BBQ Chain Restaurants

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

Poll question: BBQ Chain Restaurants

These are skewed towards Texas since that's where I'm living, and the first time I've really seen this kind of chain is out here.

[Reverend_Smitty]

1. never heard of any of those places...

but damn those ribs look tasty!

[sleipnir]

11. Never heard of any of those either.

Oh well...I do wish I had a nice slab of ribs....

[Kathy in Cambridge]

2. I'm so jealous you have BBQ chains

x(

We have very few BBQ restaurants in Mass.

[pstans]

3. Thanks, now I am drooling

Seeing that picture, now I really wish I was living back in Kansas City. Now that is damn good BBQ.

[Floogeldy]

4. I voted a bit out of ignorance

The only chain I have been to is County Line, and it is DAMN good.

B-)

[Dave Reynolds]

5. Famous Dave's,

I don't know how big a chain it is.

Also Memphis Blues Smokehouse.

[JVS]

12. I have seen Famous Dave's in Madison WI and Champaign IL

and heard of one in Omaha

[Dave Reynolds]

16. Westland, Michigan also.

And I only knew because my wife signed up for one of those damn "secret shopper" things where they pay for your meal if you go in and critique the place.

[JVS]

20. How was the grub?

I liked it.

[Dave Reynolds]

21. Very tasty.

I even found their BBQ sauce bottled and sold in Menard's.

[intrepid_wanderer]

30. also in MN

mmmmmm yummy (for a chain)

[SmileyBoy]

32. There's one in Fargo too.

Famous Dave's was originated in Minneapolis.

[norml]

15. Famous Dave's is in Lincoln Nebraska

They're pretty good.

[Scout]

23. mmmmmmm, Famous Dave's

love their brisket and the ribs! There's one on Warren Rd. just east of Newburg Rd ... is that the Westland one someone else referred to??

[Dave Reynolds]

34. That is the one.

I'm not sure if it's Westland, since all those suburbs blend together.

[rwheeler31]

6. I am so sick of BBQ

and I am in KC.

[AndyTiedye]

7. What Did You Go and Do That For?

That picture is Making Me hungry.

[fortyfeetunder]

8. Longhorn barbecue, Seattle/Spokane

They have this spicy BBQ sauce that is finger lickin' good. And they did come to WA by way of TX....explains everything!

[Fenris]

9. Rudy's - the gas station/barbecue place!

http://www.rudys.com/index.html

[dhinojosa]

13. Yuck, way too fatty.

Althought their brisket is to die for!

[Fenris]

14. I like Rudy's kitsch factor, though.

There's something about a restaurant that has a "Cutter Cam.":D

Besides, if I want good barbecue, I drive to Goode Company.;)

[2bfree]

35. Count me in as well!

I love the one in Boerne, we stop every time we are passing through. :)

[Zuni]

10. I enjoy Famous Dave's

:9

[soothsayer]

17. Nuthin' worse than red hot and blue. Great name, but awful bbq

Hell, they didn't even know how to make it. Hired a consultant for $20,000 to teach them IN ONE DAY how to cook bbq. No wonder it sucks. Isn't that poor dead brain tumored lee atwater's place?

Get yerself a Weber Smokey Mountain and on your first cook you'll be making much better bbq than any of these chains, that's for sure!

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

26. I believe it IS Lee Atwater's place. I do like the style of ribs though.

[assclown_bush]

18. Never heard of any of those places...

But the pic has literally made my mouth water. :toast: to ribs. Now I have to go get a chicken burrito with black beans only...I am going to a pool party on Saturday and I have to make sure I can see my abs before I get there...at the pool party tho I am going to stuff my face. I'll pick up ribs at RibsUSA in Burbank and take them to the party. Thanx for giving me that idea.

[evlbstrd]

19. KC BBQ rules!

Arthur Bryant's, Gates, Rosedale, Oklahoma Joe's...
and my own home cookin'.

[neuvocat]

22. The BBQ Pit

Well, it isn't a chain anymore actually. There's one left in the South Bay area of San Diego.

[frylock]

24. one in el cajon (exit el cajon blvd by the bmw dealership)..

and one in Fletcher Hills (Fletcher Parkway and Garfield I believe, next to the 31 Flavors). Good stuff!

[neuvocat]

38. Oh. It IS a chain then.

Hooray!

[frylock]

25. red, hot and blue ain't so bad..

there's one in Warren, MI that I would hit up at least once a week during my 3 month stay.

[LaurenG]

27. Bennetts pit barbecue

And Montgomery Inn (ribs king) used to be terrific.

[Enraged_Ape]

28. Gotta go with Rudy's, the San-Antonio-based chain

I'm starving for it right now.

Their extra-lean brisket is actually more tasty than the regular kind. I think they must marinate the hell out of it.

[Bridget Burke]

29. Goode Company Barbecue!

There are 2 of them in Houston--does that qualify as a chain? Perhaps if we include the 2 Goode Texas Seafood restaurants & the Goode Company Taqueria & Hamburgers--famed for weekend breakfasts.

www.goodecompany.com/restaurants.asp

[Smarty Pants Liberal]

31. Is Salt Lick a chain now?

Chain + BBQ no es bueno.

[Shell Beau]

33. Out of those, I have only eaten

at Red, Hot, and Blue.

[seemunkee]

36. and here I thought red hot and blue was a DC area chain

It's OK. I made ribs last night and they were mighty tasty.

[Claymore]

37. .....

If y'all ever find yourself in A-town, drop in to this joint...

http://www.fatmattsribshack.com/


Gawd, it's good eats.