Gypsy Jan
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BBQ Around the U.S.
"America's 20 Top Cities for Barbeque"
http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/americas-best-citie...
San Diego is seventeenth and Los Angeles/KTown/Compton is NOT EVEN MENTIONED.
It goes without saying that Baja or the various BBQ styles of Sonora, Hidalgo, Yucatan. et. al., in the U.S. is not mentioned.
I am so depressed by this list.
I am no way or manner a BBQ expert, but I am most definitely a BBQ hound.
For years, after dropping off departing visitors at LAX, I would stop by Bludso's in Compton on the way home to pick up a heavenly to go assortment
that would feed the family for days.
Some twenty years ago, a very nice couple, clients of mine, told me about a great 'que place in Santa Ana where the guy had a smoker set up in his
back yard and they said, "The food is so good - the sides are to die for (sweet potato pie, collard greens, etc.), but, my dear, it is a ghetto
neighborhood - you shouldn't go there!"
Guess what - I WENT THERE the next day and picked up ribs and brisket meals on a semi-monthly basis for several years.
I even had him cater one of our Thanksgiving dinners - smoked turkey with cornbread stuffing and all the trimmings, including that sweet potato pie.
After that, my family - those narrow-minded traditionalists, never let me do another Thanksgiving dinner.
[Edited on 5-25-2014 by Gypsy Jan]
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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bigjohn
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Have been to Bludso's, all I can say is excellent! Now what about this place in Santa Ana? Is it still there, as I am not too far from there? Details
please! 
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pauldavidmena
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The Boston metro area isn't known for its BBQ, but Redbone's in Somerville, MA boasts the best ribs on this side of the Charles. And their Jerked Beef
Brisket will put you into orbit.
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J.P.
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BBQ
I have traveled all around the Country ( U.S. ) and tried to eat a lot of stuff that was passed off as BBQ some excellent some not so good. I spent a
whole lot of my life in the mid west, mostly TEXAS and every family back there has their secret sauce there and again some excellent and some not so
good
I prefer my BBQ cooked dry and the sauce served on the side. My favorite BBQ place is SHORTY SMALLEY,S in GALVESTON TEXAS
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J.P.
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If you are in the San Diego area and looking for those hard to find condiment's for BBQ . try IOWA BEEF on Mission Gorge they have a huge selection.
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elgatoloco
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http://iowameatfarms.com
Siesel's for those on the coast. Just off I 5. Good stuff.
MAGA
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chuckie
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Angelos in Fort Worth
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