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it was pretty cool,anyone see it ? the venice,ca. place selling beef ribs(steak on a bone) people were eating w/ forks... now i know the cali brethren don't do that ?? it showed some good places. i know i'll be hitting rendevous next time i'm in memphis.
 
blues_n_cues said:
it was pretty cool,anyone see it ? the venice,ca. place selling beef ribs(steak on a bone) people were eating w/ forks... now i know the cali brethren don't do that ?? it showed some good places. i know i'll be hitting rendevous next time i'm in memphis.
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I saw it.
Interesting.

Never forget that most BBQ restaurants are in the restaurant business and not the BBQ business.

I find that the best BBQ is found at those hole in the wall BBQ joints on the backroads of America and not the ones found just up the road from the shopping malls.
 
TN_BBQ said:
I saw it.
Interesting.

Never forget that most BBQ restaurants are in the restaurant business and not the BBQ business.

I find that the best BBQ is found at those hole in the wall BBQ joints on the backroads of America and not the ones found just up the road from the shopping malls.
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I didn't see the show but I totally agree with this post.
 
I saw the show also, and thought it was great. I have been to the Rendevous before and it was very good. I would not say it the best ribs I had, but worth eating if you get a chance.
Todd
"The Dirt Man"
 
TN_BBQ said:
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I find that the best BBQ is found at those hole in the wall BBQ joints on the backroads of America and not the ones found just up the road from the shopping malls.
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I watched it last nite as well.....As TN_BBQ stated above, one of the more interesting places was a "cook shack" next to a church in Texas, run by the church members....simple honest BBQ, no gimmicks, etc. etc......can't remember the name off hand, but I think was voted one of 50 "best" in Texas...Also showed the "Shed" in Ocean Springs Mississippi....I've eaten there....not the best que I've had but the combo of great blues, beer and bbq, in a real "funky" atmosphere certainly made for a memorable meal....Funny, my son and I both said the same thing about the joint in Venice, Ca....What's with the farkin' forks!!
 
PaSmoker said:
I watched it last nite as well.....As TN_BBQ stated above, one of the more interesting places was a "cook shack" next to a church in Texas, run by the church members....simple honest BBQ, no gimmicks, etc. etc......can't remember the name off hand, but I think was voted one of 50 "best" in Texas...Also showed the "Shed" in Ocean Springs Mississippi....I've eaten there....not the best que I've had but the combo of great blues, beer and bbq, in a real "funky" atmosphere certainly made for a memorable meal....Funny, my son and I both said the same thing about the joint in Venice, Ca....What's with the farkin' forks!!
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thats the zion church bbq in huntsville,tx. great Q there. i also dug the shed for the ambience-thats my kinda place.
 
blues_n_cues said:
i also dug the shed for the ambience-thats my kinda place.
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I don't think that is exactly the right word for that place.
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Kinda off the bbq subject, but staying with the food paradise subject: has anyone seen the episode where they show the restaurant that deep fries their burgers? Evidently, they've used the same oil since the early 1900's. It looks HORRIBLE. They dip the buns in it and everything. The burgers are just dripping with fat. The oil they use looks like sludge. Blech.
 
blues_n_cues said:
it was pretty cool,anyone see it ? the venice,ca. place selling beef ribs(steak on a bone) people were eating w/ forks... now i know the cali brethren don't do that ?? it showed some good places. i know i'll be hitting rendevous next time i'm in memphis.
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I missed it :cry: Venice Beach is another world. Please don't judge California by that. Venice is home to the famous Muscle Beach and the boardwalk is pretty much freak central. It's hard to believe that some of those people could get that wierd in a single lifetime. I guess if you really apply yourself... If you're in the neighborhood its worth a trip just to check it out.

We eat ribs with our fingers the way they were intended to be eaten. Eating them with a fork is just plain wrong...

I'll keep an eye out for the re-run.

mick
 
I watched, (at least 3 times this week). I also noticed when the cooks at Rendevous basted the ribs, all the charcoal dust went up and on the ribs. That can't taste good.
 
Rendezvous is a tourist attraction for sure, just not sure why. Of all of the places we had BBQ in Memphis that was our least favorite (and we even ate at a Smokey Bones).
But then again to be fair, Rendezvous doesn't really claim to be a BBQ joint, they say they are "Charcoal Ribs" and that is what they tasted like, ribs cooked hot and faast over charcoal.
 
Okay some how I missed it. Done anybody post the name of the place in Venice!!! I work about 10 miles from there, may have to stop by and show them how to use their fingers!!!
 
Harmening said:
Kinda off the bbq subject, but staying with the food paradise subject: has anyone seen the episode where they show the restaurant that deep fries their burgers? Evidently, they've used the same oil since the early 1900's. It looks HORRIBLE. They dip the buns in it and everything. The burgers are just dripping with fat. The oil they use looks like sludge. Blech.
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Haven't seen this show (what's the name?) but that sounds like Dyers in memphis. They had a big media stunt when they opened a new location on beale street, taking old oil from the original and bringing it with a police escort to the new one. I had hoped for much more when I ate one but it just tasty greasy. Watching them pound em out flat is cool though.
 
We have cooked hamburgers in a deepfryer at our restraunt upon request but I wouldn't want to do that to everyone's cholesterol...we'd be killing off all of our customers! I gotta admit though they do taste good! But we do change our oil every two days regardless.
 
When I used to live in western PA years ago we would have a few adult beverages and take out trucks bout 30 miles out to the middle of nowhere where there was this hole in the wall Q joint. And when I say hole in the wall...it was a shed that was falling down and had no roof. They were only open after 10pm at night and it was byob. But let me tell you the older gent that ran the joint had the best Q. I don't think you'd see it on the travel channel though it was a little too rustic.
 
Panther5150 said:
We have cooked hamburgers in a deepfryer at our restraunt upon request but I wouldn't want to do that to everyone's cholesterol...we'd be killing off all of our customers! I gotta admit though they do taste good! But we do change our oil every two days regardless.
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Veggie oil doesn't contain cholesterol.
 
That show made me hungry. Even the Chinese spare ribs at the end looked really good. I normally don't think of those types of ribs when I think of bbq. I might have to try making some of those.
 
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