The type of sauce depends on several things, but (and I'm speaking generally here as I'm sure you could find 17,000 other Texans, and more, who would disagree) we tend to use a "dippin'" sauce for eatin' not for smokin'. Most places will do a dry smoke with a rub and various flavor woods. As for meat, well generally in Central Texas, you're talking beef: brisket, ribs, flank though we will do pork, chicken and turkey.



>There may very well be. I only recall two of the most common: 1 has a tomato base with little or no vinegar, North Carolina: vinegar base with no tomato base. :o)
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>>I thought there were three distinct styles of barbecue sauce -- North Carolina, Texas, and Memphis/Kansas City.
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>>>Does Austin do the red barbecue sauce (like up north) or the vinegar sauce like in North Carolina?
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>>>>BBQ in Austin....
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>>>>y'see the thing about Austin is, anyone you ask is going to have a different idea of what good barbeque is - but here's mine.
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>>>>If you like Beef ribs, Ironworks (http://www.ironworksbbq.com/). They're on the very south side of downtown next to the convention center and worth the drive from anywhere in Austin. They also do great brisket and turkey.
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>>>>Rudy's (which is a chain based mostly in Texas (http://www.rudys.com/default.aspx) does a VERY nice prime rib (yes, smoked prime rib) and good pork loin along with 3 levels of 'moistness' on their brisket. They also do some absolutely EVEEL creamed corn
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>>>>I've not been to these, but I have friend's that swear by them.
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>>>>SaltLick (http://www.saltlickbbq.com/) - it's a 'bring yer own cooler o'beer' place but I've heard good things about them
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>>>>County Line (http://www.countyline.com/)
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>>>>If you want live music with your BBQ there's Stubb's (http://www.stubbsaustin.com/)
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>>>>If you're looking for some good 'Southern' cooking, then you'll want 'Hoover's Cookin' (http://hooverscooking.com/) - I don't think I've had anything there that wasn't at least very good.
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>>>>If you'll let me know what part of Austin you'll be in, I might could narrow down a selection of places to go.
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>>>>>Ahhh cool - I'm going to be in Austin shortly - any suggestions for BBQ resturants? That's one thing south FL doesn't have and there was NO BBQ in Hawaii that was any good either...
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>>>>>>Last time I checked, yeah - I'm still in Austin.
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>>>>>>>>"I would hate for the state of Texas to take someone's life and no one be there," he said.
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>>>>>>>>Doesn't sound like someone who likes to go. Sounds more like a duty
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>>>>>>>I understand that's what the guys SAYS - but that's ridicilious. There is always someone else there (duh there are a few people there killing the guy for example) - he's just making up an excuse to go because he's a nut-job.
>>>>>>>And hey are you still in Austin, TX?
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>>>>>>>>>Obviously the guy likes to go (no matter what he says) otherwise he would not be going 300+ times. The dude is twisted.
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>>>>>>>>>>Kevin was being sarcastic in his message title - or he didn't read the article that closely. The reported doesn't go because he likes to, he goes because he believes someone should witness the ending of a life.
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>>>>>>>>>>>He need a good psychologist IMHO.
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>>>>>>>>>>>>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/07/20/texas.execution.witness/index.html