Fake BBQ Joints

[Hub]

Here's a pretty good article but I'd amend it in a few places.  Enjoy . . .

http://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/7-ways-to-spot-a-fake-bbq-spot

To me the "fakiest" BBQ is the sort of afterthought section on some restaurant menus where they take a few of the burgers, chops, or whatever and smear bad sauce all over them 

Hub

[drholly]

Agreed.

Hard to make firm and fast rules about what is real. One of my favorite Italian places is in a strip mall - just happens to be there - great food, they care about what they cook - just live in a strip mall.

[okie52]

Here's a pretty good article but I'd amend it in a few places.  Enjoy . . .

http://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/7-ways-to-spot-a-fake-bbq-spot

To me the "fakiest" BBQ is the sort of afterthought section on some restaurant menus where they take a few of the burgers, chops, or whatever and smear bad sauce all over them 

Hub

Yep, I'm embarrassed for them.  Usually not hard to recognize either.

One other thing that I don't ever do is buy a BBQ sauce that has liquid smoke in it.  I'm smoking my food and I don't don't need the artificial version.

[Pappymn]

I have had a gripe with restaurants that proudly proclaim "fall off the bone ribs" The way they make it sound like they split the atom. It really is talking down to anybody who knows anything about BBQ.

What the heck is wrong with pellets?

[smokeasaurus]

Nobody pick on Mama's Sizzler ribs.

Pappy, anyone can make fall off the bone ribs if you nuke em long enough 

Nothing wrong with pellets or any heat source, just get er done and cook up some good Que

[muebe]

Nobody pick on Mama's Sizzler ribs.

Pappy, anyone can make fall off the bone ribs if you nuke em long enough 

Nothing wrong with pellets or any heat source, just get er done and cook up some good Que

I was gonna bring up Sizzler but I got nothing

[TwoPockets]

That is pretty much spot on. I hate liquid smoke, for one  thing it give a headache

[ACW3]

Some of those fake places also serve, dare I say it, (SHH, don't say it out loud or Hub will explode), Texas Pete hot sauce!

Art

[smokeasaurus]

Nobody pick on Mama's Sizzler ribs.

Pappy, anyone can make fall off the bone ribs if you nuke em long enough 

Nothing wrong with pellets or any heat source, just get er done and cook up some good Que

I was gonna bring up Sizzler but I got nothing

Thanks Mike 

[smokeasaurus]

That is pretty much spot on. I hate liquid smoke, for one  thing it give a headache

They probably keep the liquid smoke next to the Accent 

[Sailor1]

If you make great Q you don't need no stinkin sauce.  Just sayin 

[smokeasaurus]

BBQ sauce, Steak sauce, just have it available on the side for the unfortunate ones......

[drholly]

And for my wife - shudder - ketchup...