tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3233136766970701014.post1826602753761308233..comments2024-03-15T16:58:18.866-05:00Comments on Full Custom Gospel BBQ: Eddie Deen's Ranchsmokemasteronehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13060574775769962975noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3233136766970701014.post-65003905620478105542010-05-25T09:01:47.084-05:002010-05-25T09:01:47.084-05:00Food Channel does tasty ribs in the oven. In Kentu...Food Channel does tasty ribs in the oven. In Kentucky, they love mutton (taste their chili and you'll understand). Pot roast, marinated chicken, shredded pork, and bologna are all passed off as barbecue. That doesn't indict them as food, but it doesn't make them barbecue. Braunschweiger isn't foie gras and margarine isn't butter. <br /><br />Barbecue is brisket and choose your weapon:live oak, pecan, mesquite. Creditable barbecue is not in Dallas. Cite the DFW metroplex and Fort Worth enters (changes) the equation. The existential phenomenon of re-entering Texas upon exiting Dallas County in most directions (Plano/Frisco being an exception) accounts for this. Most of today's Dallas either grew up in it's bubble or immigrated from places where barbecue is as real as J.R.Ewing (a vegetarian).<br /><br />Most everyone from the Midwest, the other coasts, and Dogpatch will be perfectly happy with Dallas' fare and that's fine. They'll find good company visiting the Book Depository and Southfork often and plan regular dates at S_n_y B_y_n's.<br /><br />When all this stops being true, we all need to know. Meantime, let's hope gas prices stay down.Columbairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10710008025522679863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3233136766970701014.post-54691709604488830762010-01-05T15:44:11.022-06:002010-01-05T15:44:11.022-06:00Disagree with the last comment entirely. If you&#...Disagree with the last comment entirely. If you're going hungry in Dallas, you're looking in the wrong place.<br /><br />While the pickins in Big D for barbecue are indeed slim...you must try The Baby Back Shack in south Dallas or Meshack's (my favorite and a 4-star on this site)on Avenue B in downtown Garland. These places will change your mind about Dallas Barbecue. You can hit either one of these easily if you live north or south of town and you don't have to drive the 45 minutes to Terrel.<br /><br />The trick in Dallas isn't necessarily knowing where to go outside of town to find memorable food...it's where to find the food IN this metroplex of 8 million people. There are still plenty of skills taught down through the generations here in the city limits and some of them...if we're lucky...are sold.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3233136766970701014.post-30550015697524870992009-05-22T11:22:28.799-05:002009-05-22T11:22:28.799-05:00If you're going to Eddie's to enjoy what he can do...If you're going to Eddie's to enjoy what he can do, just go to Terrell, get there before noon on a weekday, and buy weight portions of his stuff - they'll sell it that way.<br /><br />Brisket rates as well as anything east of the Trinity. Sausage comes out of Tyler and is pretty good - nice coarseness to the texture, right balance of seasonings, not oversalted. Ribs are consistent, medium sized, best early in the day like the brisket - too long for any of them under a cover means steam. Other meats - seasonal chicken and turkey - are up to par. So are the sides - potato salad and slaw - not your straight SYSCO fare. Trouble is if you've had Eddie's food at its best from the Ranch Hand, you're going to be expecting that every time you see his name on food.It just doesn't work that way.<br /><br />If you're expecting barbecue in Dallas, it's not far away - 45 minutes or so. If you think you got barbecue in Dallas, you need education on the topic. Just ask anyone who knows. We're not unfriendly, but when we want barbecue, we go hungry in Dallas.Columbairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10710008025522679863noreply@blogger.com