"pops" > wrote in message
...
> I'm heading to Austin with a day or so to spare and a car towards the
> end of the month. I think I already know a lot of the Q places where I
> could go eat (I'm from Seattle, so any genuine Texas BBQ is a treat)
> but I'm looking for places I could go where I could see as many high
> end smokers as possible. I'm looking for tips on how they're designed
> as I have a 24x60" air tank waiting to be made into a smoker.
>
> It's pretty easy to find places on the Web that talk about how to cook
> BBQ. Places where they discuss matters of smoker design intelligently
> are much fewer.


If in your pursuit of excellence you happen to pass any shacks with weather
beaten signs proclaiming "BBQ", dirt parking lots, and a lot of business,
check them out also.

The best I ever had was sold out of a 6 by 8 foot shed in the driveway of
the man who owned the house.
He had a shitload of cooking area out back. He'd start cooking Thursday
morning and when he started selling Friday, he'd be sold out by not much
after noon.

This place was listed as one of the 10 best BBQ joints in America some time
back. It's been at least 7 years since I was there. He was old then. He
may not still be alive.
Point is, those little shacks are what it's all about.

Smoker design is irrelevant. Give me a chainsaw, a cherry tree, some meat
and a few concrete blocks and I can make you happy.


TFM®