Do Arkansas Fans Even Have a Clue How Much Better. . .

[Emo EMAW]

been to Craig's in Arkansas for BBQ---didn't like it.  Too much vinegar in the sauce.

Grew up too close to Texas, prefer tomato based.

But, living where I live now--I'd give anything for some good BBQ! (and Mexican food--can't find any good salsa and margaritas!)

It's been a while since I've been to (or lived in Arkansas)--can't remember all the good restaurants.

But whatever you do, don't buy into the hype of Rendezvous in Memphis.  It isn't all that...

Hi Marylin, where is home?  I like the Mint in Lewistown. 

[EMAW4life-JHL]

Arkansas BBQ is terrible. 
lived here for almost three years and still can't find any that's worth eating.
was craving some recently so we went to famous dave's.

screw you you piece of trash

[RightMeow]

No mention of RJ's?  Doesn't Bob post on here?  He has to be infuriated with this slight.   

[MarilynKay]

been to Craig's in Arkansas for BBQ---didn't like it.  Too much vinegar in the sauce.

Grew up too close to Texas, prefer tomato based.

But, living where I live now--I'd give anything for some good BBQ! (and Mexican food--can't find any good salsa and margaritas!)

It's been a while since I've been to (or lived in Arkansas)--can't remember all the good restaurants.

But whatever you do, don't buy into the hype of Rendezvous in Memphis.  It isn't all that...

Hi Marylin, where is home?  I like the Mint in Lewistown. 

Helena---I love Silver Star here.  And I've been to some hole in the wall places around the area that are good

[K-State Is Great!]

Whole Hog Cafe: World Champion BBQ based in Little Rock.

http://www.wholehogcafe.com/home.htm

There's 12 of them, from New Orleans to New Mexico.

2008 Memphis-in-May World Championship, First Place Overall, Third Place Ribs

2002 Memphis-in-May World Championship, First Place Whole Hog, Second Place Ribs

2000 Awards Memphis-in-May World Overall Championship, Second Place Ribs

2000 Tunica Rivergate Festival, Grand Champion, First Place Whole Hog

Springfield Area Rotary's Rockin Ribs BBQ Festival, Grand Champion, First Place Whole Hog, First Place Shoulder, First Place Ribs

[RightMeow]

You know it's good bbq when it's a chain of restaurants   

[K-State Is Great!]

You know it's good bbq when it's a chain of restaurants   

You're right. A smarter business plan would be keep one store and screw expanding! Clearly you did not go to the University of Arkansas or any of the other 25 top business programs in the nation. Economics 101

[RightMeow]

You're right, bbq is always better when it's made by some 18 yr old making $5 per hour. 

[K-State Is Great!]

You're right, bbq is always better when it's made by some 18 yr old making $5 per hour. 

Don't ask me, ask the judges in Memphis. Oh wait, that already happened....

[ReadyToTroll]

Arkansas BBQ is terrible. 
lived here for almost three years and still can't find any that's worth eating.
was craving some recently so we went to famous dave's.

screw you you piece of trash

WTF DUDE?

[Joetown Parrothead]

But whatever you do, don't buy into the hype of Rendezvous in Memphis.  It isn't all that...

True that.

Ok Joe's, Stack, and LC's are all far superior than that memphis trash.

LC's is terrible now.  it has been for the past few years, i think there was a management change and they now serve dog meat.

Andy Bourdain put Okie Joe's in his top 10 list of best restaurants in the world. 

IN THE WORLD.

Zagat named Fiorella's Jack Stack the best barbecue house in the world.

Playboy named Arthur Bryant's the best restaurant in the world.

I mean really, just take your pick. Hard to decide which KC bbq is best, but they're all 1000x better than the disgusting slop Arkansas calls bbq.

   Now I have to agree JAck Stack Kicks Ass, Also that on in the Northland in NKC.. That has the awesome Burnt ends.. My mind is blanks, been there once, had to get there at 11 am to get some, the sale out they are done.  Damn what is the name of that.

i'm guessing the place in the northland is Smokehouse BBQ in Gladstone, it's ok.  BBQ is hard to be consistent.  jackstack and okie joes are the most consistent places in town which, to me, makes them the best.

