Tim McDonald - Latest Comments on So far, Alabama barbecue sucks compared to Florida's

jerry Goldin [Visitor] in response to: So far, Alabama barbecue sucks compared to Florida's

jerry Goldin [Visitor] — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 22:57:29 +0000

It's time youins come to Georgia and eat
some barbeque at Melear's In Fayetteville.
Same place for over 50 years, and really
great barbeque.

jerry Goldin [Visitor] in response to: So far, Alabama barbecue sucks compared to Florida's

jerry Goldin [Visitor] — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 22:54:40 +0000

You boys need to come back to Georgia and try

don [Visitor] in response to: So far, Alabama barbecue sucks compared to Florida's

don [Visitor] — Sat, 13 May 2006 16:01:07 +0000

31-3 florida sucks...in football as well as bbq. what an idiot. That is like saying the snow skiing is better in Iowa than Colorado.

Johnny [Visitor] in response to: So far, Alabama barbecue sucks compared to Florida's

Johnny [Visitor] — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 03:27:49 +0000

Tim, You gave yourself away when you said Sonny's was good BBQ. My God man, PU--LEEZ!! First of all, whoever told you BBQ House didn't eat much BBQ. Maybe you made him mad and he sent you there. BBQ House is only the best bbq on College Street. If you wanted the best in Auburn he would have sent you to Byrons. I had Sonny's in Foley and yes it's in Alabama but that not why Sonny's sux, they must spend all the profits on advertising...it sho' ain't on the cook.

Mitchell [Visitor] in response to: So far, Alabama barbecue sucks compared to Florida's

Mitchell [Visitor] — Sun, 30 Oct 2005 08:14:38 +0000

Well, i know this debate is about Alabama vs. Florida. But i am here to tell y'all that the best "Q" is in North Carolina. Pork, not beef. Slow smoked all day long over hickory or mesquite, and finished off with vinegar/tomato based sauce depending upon whether you are from Eastern or Western NC. I like them both. Of course you have to have BBQ Slaw, rich and spicy, and the final touch, good hush puppies! Now thats BBQ! No offense to my Alabama and Florida Buds, NC is the best. So why dont y'all head to Lexington BBQ in Lexington NC, or Green River BBQ in Saluda (NC Mountains) or Smithfield BBQ (Smithfield NC) and see for yourself?

Mark Nessmith [Visitor] in response to: So far, Alabama barbecue sucks compared to Florida's

Mark Nessmith [Visitor] — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 17:42:36 +0000

Scott (and the rest of you):

I'm on to Tim's ruse! Here's how it works - Tim trashes BBQ from, say, Alabama. This naturally offends all the righteous, BBQ lovin' folks from that neck of the woods, the more the better. Then, next time Tim's in Alabama, people are lining up to tell him about their favorite local haunts or even inviting him over to their place for some "home smoke," anything to prove to him that Bama BBQ is tops. Next thing you know, Tim's fat(ter) and happy and has had his fill of BBQ from Mobile to Decatur.

I myself have worked this scam to perfection, telling my uncle in San Antonio that Texas BBQ brisket isn't fit for a sewer rat. Next thing you know, we're in his car heading out to some hole in the wall joint to power down some beef! "Hmmm," I told him. "Tastes kind of like the roast beef in my school cafeteria." So then we'd roll to a second hole in the wall .... and so forth. Meanwhile, on the inside, I'm in smokey Seventh Heaven!

So bear with Tim ...... I suspect he's just a hungry dude on the hunt of some more meat.

Scott [Visitor] in response to: So far, Alabama barbecue sucks compared to Florida's

Scott [Visitor] — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 17:22:39 +0000

If you're used to barbecued meat soaked in sauce, then Whitt's or Big Bob's might taste bland since you've never actually tasted the meat, I'll concede that. For me, born and raised in Decatur, AL and now living in Orlando, FL, it's just the opposite. It seems that most barbecue joints down here rely too much on their sauce to flavor the meat. I have a difficult time tasting what wood was used to smoke the meat if there is a gallon of red sauce mixed in. I even went to a joint and asked for no sauce in the meat and for the sauce to be on the side so I could add it as needed. I got a very evil look when all I wanted to do was taste the seasoning of the meat, pure and simple.

My preference is Whitt's over Big Bob's mainly because the meat is a bit juicier. However, Big Bob's white barbecue sauce is the best chicken marinade and sauce that I've ever had. I brought down a few bottles of the white sauce, barbecued pork and turkey on visits back home, and a couple of recipes with me to Orlando and have since, in my two years down here, converted many neighbors and coworkers to the North Alabama style of barbecue.

I'm still on the look out for good barbecue down here. As with anyone, my measuring stick resides in Decatur with Big Bob's and Whitts because that's what I spent 24 years eating the majority of the time. I'm not so close-minded that I immediately trash another style simply because it's "different", instead I'm trying to simply enjoy good barbecue. True, some will be better than others, some not, but regardless good barbecue no matter what style will always make for a great day.

Tim McDonald [Member] in response to: So far, Alabama barbecue sucks compared to Florida's

Tim McDonald [Member] — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 22:57:56 +0000

Jon (I've never heard of a Southerner who spelled his name that way; it sounds kind of effeminate to me) I was born and raised in the Deep South and have eaten more barbecue than you've ever dreamed of.

I eat pork like a hunting dog and Alabama's sucks. South Florida isn't the South, I'll grant you that, but north Florida, where I hail from, is as southern as chicken-fried dirt.

Sonny's was an example. Even though it's a chain, it's still better than what Alabama calls barbecue.