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9:20a, 6/22/21
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Hou BBQ put out a new BBQ guide for Houston. You can filter by styles, parking, etc. They don't have rankings, but it seems like more of a "if it's on here, it's legit" type of list. Pretty interesting. Seems like it will be useful. I've heard of most of these places, but there's a couple listed I haven't and now want to try.

What are y'all's thoughts? Did they miss anything? Any place on here that shouldn't be? My only thought is Goode Co. doesn't belong with some of these places, but it is "historic" I guess.

https://houbbqguide.com/
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9:54a, 6/22/21
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Let's just go ahead and get it out the way now....

I don't see my backyard anywhere on there.
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10:30a, 6/22/21
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Missing Virgie's. It was in Texas Monthly a few years ago and still good stuff.
I was in the room here one day... watchin' the Mexican channel on TV. I don't know nothin' about Pele. I'm watchin' what this guy can do with a ball and his feet. Next thing I know, he jumps in the air and flips into a somersault and kicks the ball in - upside down and backwards... the dang (sc) goalie never knew what the hell hit him. Pele gets excited and he rips off his jersey and starts running around the stadium waving it around his head. Everybody's screaming in Spanish. I'
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10:40a, 6/22/21
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What are they trying to get out of this? They squeezing money out of the bbq joints to get on their list, or going to after enough clicks? They trying to suck up to the pit guys? Fanboys only?
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10:55a, 6/22/21
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Too bad you can't sort the list by "good."
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In reply to Milwaukees Best Light • 11:07a, 6/22/21
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Milwaukees Best Light said:
What are they trying to get out of this? They squeezing money out of the bbq joints to get on their list, or going to after enough clicks? They trying to suck up to the pit guys? Fanboys only?
Who Created this Guide?

The Houston BBQ Guide is brought to you by the same good people who bring you the Houston Barbecue Festival. The primary contributor and designer is festival co-founder and Houston Chronicle barbecue columnist J.C. Reid.
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11:20a, 6/22/21
If I don't have to wait 6 hours in the scorching sun I ain't interested
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11:21a, 6/22/21
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FYI, Feges BBQ now has a location on Long Point. Opened this past weekend.
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12:07p, 6/22/21
No Fire Craft.
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In reply to Onceaggie2.0 • 1:08p, 6/22/21
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Onceaggie2.0 said:
If I don't have to wait 6 hours in the scorching sun I ain't interested
That's part of the experience, pal.
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1:24p, 6/22/21
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Give me some Roegels any day of the week.
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2:24p, 6/22/21
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Good stuff - the map is dandy, too. Can we please not have 1-2 pages of 'backyard' comments? We get it, you're a badass

RE Harlem Road BBQ: Do not go. It's dry, sides are bland. Surprised it made the list, but just doing my part
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In reply to cr0wbar • 2:30p, 6/22/21
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cr0wbar said:
Good stuff - the map is dandy, too. Can we please not have 1-2 pages of 'backyard' comments? We get it, you're a badass

RE Harlem Road BBQ: Do not go. It's dry, sides are bland. Surprised it made the list, but just doing my part
the map is pretty great
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2:35p, 6/22/21
Maybe I have a different perspective than some of y'all but I find it pretty crazy that just about 10 years ago the top BBQ offerings in Houston were generally thought to be Luling's on Richmond and Goode Company. I don't believe Killen's or Corkscrew or the like were around then. Virgie's and Burn's were around but really hadn't been discovered by the masses. Barbecue Inn and Hickory Hollow were pretty long-standing but marginal BBQ IIRC. There was also a place on Memorial just east of the park near the old Biba's Greek joint but it's a strip center now.

Anyway, there's a pretty amazing number of great BBQ joints here now.
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2:36p, 6/22/21
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Southern Q on Richey is good. Their sides are really good.

Lone Star Sausage company on Walters is just what the name says. Sausage there is great.

