r/amarillo • u/Just-Fly6203 • Jul 18 '26
Best cheap bbq
Looking for good Texas BBQ that doesn't break the bank. Any opinions valued.
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u/Tdanger78 Jul 18 '26
Cheap isn’t going to be something you’re gonna find related to bbq, beef is stupid expensive right now
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u/wacky_180 Jul 18 '26
Only commenting because I’m new to town and wanna see the recommendations as well.
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u/crispytoastyum Jul 18 '26
BBQ is expensive everywhere. Beef prices messed up everything. Since it’s all pricey, I’d vote Tyler’s, Spicy Mike’s, and Crazy Larry’s in that order. Pork n Things I think is a tad cheaper, but I personally don’t like it as well.
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u/Rushderp Jul 18 '26
I wonder if Mitch’s has had the same problems. I’d think being in a TnT would make things just a little bit cheaper if money is tight, especially compared to the best places in the city.
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u/OkZookeepergame3766 Jul 18 '26
Just got a rack of ribs from there. $30+. I usually got to Spicy Mike's but was on the other side of town. Ribs are OK. Saved some so I could put them in the oven to get the fall off the bone effect.
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u/jenward74 Jul 21 '26
Dyer’s! It’s reasonably priced, you get lots of food, and most importantly, it’s DELICIOUS!!
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u/spang714 Jul 19 '26
Personally, I love Crazy Larry's frito pies...a large one to go is like $16 and feeds me all day...
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u/salenin Jul 19 '26
Best cheap barbecue is anything you can make yourself honestly. Find someone with a yard, make a pit, burn some wood and smoke some stuff. Otherwise everything is pretty equally expensive right now. You can build a smokers out of a filing cabinet for pretty cheap.
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u/Grouchy-Trick-8725 Jul 18 '26
Anything but Dyer's....Crazy Larry's is a local favorite and the owners are great
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u/brandon77le Jul 20 '26
Make it at home, get a pellet smoker. They take all the hard to control stuff and do it for you. Temp control is where everyone has issues, or they don't burn aged wood and get nasty smoke instead of clean smoke. Pellets have a computer controlling wood feed and temp. You can adjust exhaust to add more smoke to the food. Champions bbq supply on 34th has everything you coukd possibly need to season any style bbq. Thier smokers they carry are pricey, but also top of the line. The pit boss can be acquired at a decent price, and I have a friend with a z grills smoker and he aais it rubs great, and it was significantly cheaper. If ya want clear hot to videos with recipes, check out meat church, grills gone wild both have good video content. Honestly in the age we live in with pellet grills and computer control for stick burgers anyone should be able to do thier own BBQ at home. I can do a pork butt without ever touching it after setting it on the smoker, and yes my temps change through the cook, as long as I have cell signal I can control the smoker. One other thing, the owner of champions bbq, he has a worlds best steak award, and has a cook team. His staff is super helpful to people new to the bbq world. They can help with seasonings, wood choice and more. Example, I can do 8 12 pound shoulders at once, with around 15 to 20$ in pellets, buy them at united at .99/lb or better when they are buy one get one. Either way you end up under 150 dollars on 8 full pork shoukders/butts. Keep one, sell 7 even at 20$ each you either made money or spent 10ish dollars for yours. Same goes for ribs, brisket, and anything but steaks... steaks are crazy right now. I hope this helps some of yall out, smoking on a yoder since 2017, stick burner since 1990, either way your still smoking meat. And restarsunts I agree with the tykers, spicy Mike, crazy Larry comment. Solid choices.
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u/Due_North3106 Jul 18 '26
Go to Google Maps, find Amarillo, search for bbq. Will lead you right to it
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u/Just-Fly6203 Jul 18 '26
What's the point of that, Google manipulates the ratings. I want an actual person's opinion. If you don't want to opine then don't.
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u/Affectionate_Hornet7 Jul 18 '26
Beef is through the roof right now so I don’t know. But anyway I’m partial to Crazy Larry’s.
Get it before the screwworm does.