Nope the best in the northland is Smokin Guns down in Northtowne on about 9th and swift.  Used to only be open like 11am-6pm M-F since they did competitions every weekend. (there are hundreds of trophys and ribbons in the place).  Finally last year they opened on saturdays and now stay open late enough to actually eat dinner there.

smoking guns that is it...  Thank you.   That place had some freaking awesome burnt ends

[Sliver72]

The McRib. Game. Set. Match.

[EMAW4life-JHL]

Arkansas BBQ is terrible. 
lived here for almost three years and still can't find any that's worth eating.
was craving some recently so we went to famous dave's.

screw you you piece of trash

WTF DUDE?

WTF DUDE?

[asava]

Arkansas BBQ is terrible. 
lived here for almost three years and still can't find any that's worth eating.
was craving some recently so we went to famous dave's.

screw you you piece of trash

WTF DUDE?

WTF DUDE?

You're an idiot.

[asava]

Whole Hog Cafe: World Champion BBQ based in Little Rock.

http://www.wholehogcafe.com/home.htm

There's 12 of them, from New Orleans to New Mexico.

2008 Memphis-in-May World Championship, First Place Overall, Third Place Ribs

2002 Memphis-in-May World Championship, First Place Whole Hog, Second Place Ribs

2000 Awards Memphis-in-May World Overall Championship, Second Place Ribs

2000 Tunica Rivergate Festival, Grand Champion, First Place Whole Hog

Springfield Area Rotary's Rockin Ribs BBQ Festival, Grand Champion, First Place Whole Hog, First Place Shoulder, First Place Ribs

 

First off, just because it says "world championship" in the name of the bbq comp doesn't mean the winners are world champs. Secondly, whats cooked in a competition isn't what you're gonna get at the restaurant.  



Btw, just to entertain you, here is just one team from KC that does pretty well for itself.

The Slaughterhouse Five

1st Place Brisket, American Royal Invitational, 1999

1st Place Pork, American Royal Open, 2000

1st Place Pork, American Royal Invitational, 2001

Kansas City BBQ Society "Team-of-the-Year", 1993

Grand Champion, World Brisket Open, 1992

Reserve Grand Champion, World Brisket Open, 1992

Reserve Grand Champion, Jack Daniel's World BBQ Championship, 1995

1st Place Pork, Jack Daniel's World BBQ Championship, 1992

1st Place Brisket, Jack Daniel's World BBQ Championship, 1993

1st Place Chicken, Jack Daniel's World BBQ Championship, 1996

1st Place BBQ Sauce, Jack Daniel's World BBQ Championship, 1996

Grand Champion, Great Lenexa BBQ Battle Kansas Championship, 1996

Grand Champion, Oklahoma State Championship, Ponca City, 1993

Grand Champion, Sunflower State Championship, Kansas City, 1993

Grand Champion, McClouth, Kansas, 1993

Grand Champion, Arkansas State Championship, Holiday Island, 1993

Grand Champion, Oklahoma State Championship, Tulsa, 1993

Grand Champion, Bates County Beef-A-Thon, Butler, Mo, 1993

Grand Champion, Sunflower State Championship, Kansas City, 1994

Grand Champion, Missouri State Championship, North Kansas City, 1994

Grand Champion, Arkansas State Championship, Holiday Island, 1995

Grand Champion, Sam's Club Cookout America, 1996

Grand Champion, Nebraska State Championship, Freemont, 2004

Grand Champion, Kansas State Championship, Garnett, 2007

Grand Champion, Alabama State Championship, Mobile, 2008

Grand Champion, Kansas State Championship, Lawrence, 2008

Grand Champion, Kansas State Championship, DeSoto, Kansas, 2010

Legend of The American Royal Award, 2010

[Sliver72]

Whole Hog Cafe: World Champion BBQ based in Little Rock.

http://www.wholehogcafe.com/home.htm

There's 12 of them, from New Orleans to New Mexico.

2008 Memphis-in-May World Championship, First Place Overall, Third Place Ribs

2002 Memphis-in-May World Championship, First Place Whole Hog, Second Place Ribs

2000 Awards Memphis-in-May World Overall Championship, Second Place Ribs

2000 Tunica Rivergate Festival, Grand Champion, First Place Whole Hog

Springfield Area Rotary's Rockin Ribs BBQ Festival, Grand Champion, First Place Whole Hog, First Place Shoulder, First Place Ribs

 

First off, just because it says "world championship" in the name of the bbq comp doesn't mean the winners are world champs. Secondly, whats cooked in a competition isn't what you're gonna get at the restaurant.  



