We had a crazy good brunch in Franklin last year coming home from a weekend on the strip, I'll have to remember the name, just off the little two-lane main drag.
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We had a crazy good brunch in Franklin last year coming home from a weekend on the strip, I'll have to remember the name, just off the little two-lane main drag.
planomateo
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Not sure what the hell this guy is doing...but he needs to stop.
PurlJam
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Bunyan's in Florence is good. Every time I go home, I have to have BBQ from there.
This thread always pops up when I don't get to eat lunch. It's a conspiracy, I say.
I’ve had much worse than August’s BBQ in Sylacauga... Alabama's Best BBQ Sandwich: 5 things to know about August's Barbeque
I know competition BBQ is very different from “normal” BBQ, but I’ll be quite honest, I’ve never been blown away by the pork (ribs or pulled pork) offered up at Big Bob Gibson’s restaurants. I will say his chicken his hard to beat though and I am a big fan of Chris Lilly. I have a LOT of respect for what he’s done... also own a couple of his cook/BBQ books which I’ve gotten some good tips and ideas from. No doubt he’s a true pit boss. I would love to have a nice big helping of his competition pork to see what it tastes like...
I agree, when we eat BBQ, which is quite often, Big Bob Gibson is never our first choice. It's good but there are a few others around here I'd rather have when I have a choice. My wife has said the same thing about wanting to taste his competition BBQ. The 5 Grand Championships with the competition he faces in Memphis is quite impressive.
I know I've shared this before, but I'll put it out again in case someone missed it. A documentary on Alabama BBQ. I think it's very well done, hitting a great cross section of small BBQ shacks and the well known ones as well.
Watch Full Episodes Online of Alabama Public Television Presents on PBS | Q: Alabama's Barbecue Legends
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Watch Full Episodes Online of Alabama Public Television Presents on PBS | Q: Alabama's Barbecue Legends
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XXL TideFan
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I have taken BBG's white sauce and had people compare it to mine in a blind tasting and I have yet to lose one. Not a big sampling, less than a 100. However, I took it to a family reunion/4th July bbq down in Clanton and everyone looked at me like I had farted in church. No one would even try it.
Well, they’re crazy. A good white sauce on some smoked chicken is heaven.
XXL TideFan
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When I was growing up in Gadsden it was "Penny Profit BBQ" that was the best. The hood rats ended up putting her out of business, got to be too dangerous to go in the neighborhood.
Now it is Local Joe's Tradin' Post. It is on 411, about a 1/3 of the way to Ashville, south of Rainbow City.
@It Takes Eleven , @bama alum (or anyone else) My daughter has an appointment tomorrow (Tuesday) in Homewood. We'll be at the Skin Wellness Center at 920 Huntington Drive (?) . Any good BBQ places around that area?
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