Barbecued Turkey

Every summer my Dear Old Dad would go down to Buddies hardware and buy a charcoal grill. This was a flimsy bit of business made out of stamped aluminum one grade stronger than Reynolds Wrap. It was balanced precariously on three pencil thin hollow tubes made out of the same wimpy metal as the body of the grill.On top was a little wire mess that you placed about two inches over the coals so that the hamburgers would soak up all the flavor of the half gallon of lighter fluid DOD would use to get the festivities going. Ah, good…

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Rudy’s Barbecue The Best Worst BarBQ in Texas

Rudy’s Barbecue is slow cooked, slow smoked, and quickly eaten. This is real Texas Barbecue. Their logo says The Worst Barb-B-Q in Texas, but that is just a marketing gimmick, they are among the best. In Dallas the big name in Barbecue is Sonny Bryant’s, and they do have pretty good sauce, but they have some of the blandest, dullest, driest barbecue I’ve ever eaten. Cover it with enough sauce and it is not that bad, but real Texas barbecue, like the kind you find at Rudy’s Barbecue, doesn’t have to be hidden under a thick layer of sauce to…

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