Btw, just to entertain you, here is just one team from KC that does pretty well for itself.

The Slaughterhouse Five

1st Place Brisket, American Royal Invitational, 1999

1st Place Pork, American Royal Open, 2000

1st Place Pork, American Royal Invitational, 2001

Kansas City BBQ Society "Team-of-the-Year", 1993

Grand Champion, World Brisket Open, 1992

Reserve Grand Champion, World Brisket Open, 1992

Reserve Grand Champion, Jack Daniel's World BBQ Championship, 1995

1st Place Pork, Jack Daniel's World BBQ Championship, 1992

1st Place Brisket, Jack Daniel's World BBQ Championship, 1993

1st Place Chicken, Jack Daniel's World BBQ Championship, 1996

1st Place BBQ Sauce, Jack Daniel's World BBQ Championship, 1996

Grand Champion, Great Lenexa BBQ Battle Kansas Championship, 1996

Grand Champion, Oklahoma State Championship, Ponca City, 1993

Grand Champion, Sunflower State Championship, Kansas City, 1993

Grand Champion, McClouth, Kansas, 1993

Grand Champion, Arkansas State Championship, Holiday Island, 1993

Grand Champion, Oklahoma State Championship, Tulsa, 1993

Grand Champion, Bates County Beef-A-Thon, Butler, Mo, 1993

Grand Champion, Sunflower State Championship, Kansas City, 1994

Grand Champion, Missouri State Championship, North Kansas City, 1994

Grand Champion, Arkansas State Championship, Holiday Island, 1995

Grand Champion, Sam's Club Cookout America, 1996

Grand Champion, Nebraska State Championship, Freemont, 2004

Grand Champion, Kansas State Championship, Garnett, 2007

Grand Champion, Alabama State Championship, Mobile, 2008

Grand Champion, Kansas State Championship, Lawrence, 2008

Grand Champion, Kansas State Championship, DeSoto, Kansas, 2010

Legend of The American Royal Award, 2010

That's all well and good, but can they make a McRib?

[SwiftCat]

Whole Hog Cafe: World Champion BBQ based in Little Rock.

http://www.wholehogcafe.com/home.htm

There's 12 of them, from New Orleans to New Mexico.

2008 Memphis-in-May World Championship, First Place Overall, Third Place Ribs

2002 Memphis-in-May World Championship, First Place Whole Hog, Second Place Ribs

2000 Awards Memphis-in-May World Overall Championship, Second Place Ribs

2000 Tunica Rivergate Festival, Grand Champion, First Place Whole Hog

Springfield Area Rotary's Rockin Ribs BBQ Festival, Grand Champion, First Place Whole Hog, First Place Shoulder, First Place Ribs

 

First off, just because it says "world championship" in the name of the bbq comp doesn't mean the winners are world champs. Secondly, whats cooked in a competition isn't what you're gonna get at the restaurant.  



Btw, just to entertain you, here is just one team from KC that does pretty well for itself.

