oak Drive in 	
	Salter Path 	NC 	7/20/04 	3 1/2 pigs 	Meat good, sauce was eastern 	
Nunnery Freemans 	
	Henderson 	NC 	7/31/04 	4 1/2 pigs 	great place mustard sauce CHEAP 
Very impressed moist barbecue
Wilson Bros. Barbecue 	Danville St. 	South Hill 	VA 	8/3/04 	4pigs 	Good 
Barbecue and good sauce 	
Bennetts Barbecue 	
	Pigeon Forge 	TN 	9/1/00 	1 pig 	Don't waste time Poor imitation 	
Corky's Barbecue 	
	Pigeon Forge 	TN 	10/1/03 	3pigs 	Memphis style barbecue, good sauce 	
Ole Virginia Barbecue 	35 Meadow View 	Rocky Mount 	VA 	8/1/00 	3pigs 
Average barbecue, Beef Barbecue good 	
Skipper Forsyths 	
	Henderson 	NC 	9/18/04 	3 1/2 	Barbecue ok, Corn pudding awesome 	
Kings Barbecue 	
	Kinston 	NC 	10/16/02 	2 1/2 	Mass production, kind of bland 	
Carolina Barbecue & Seafood 	Maple road 	Burlington 	NC 	11/6/04 	2.75 
pigs 	Cooks with wood. No sauce on table 	Meat has good taste
Old NC Barbecue 	Roxboro Road 	Durham 	NC 	12/4/04 	1.25 pigs 	Not good 
at all. No sauce available 	Awful
Lexington Barbecue 	
	Lexington 	NC 	12/22/04 	5 pigs 	Simply the best 	Awesome
The Q Shack 	Southpoint Mall 	Durham 	NC 	12/28/04 	pork 3pigs/beef 4 
Beef Barbecue good Pork Average 	Pulled Chicken Barbecue Good
Speedy's Barbecue 	Hwy 52 	Lexington 	NC 	12/29/04 	3 1/2 Pigs 	good 
meat little greasy/get plenty for $ 	Hushpuppies were good/meat greasy
Dillard's Barbecue 	Fayetteville st. 	Durham 	NC 	2/26/05 	2 1/2 pigs 
Meat greasy/sauce ok/ vegetables Great 	Taste like can barbecue/ Mac & 
cheese Great

	
	
	
	
	
	
	
No sauce on table is 1/2 Pig deduction 	
	
	
	
	
	
	


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