There's a new Aggie owned place in the center with Gianna's in Tomball the name of which I can't think of but it's really good too.
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In reply to jja79 • 3:55p, 6/22/21
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jja79 said:
There's a new Aggie owned place in the center with Gianna's in Tomball the name of which I can't think of but it's really good too.
Believe you're speaking of Bexar Barbecue
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3:55p, 6/22/21
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another curated bbq list. i generally think eater is pretty solid with their recommendations.

https://houston.eater.com/maps/best-houston-barbecue-restaurants
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In reply to TarponChaser • 3:57p, 6/22/21
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TarponChaser said:
Maybe I have a different perspective than some of y'all but I find it pretty crazy that just about 10 years ago the top BBQ offerings in Houston were generally thought to be Luling's on Richmond and Goode Company. I don't believe Killen's or Corkscrew or the like were around then. Virgie's and Burn's were around but really hadn't been discovered by the masses. Barbecue Inn and Hickory Hollow were pretty long-standing but marginal BBQ IIRC. There was also a place on Memorial just east of the park near the old Biba's Greek joint but it's a strip center now.

Anyway, there's a pretty amazing number of great BBQ joints here now.
I agree with you - Houston BBQ seems to have had quite a rejuvenation the last several years.

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There was also a place on Memorial just east of the park near the old Biba's Greek joint but it's a strip center now.
Otto's? The place that George HW Bush was fond of?
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4:26p, 6/22/21
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Don't forget Thelma's and her twin sister, Velma, using one of Houston's oldest pits over on East side of Downtown at Live Oak and St. Emanuel. Outstanding.
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In reply to agz win • 4:51p, 6/22/21
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Don't St Emmanuel and Live Oak run parallel?
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4:54p, 6/22/21
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You're right. Meant Lamar and Live Oak.
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In reply to agz win • 5:02p, 6/22/21
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Thelma has a place again?
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5:05p, 6/22/21
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Looking at Google Maps I think she's been gentrified.
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5:15p, 6/22/21
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Yup. The place "burned down"and they moved to Scott and OST. The land became too valuable in Eado. She had a great run but the loss of the historical pit was the big tragedy.
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In reply to Ezra Brooks • 5:36p, 6/22/21
Yup, it was Otto's.

They had pics of Bush 41 up all over the place.
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In reply to schmendeler • 6:02p, 6/22/21
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schmendeler said:
Thelma has a place again?
Don't think so. Age may have caught up. Her last place that I know of was at Scott and Southmore past Frenchy's at the Cougar High football stadium.

Her ribs and In and Out charred brisket were tasty.
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7:44a, 6/23/21
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The Rusty Buckle is missing. Better than most on here.
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8:27a, 6/23/21
Has anyone been to Harlem Road BBQ? How was it?
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9:03a, 6/23/21
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That list is really let down by Goode Co. and Pizzitola's. Both are barely palatable.
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In reply to TarponChaser • 11:06a, 6/23/21
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Yup, it was Otto's.

They had pics of Bush 41 up all over the place.
Brings me back. I went to St Thomas and we used to have off campus lunch there weekly.
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In reply to CDUB98 • 11:10a, 6/23/21
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CDUB98 said:
That list is really let down by Goode Co. and Pizzitola's. Both are barely palatable.
sounds like the whole idea of the list is to have a variety of restaurants. Some where you'll willingly wait for an hour in line and some that serve consistently mediocre BBQ. There's a place for both, clearly.
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In reply to Diggity • 12:26p, 6/23/21
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Diggity said:
CDUB98 said:
That list is really let down by Goode Co. and Pizzitola's. Both are barely palatable.
sounds like the whole idea of the list is to have a variety of restaurants. Some where you'll willingly wait for an hour in line and some that serve consistently mediocre BBQ. There's a place for both, clearly.
Where is Carl's BBQ in Cypress then?
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1:07p, 6/23/21
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Or Demeris?
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1:27p, 6/23/21
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Goode Co & Pizzatola have a strong history in Houston, which is presumably why they're on the list.
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1:31p, 6/23/21
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Burn's BBQ is legit. We use to visit there when we lived in Garden Oaks.
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