Houston BBQ Supplies Help???

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I drove to 4 different pit stores today looking for bbq supplies such as Thermometers, Guru's, Grill Grates and just all around toys to touch and feel before buying... I know I know Amazon is right at our finger tips but sometimes I just want to touch stuff before buying... So no one had hardly anything the big places like Pits and Spits was such a disappointment hardly any supplies.. just a big let down.

Does anyone know of a hidden gem in the Greater Houston area with a good supply of our kind of toys....? besides Academy
 
Separate the I wants from I really needs. 99.7% you really don't need to tun out Awesome BBQ it's just designed to make you waste your beer money. All you really need is a 5.00 oven thermo, a 4.00 meat thermo and a 4.00 ice pic from the hardware store.
 
If you really want to touch a guru, I think Bering's on Bissonet has the Big Green Egg version. I don't know if it is the cyberQ or digiQ. Academy is about the best bbq supply place IMO - all kinds of stuff without being pricey.
 
Cabelas up here in DFW has a decent supply. Unsure if ya'll have one down there
 
Allied Kenco is on the northeastish side of town... Not strictly BBQ/outdoor related, but also has a very thorough selection of meat processing and sausage making supplies.
 
I'm sometimes impressed with what an HEB Plus store will have on their shelves, digital thermometers, dial pit therms., ABT racks to name a few but I've never seen a Guru on or in anything but a website. I wonder if Pitmaker, Gator, or Klose are dealers of the Guru? It makes sense that Pitmaker might be since they make the insulated verticals which accommodate such devices and they're in town. If nothing else maybe they can tell you where in town to go to find stuff!:wink:
 
Bludawg said:
Separate the I wants from I really needs. 99.7% you really don't need to tun out Awesome BBQ it's just designed to make you waste your beer money. All you really need is a 5.00 oven thermo, a 4.00 meat thermo and a 4.00 ice pic from the hardware store.
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YUP! :clap2:
 
Last time I was at Williams-Sonoma they had a pretty good inventory of stuff including a couple of Maverick therms. Mighty pricey place to shop, though. Personally, I make do with a couple of cheap remote therms from Bedpans & Beyond and my trusty (Tootsie Roll brown) thermapen. I bought my IQUE110 off their web page and it arrived very quickly at my door. Bass Pro Shop has some of the big-name rubs and marinades I can't find anywhere else (Plowboy's).
 
sominus said:
Allied Kenco is on the northeastish side of town... Not strictly BBQ/outdoor related, but also has a very thorough selection of meat processing and sausage making supplies.
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Not far at all and a little pricey, but I will pay a little more to have it that day... I will check it out Thanks...
 
I guess where I was going with this was to just whine that a city of 7 million people that claims to be the BBQ capital of the world, with one of the largest cookoffs does not have a one stop shop for BBQ supplies that we can walk into and get it all. Instead we have to go to a dozen different stores to get petty stuff one thing at each place... maybe that needs to be my calling.... "KJ's BBQ Supply" "Whether its Trophies or just Dinner your looking for we have it all"
 
I feel your pain... I had the same inkling, but honestly, when it comes to BBQ, you're looking a far more obscure hobby than Tennis, Knitting, or Orc vs. Human miniature warfare.

Since there aren't a TON of places to get BBQ gear, I ask the brethren and shop on Amazon. I trust both implicitly.
 
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