Becca, Thanks for your accolades. Grand Prize BBQ was good, nothing special. I spent the weekend in the Texas hill country. Herewith is my Ribs Listing. I'm using the traditional Zagat 30 pt scale, with 30 being as good as a plate of ribs could ever possibly be, and 0 as bad as one might conceivably be served in a restaurant in the USA. (there is no limit to how bad meat might be, say, under wartime conditions, etc.) The list concentrates on SE Metro Houston, because that's where I live. All of these are places that I've eaten at least 3 time, except the last two (for obvious reasons.) 27 SouthSide Meat Market, Elgin TX (smoked mutton ribs) 25 Luling City Market, Luling TX (pork ribs) 23 Scott's, Madison AL (pork ribs, with the white sauce) 22 Leons Worlds Finest In and Out BBQ, Galveston (beef ribs) 21 Mary's, Mayville AL (pork ribs) 21 Buster's BBQ, Pasadena TX (beef ribs) 20 Greene's BBQ, (on Almeda), Houston TX (beef ribs) 19 Central Texas BBQ, Pearland TX (beef ribs) 19 Randy's BBQ, Clear Lake TX (beef ribs) 19 Pappas BBQ, (I-45 service road SE) Houston TX (pork ribs) 19 Goode Co, (on Kirby) Houston TX 19 T-Bone Tom's, Kemah TX (beef ribs) 19 Ryan's BBQ, Webster TX (beef ribs) 19 Joe's BBQ, Alvin TX (beef ribs) 18 David's Smokehouse, Seabrook, Tx (beef ribs) 17 Grand Prize BBQ, Webster Tx (beef ribs) 17 Luther's BBQ, Webster TX (pork ribs) 16 Wheeler's BBQ, League City TX (beef ribs) 14 Otto's, (on Memorial) Houston, TX (pork ribs) 6 Perry's Country Kitchen, Pearland TX (pork ribs) [Note: Perry's Country Kitchen is no relation to the Perry's Meat Market chain in SE Houston suburbs.] The smoked mutton ribs from the SouthSide Meat Market in Elgin were so good that I'm going to try and write them up and get the review published somewhere. This is the third time I've had them and I can't believe how flavorful they are. Someone wrote: >The readers of houston.eats should award you a prize for your selfless >dedication to BBQ testing. I am deeply touched <sniffles - does anyone >have a tissue>, and I mean that from the heart of my bottom. If you >need assistance in your quest, I would consider making the sacrifice, >myself. > >Becca
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