Bunk Moreland said:

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I haven't been in the last 2 months but they've always served all meats by half and quarter pound including combos.

Do you mean combo as in meat + 1 or 2 sides? If that's what you mean then you just aren't used to visiting elite/top level bbq joints in TX.

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Two meats on the sandwich =$24+tax. Nothing else included but a canned soda (which all meals/orders seem to include). It may have been a half lb but didn't really look quite like it to me. A side dish would've been an extra $7 or so. No they don't have chip bags. All home made sides, all seemed decent but the sandwich cost put it over the top.
My best cost est if you got a plate with half pound of brisket + 2 sides easily run around $35-$40.
And no, I'm not used to visiting an elite bbq joint, in this case a food truck with an attached (sort of) dining room area. We're not talking a fancy place here, but that's not what counts.
What are some other elite high rated bbq places with similar pricing around our great state?
They got a good product but as someone else sort of mentioned with pricing like that keeps the crowd size manageable.
I can check it off my Bucket List now, been there done that.

haven't been won't be going
$24 for a sandwich are you high?

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And no, I'm not used to visiting an elite bbq joint, in this case a food truck with an attached (sort of) dining room area. We're not talking a fancy place here, but that's not what counts.

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So your dig is that they don't have a traditional restaurant? If that is your requirement for an elite BBQ place, you likely won't be finding one. If a true BBQ/smokehouse has a nice restaurant attached, it's likely not the best BBQ.

Snows is $145 for 4-5 lbs of brisket.
Franklin's is $34 per pound. Their sandwich is $17, but I believe it is less than 1/2lb.
Blacks is $27/lb

For the quality, I will pay for 1775.

If you have bought meat recently, you know that it has gone up. It's not just for the consumer. Every place in town has raised prices.

I completely understand sticker shock, but you also get what you pay for out there. Brad's mom makes all the sides and desserts. I have been going out there for four years and will continue to do so.

I had their $48 sampler

It fed me for 3 1/2 meals with full sandwiches. I would go back

I've never understood how anyone dining out can be surprised by the bill, unless the prices aren't listed on the menu. Which I don't think I've ever seen.

FlyRod said:

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…unless the prices aren't listed on the menu. Which I don't think I've ever seen.

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I have. It'll just say "Market."

You can now. Just ask them.

The restaurant industry is about to go through a serious reshuffling of the way they do business. They all target 30% food costs. The price of the raw materials go up and then the price of the end product goes up dramatically as well. The market isn't going to absorb that level of margins forever. For instance, if my food costs are originally $3, I would have a item on the menu for $10. If my food costs go to $5 and I try to keep my food costs at 30%, I am now trying to sell that same item for $16.67. My profit went from $7 to $11.67. McDonalds figured this out a long time ago and has a target profit instead of a target margin. So as the food costs go up they have typically just raised the cost of the item by the cost increase.

slyk said:

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Oh my gosh, $24 for a 2 meat BBQ sandwich, $18 for a sliced beef sandwich. All single serve sides starts at $7 ( or $8). Don't remember some of the other prices but it is all a-la-carte from what I seen.

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Whoa, they're that affordably priced?!

If they are continually selling out before the lunch crowd is even over, they are underpriced. I won't go at that price, but that's just the market at work.

Or their pit has just so much capacity and they do not mind selling out and taking much of the rest of the day off.

$24 for a BBQ sandwich? Who the heck is paying that? I'm sorry, but I'll just keep stocking up on HEB briskets when they go on sale and making my own. Ridiculous.

20 minutes and 10 people is a short line

Everybody hates C&Js though….

I don't know where all these high rollers are working. Jobs around here don't pay that well last time I checked.

People will pay $15 for a mediocre meal + $5 delivery + $5 tip from UberEats 3-5 times a week and not think twice.

But to go eat premium bbq maybe once or twice a month and spend $40? Oh no that is highway robbery!

I love C&J's

Same people complaining about bbq prices will overpay for a steak

And to be honest, if you consider 1775 "bougie", then you haven't been there and talked to the mom and dad and sister and brother that work there. Brad doesn't make peach bourbon glaze or do anything special. He just cooks damn good bbq.

Keep in mind that they are using top of the line meat on all of their proteins. When compared to a lot of other BBQ spots that may be using No Roll, Select, or Choice briskets. 1775 only uses PRIME. You may be spending more but know you'll always get a consistent good product.

Evanrandazzo said:

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Keep in mind that they are using top of the line meat on all of their proteins. When compared to a lot of other BBQ spots that may be using No Roll, Select, or Choice briskets. 1775 only uses PRIME. You may be spending more but know you'll always get a consistent good product.

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As someone else said the entire reason why BBQing meat is a thing is to take a cheap cut of meat i.e. brisket and make it taste good.

CS78 said:

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Has anyone tried the new BBQ place in Snook? Curious how they compare?

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I have eaten there several times. Very good and lower priced too!

Bonfire97 said:

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Agreed. The brisket is a locomotive cut. Not much difference between prime and select on a cut like this, IMO.

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I participated in camp brisket this year (put on by Foodways Texas and the A&M meat science department) and would tell you that's not what results will tell you. They do a blind taste test every year and the better grades always score better than lower grades, the class this year I was in was no exception. Top choice and prime will finish better than choice and select if you know what you're doing.

Yeah there's cheaper places to get bbq, but you get what you pay for. I don't mind grabbing a quick sandwhich from C&Js from time to time, but their stuff isn't close to being in the same league as 1775. I wouldn't eat it every other day, but it's dang good bbq, cooked by dang good folks, so I'll keep going there and supporting a good business.

Outstanding video of behind the scenes at a #1 (currently, Texas Monthly) Texas BBQ joint. And $32/lb brisket....
A LOT of work before the first order is sold.