The Slaughterhouse Five

1st Place Brisket, American Royal Invitational, 1999

1st Place Pork, American Royal Open, 2000

1st Place Pork, American Royal Invitational, 2001

Kansas City BBQ Society "Team-of-the-Year", 1993

Grand Champion, World Brisket Open, 1992

Reserve Grand Champion, World Brisket Open, 1992

Reserve Grand Champion, Jack Daniel's World BBQ Championship, 1995

1st Place Pork, Jack Daniel's World BBQ Championship, 1992

1st Place Brisket, Jack Daniel's World BBQ Championship, 1993

1st Place Chicken, Jack Daniel's World BBQ Championship, 1996

1st Place BBQ Sauce, Jack Daniel's World BBQ Championship, 1996

Grand Champion, Great Lenexa BBQ Battle Kansas Championship, 1996

Grand Champion, Oklahoma State Championship, Ponca City, 1993

Grand Champion, Sunflower State Championship, Kansas City, 1993

Grand Champion, McClouth, Kansas, 1993

Grand Champion, Arkansas State Championship, Holiday Island, 1993

Grand Champion, Oklahoma State Championship, Tulsa, 1993

Grand Champion, Bates County Beef-A-Thon, Butler, Mo, 1993

Grand Champion, Sunflower State Championship, Kansas City, 1994

Grand Champion, Missouri State Championship, North Kansas City, 1994

Grand Champion, Arkansas State Championship, Holiday Island, 1995

Grand Champion, Sam's Club Cookout America, 1996

Grand Champion, Nebraska State Championship, Freemont, 2004

Grand Champion, Kansas State Championship, Garnett, 2007

Grand Champion, Alabama State Championship, Mobile, 2008

Grand Champion, Kansas State Championship, Lawrence, 2008

Grand Champion, Kansas State Championship, DeSoto, Kansas, 2010

Legend of The American Royal Award, 2010

Hey, I just thought i'd quote this entire post for no reason! Thanks!

[RightMeow]

That's all well and good, but can they make a McRib?

A better question would be "can they turn on a microwave?"  BTW, love me some McRib.

[DQ12]

Arkansas BBQ is terrible. 
lived here for almost three years and still can't find any that's worth eating.
was craving some recently so we went to famous dave's.

screw you you piece of trash

WTF DUDE?

WTF DUDE?

Don't worry about this guy, Jay.  Happy to have you here.

[ShoelessWes]

But whatever you do, don't buy into the hype of Rendezvous in Memphis.  It isn't all that...

True that.

Ok Joe's, Stack, and LC's are all far superior than that memphis trash.

LC's is terrible now.  it has been for the past few years, i think there was a management change and they now serve dog meat.

Andy Bourdain put Okie Joe's in his top 10 list of best restaurants in the world. 

IN THE WORLD.

Zagat named Fiorella's Jack Stack the best barbecue house in the world.

Playboy named Arthur Bryant's the best restaurant in the world.

I mean really, just take your pick. Hard to decide which KC bbq is best, but they're all 1000x better than the disgusting slop Arkansas calls bbq.

   Now I have to agree JAck Stack Kicks Ass, Also that on in the Northland in NKC.. That has the awesome Burnt ends.. My mind is blanks, been there once, had to get there at 11 am to get some, the sale out they are done.  Damn what is the name of that.

i'm guessing the place in the northland is Smokehouse BBQ in Gladstone, it's ok.  BBQ is hard to be consistent.  jackstack and okie joes are the most consistent places in town which, to me, makes them the best.

That's unfortunate.  LC's was pretty good when LC himself was actively involved in the day to day operations.  Dude was getting so fat, he probably had to give it up.

[ShoelessWes]

Whole Hog Cafe: World Champion BBQ based in Little Rock.

http://www.wholehogcafe.com/home.htm

There's 12 of them, from New Orleans to New Mexico.

2008 Memphis-in-May World Championship, First Place Overall, Third Place Ribs

2002 Memphis-in-May World Championship, First Place Whole Hog, Second Place Ribs

2000 Awards Memphis-in-May World Overall Championship, Second Place Ribs

2000 Tunica Rivergate Festival, Grand Champion, First Place Whole Hog

Springfield Area Rotary's Rockin Ribs BBQ Festival, Grand Champion, First Place Whole Hog, First Place Shoulder, First Place Ribs

I'm sorry, we may agree on Arkansas.... but I have NEVER had a good meal at whole hog, and I've given it several chances.  Hell, I even get better food at Sassy's Red House (or whatever) than I do at whole hog.  It is always served cold, and it doesn't matter if you have 6-9 sauces if they all suck.

[MarilynKay]

ok, truly good BBQ doesn't need sauce.  Sauce is just an added benefit! 

Next discussion--slaw or no slaw on your pulled pork sandwiches??

[8manpick]

ok, truly good BBQ doesn't need sauce.  Sauce is just an added benefit! 

Next discussion--slaw or no slaw on your pulled pork sandwiches??

Denied.

Memphis can keep their pulled pork for all I care, but if I was forced to eat some pulled pork slathered in some disgusting sweet sauce, definitely no slaw.

[8manpick]

Memphis can keep their pulled pork for all I care

You lost all credibility right there. 

False.  Pulled pork can GTFOOMF.  Carolina can keep their pulled pork too.  Pork is for ribs and sausage.

[ShoelessWes]

and sausage.

Go back to Texas, you damned hobo.