Memorial Day weekend BBQ questions

[MightyGiants]

What is the favorite thing you or your friend/family BBQ?


Where (either restaurant or part of the country) has the best BBQ?

[ozzie]

Right here in TEXAS!
Actually, I like BBQ anywhere, but I think living here you're contractually obliged to brag on it.

At home I love smoking ribs and just throwing some burgers on the grill

[philo43]

Right here in TEXAS!
Actually, I like BBQ anywhere, but I think living here you're contractually obliged to brag on it.

At home I love smoking ribs and just throwing some burgers on the grill

Ozzie,

My second trip to your area in 1988, my wife's grandfather took me for a ride.  They lived in downtown Garland near the feed store, by the Railroad tracks.  He took off on back roads headed in the general direction of Sachse / Wylie.  He then tuned onto a dirt path and drove up about half a mile to a 2 stall cinder block garage.  He grabbed a couple of  brown paper bags from the person outside and left.

Best BBQ I have ever had!!!!

[squibber]

I love a porterhouse steak cooked on the grill. I then put on a little salt and then I generously sprinkle coarse ground black pepper on it.

To change it up, I do what I saw a chef did on Stanley Tucci

[Sem]

Spiedies. It's always spiedies.

[LennG]

Since it is basically just the two of us, and to open and light the grill just isn't necessary that much anymore. When we do BBQ I love a lot of grilled veggies like eggplant and summer squash and for an entree, it is usually shish-ka-bob, my specialty.

[DaveBrown74]

Gotta go with the charcoal grill. I'm a purist. Even if you have a gas grill, it's worth having a charcoal grill as well just so you can mix it up. You get so much of a better end product with the charcoal. Obviously it's more of a hassle and there is more cleanup, but it is well worth the effort.

One thing I've been adding to barbecues recently are padron peppers. You can generally get them in a supermarket. They're a delicious and healthy side for any grilled meat or fish meal. They also work well as a starter. They're easy to prep too - just put them in a bowl and work in olive oil and sea salt and they're ready to grill. You see them in restaurants a lot these days. I highly recommend adding them into your next barbecue meal. They're a real crowd pleaser.