Austin BBQ

[G100driver]

Boss wants aircraft catored with BBQ. Where is the best BBQ in Austin. I know, we are only in Texas, but I will have to make due.

I understand that it is the Salt Lick or Ironworks. Any other suggestions.

Thanks for any help.

 

[TransMach]

Kaus Bbq

One word, mate ... COUNTYLINE ... that's all you need to know about BBQ!

TransMach

 

[G100driver]

Cheers.

 

[BoilerUP]

A place on the southwest side called Artz Ribhouse. Best BBQ I've ever had!

 

[Eaglion]

Bbq

Salt Lick--It's out in the middle of nowhere, but the food is great. Best TX BBQ I've ever had.

 

[banned username 2]

Boss wants aircraft catored with BBQ. Where is the best BBQ in Austin. I know, we are only in Texas, but I will have to make due.

I understand that it is the Salt Lick or Ironworks. Any other suggestions.

Thanks for any help.

Stubb's is good too... It is downtown a couple blocks from the Marriott...

 

[AA717driver]

Have some FedEx'ed in from North Carolina... TC

 

[Duderino]

Stubb's is good too... It is downtown a couple blocks from the Marriott...

Good, they're Grrrreat! I used to flip burgers there. Love it. Get some beef ribs for me. And some slaw, please.

 

[Yellow Snow]

Bbq

You want to make the boss happy, fly to Lexington NC. (EXX) Ask Charlie for the crew car and directions to Lexington BBQ on old I85. Get a couple of gallons and make sure you get a quart of extra dip. As long as you're flying the 10 or the 50 it'll still be warm when you land and deliver it to him. Thats how you make the boss happy. Any body can just go somewhere close but to get the best you gotta go the extra mile. Guarantee he'll give you a nice raise for not disappointing him.

 

[G100driver]

Thank-you to everyone. We are back from AUS. Because of time constrants (and we had the directions) we went to the salt lick. It was GREAT, boss was happy. I could not agree more with Yellow Snow and TC , however. Real BBQ comes from pigs in NC.

 

[G4G5]

THE ABSOLUTE BEST IN AUSTIN

http://www.ironworksbbq.com/

They did Dub ya's inauguration

 

[Yellow Snow]

I texas they use that nasty red sauce. Might as well just put ketchup on it. Its gotta have vinegar based sauce and its gotta be cooked in a big hole to measure up.

 

[Huggyu2]

Stubbs comes highly recommended from my friends. However, further south is Lockhart, Texas. From the airport, it's probably not much further than downtown. There's a BBQ place there that is world class. It was a family business that split (family feud) and one of the "family halves" remained in Lockhart. Very good stuff.

 

[G100driver]

With all due respect to the in NC, Salt Licks sauce was not that usual ketchup stuff you find in TX and KC. It was obviously made by a true professional. Next time in AUS I will try some of the others that were mentioned.

I am told AUS is going to become a regular stop and the boss wants BBQ.

The Salt Lick sausages were hard to beat as well.

 

[Huggyu2]

http://www.lockhart-tx.org/texasbbq.htm
Lockhart, Texas: the BBQ capital of the world, apparently.
The one I knew of was Kreuz's. For those of you that think BBQ sauce is a crime, you'll be happy to know that Kreuz won't serve their BBQ with sauce.

 

[AA717driver]

G4G5--The Ironworks was out behind that dump of a layover hotel we stayed at. Pretty good BBQ. But then, again, there's a lot of good meat in AUS... And not all of it is slathered in BBQ sauce! (Although it could be. ) TC

 

[G4G5]

G4G5--The Ironworks was out behind that dump of a layover hotel we stayed at. Pretty good BBQ. But then, again, there's a lot of good meat in AUS... And not all of it is slathered in BBQ sauce! (Although it could be. ) TC

The Hotel was a dump but I use to bid those trips just for the visits to the Iron Works. Then a leisurely stroll down main street for a local talent search. The a night cap at the bar where that awesome Stevie Ray impersonator played. One of the better layover cities.

“George W. Bush voted Iron Works Barbecue one of his favorite places to eat while in the capital city”.
- Time Magazine

“Pork Ribs are deliciously cooked perfectly seasoned, and particularly greaseless”.
- New York Times

"The beef brisket is top of the line, slow cooked for 16 hours and tender enough to cut with a plastic fork."
- US News and World Report

“An old tin building nestled against the Austin Convention Center offers Texas Barbecue at it’s best. Go for the succulent ribs, the fall apart brisket, and special recipe sausage. Thousands of customers and fans like Jay Leno, and Leonardo Dicaprio keep it smoking.”
- INSTYLE Magazine

http://www.ironworksbbq.com/reviews.asp

 

[G100driver]

G4G5--The Ironworks was out behind that dump of a layover hotel we stayed at. Pretty good BBQ. But then, again, there's a lot of good meat in AUS... And not all of it is slathered in BBQ sauce! (Although it could be. ) TC

Oh yea!!!

 

[bigD]

A whole thread about Austin BBQ and I missed it! Everyone here represented well though, as all the good places were mentioned. I might also add Rudy's, which I find to be good as well.

Glad your boss was happy!

 

[garf12]

I've eaten all the places mentioned and love them all. I stopped just today at Hard 8 in stephenville, but I must admit its all pretty much the same to me.

 

[h25b]

I'm pretty partial to County Line BBQ in AUS... As for NC, the vinegar based stuff is an acquired taste. Now that I live in NC, I gotta get out for some of that stuff. I used to live for trips in to RWI for the Garner's BBQ Buffet. I am ashamed to admit I have not had any BBQ since I moved to NC. PATHETIC...


O.K., now I gotta go drive to Lexington... Thanks guys..

 

[G100driver]

True, vinegar a retraining of your taste buds. The way I look at it, the KC and St Louis types have won the popular battle of BBQ. Much like GW had with taking the country to war.

But now that you know the truth, BBQ is not to be consumed with the masking flavors of ketsup, honey, corn sryup and moleasses.

The truth does not merly lie with those who can mass produce a product and sell to the masses through marketing. To discover the truth, you must dig a little deeper than what is on a crappy ketsup bottle with cool BBQ'esk lable.

Enjoy your Lexington BBQ. I am making some Lexinton sauce right now. I did the pork shoulder yesterday and having the neighborhood over the 4th. I hope yours is a good one.