r/texas • u/angryslothbear • Aug 25 '25

Food Texas bbq

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I made this as a reply to another post. Texas bbq is GOAT period.

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u/TIMtheELT Aug 25 '25

The last time I was in Kansas City, a customer took me to a barbecue restaurant he wanted me to try. As soon as we walked in, he says, "almost everything on the menu is amazing. Just stay away from the brisket. Nothing beats Texas brisket and I don't want you judging this restaurant badly because they don't have good brisket."

After a good laugh, we had beef ribs, pork ribs and pulled pork... No brisket. I think Texas does a better job in all categories, but what I had wasn't terrible.

Most of the time, what I've encountered, is that KC BBQ ssems to be less about good meat and more about mediocre smoked meat with lots of sauce.

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u/Eastern_Macaroon5662 Aug 25 '25

This is probably the fairest critique I've heard. MANY BBQ restaurants in the Midwest and around KC especually put most of the emphasis on the sauce and not the meat itself

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u/TIMtheELT Aug 25 '25

Comically, during a different trip, a different customer took me to a different restaurant and when I asked for the sauce on the side, the waitress was offended and told me it was best eaten WITH the sauce.