mechmike0034

In a smoker made from '73 Ford F100...

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Mmmmmmm smoked meat from a pickup.

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Makes eating your roadkill SO much more convenient!

DarkFury

Heh... My Daddy had a 72 Ford F-100.

He also was a big barbeque/smoker chef. He even built his own smoker made from an old football locker that was attached to the back of a boat trailer.

Gotta love the ingenuity of "Down South" engineering.

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mechmike0034

They don't know what they're missing, do they?

DarkFury

Nope... not at all.

Think about it... it used to take my Dad 2 days to prep and cook the meat at his famous barbeques.

He'd spend one day preparing the meat and sauce... and then spent nearly another day actually slow cooking it over a wood fire.

His ribs were soooooooooo tender they would fall off the bone and melt in your mouth!!!!!

Man... I sure wish my Dad was still here. Memorial Day just passed and the 4th of July is not too far off. Smoked Ribs, Chicken, Sausages, Deer Meat, Goat Meat, and a host of other goodies straight from the pit. Mmmmmmm Mmmmmmmm!!!! Truly Heaven on Earth.

Markel

The things people will do to find that flavor that makes their BBQ stand out from all the rest.

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DarkFury

Heh...

Well honestly, the meat didn't taste like an old football locker.


But hey... most good barbeque pits are made from 55 gallon oil drums... so hey, I guess it could be worse.

ShawnLee

Man... Makes me want to eat... Rib meat falling off the bone with some good sauce. Man...

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i wonder what other various food is ?

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Jeffbx

That's the worst part... I DO know, and we just can't get food like that up here in the frigid north. Someone tries from time to time, but no one's gotten it right yet.

So if someone down in Memphis could just fedex me some pulled pork, a couple of slabs of ribs and a bottle of sauce, I'd be much obliged!

cheapie

in fact, just double jeff's order and i'll drive over and pick it up from him!

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DarkFury

Vegetables mostly...

Grilled Corn is DA BOMB!!!

mechmike0034

Alabama's finest - you can order online:

http://www.dreamlandbbq.com/default.aspx?id=26

If you MUST have Memphis, this is the best. Remember that Memphis is a FedEx hub:

http://www.corkysbbq.com/store/combination_N.htm

Carolina (sweet mustard sauce) more to your liking? Maurice has you covered:

http://www.mauricesbbq.com/onlinesto...=02&subcat=ALL

cheapie

i usually try and get to a bbq place when i'm in the carolinas. but it's still never as good at one of those joints as finding a dude like DF's dad that takes pride in his work and doesn't rush the process.

and is it me or is it a sign of good bbq in the south if there are a lot of black folks in the place? if i go somewhere and it's just white people, i'm like...uh-oh. this isn't going to be the "real" bbq i'm looking for.

DarkFury

My Dad, and the guy that started Dreamland BBQ (ironically his name was "Big Daddy") were pretty good friends....


(here is a photo of the front of the original store...)

My brother went to school at Stillman College on a baseball scholarship back in 1980 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama where the first Dreamland BBQ stand was established. We used to go there to eat after his baseball games.

Dreamland BBQ is good... however since they use a Mustard based sauce, I don't like them as much as I liked my Dad's BBQ (he used a hickory/molasses based sauce.)

Last time I was in Atlanta, I stopped by and got some of the Dreamland BBQ (they have a franchise there now), it was "OK", but it sure wasn't as good as the BBQ you got back at the original store in Tuscaloosa!

Heh... fond memories. Back in those days, if you bought a slab of ribs, he'd give you a whole loaf of Sunbeam white bread to go with it. GOOD TIMES I tell ya!

renovation

there are so many that try and call them self BBQ rib shacks . . they have a couple up here in michigan that just ok .but not even close to them in the deep south .

mechmike0034

That is so cool!

Yeah, the menu at the original Dreamland used to be slabs of ribs, white bread, and bottled Cokes - period...

Jeffbx

Back when I worked for Saturn (at the HQ in MI, not at the plant), my first trip to Spring Hill I ate at Corky's every single day I was there.

One of these days I'll have to try the mail order stuff, but I'm convinced it won't be as good as eating there.

mechmike0034

Corky's is the best part of the Memphis airport. There's always a line of people waiting.
Spring Hill's going to be a "mainstream" GM plant now.

cheapie

i always stop at corky's when i have a stopover at MEM as well.

Jeffbx

Yeah, I heard it's shut down for retooling now. Glad to see they're not closing it.

Kevster

Gentlemen, I give you..... the Car-BBQ!


Nothing says Kah-LEE-fornia like a limo customized with a full BBQ, 2 refrigerated beer keg taps (behind the driver's area) and meat smoking trays in the trunk. Oh, and this thing still runs too!

I saw it at the Turlock Annual Automotive Swap Meet last January. They were asking $3k.

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