Nick there are a few of the more famous BBQ places in the 'States that do a mail order business. The food is vacuum wrapped, then frozen and shipped in a styrofoam cooler box via FedEx, UPS, or DHL overnight. Expensive - but fairly popular.
These typically come with instructions on what each merchant perceives as "best practice" for thawing and re-heating the product.
Quality: Ell - that is a real personal experience based question....Your satisfaction is likely influenced by the availability (or lack thereof) of locally obtainable BBQ. And - your ability to produce good BBQ at home
. That is what we are here for. To help one another - in our personal quests to produce great food, ourselves. And - to suggest quality resources to help you achieve your personal goals in BBQ, and cooking in general.
Personal recommendation for the best BBQ shipment I have personally tried?:
http://www.coopersbbqllano.com I have eaten at this location when I was young, and as recent as last year. And - have had a large order shipped to our office for the employees. Even my wife - who is NOT a BBQ fan...( it happens in a few families - science is working on a cure...
) LOVES Cooper's.
What makes this particular BBQ unique is that that make their own "lump" charcoal from local wood in a large chimney style oven, and use that charcoal to cook the meat over. It is a different flavor than the one derived by cooking with "live wood" or sticks of wood.
