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• [1] Sarah from Brooklyn July 18, 2008 - 10:39AM

  It used to be the pulled pork at Pies n' Thighs in Williamsburg...until they closed down. I was so sad when they closed!!

  
  
• [2] Steve (the other one) from Manhattan July 18, 2008 - 01:04PM

  Dallas Jones on W. Houston - the brisket is to die for ... good pulled pork too Sarah. I was sad when I moved from SoHo and could no longer get delivery from them.

  http://www.dallasjonesbbq.com/

  
  
• [3] claire from Lower East Side July 18, 2008 - 01:10PM

  Curtis's BBQ in Putney Vermont. Partly for the great chicken and ribs and partly for the "atmosphere" that includes blue buses and a giant pot belly pig. I still drive all the way up there for the weekend to taste that barbecue.

  
  
• [4] RLO from New York, NY July 18, 2008 - 01:15PM

  Best Q in New York can either be found at Hill Country, or Dinosaur in Harlem.

  The best BBQ in the world is found at Arthur Bryant's in Kansas City.

  Then renowned author Calvin Trillin declared in Playboy magazine that "...the single best restaurant in the world is Arthur Bryant's Barbeque at 18th & Brooklyn in Kansas City."

  
  
• [5] Dan from Manhattan July 18, 2008 - 01:18PM

  I happen to like Ridgewood Barbecue in Bluff City (near Johnson City), but since that's in East Tennessee I don't get there often. The Pork and Beef are excellent (to the point that I don't try anything else).

  
  
• [6] John Porter July 18, 2008 - 01:26PM

  The Smokey Pig in Columbus, Georgia, has the best pulled pork barbecue!

  
  
• [7] liz from brooklyn July 18, 2008 - 01:29PM

  Having tried a number of places here in the metro area, I've always been disappointed until we discovered Bar BQ in Brooklyn (South Park Slope, 20th Street and 6th Ave).

  They don't put sauce in their meat to make it taste better like other places in the metro (or to mask dryness or lack of flavor in the meat), the smoke flavor is robust, the meat (pork) melts in your mouth and the portions are HUGE.

  Oh - and the place is very cool as well. Has a neighborhood feel, with a great beer and bourbon list. The bartenders are awesome as well; offer samples of the beer with no attitude.

  Best thing to get: the pulled pork.

  A must visit!

  
  
• [8] Amy from Astoria July 18, 2008 - 01:33PM

  In New York, Virgil's is probably king, but I also enjoy Rub on 23rd Street and The Smoke Joint in Fort Greene...the perfect pre-BAM dinner!

  
  
• [9] Jameson from NYC July 18, 2008 - 01:38PM

  Hill Country is as close as you can get to the real thing in NYC. My ideal being central Texas style pit 'cue.

  Kreuz's market in Lockhart, TX supplies Hill Country with their sausage so you are guaranteed an authentic experience.

  
  
• [10] R Schreiner from brooklyn July 18, 2008 - 01:43PM

  I've been warned against applying sauce to meat over fire, as "burnt sugar" is supposedly carcenigenic. true?

  
  
• [11] Steve (the other one) from Manhattan July 18, 2008 - 01:46PM

  I was a vegetarian for 11 years - then I was undone by a cheeseburger.

  
  
• [12] anthony clune from Brooklyn July 18, 2008 - 01:50PM

  Tell these guys to visit FETTE SAU in Williamsburg next time they pass through Brooklyn.

  Art Meat! And the baked beans will slay you...

  
  
• [13] Jeff from NYC July 18, 2008 - 01:53PM

  Send the upstate NYer to Brooks BBQ in Oneonta NY. Awesome place!

  
  
• [14] MacLeod Snaith from Weston, Ct July 18, 2008 - 01:55PM

  Brooks BBQ in Oneonta NY might be near the callers route for NY BBQ.

  
  
• [15] andy from bkln July 18, 2008 - 01:55PM

  any tips for the grill-less in nyc (aside from eating out) ?

  
  
• [16] Joe Huybens from NJ July 18, 2008 - 01:58PM

  Please explain how "au jus" has become a noun.

  
  
• [17] Lisa from Brooklyn July 18, 2008 - 02:01PM

  i like the ribs and the pulled pork at Rack and Soul -- West 109th @ Broadway...

  for people searching in different regions, i recommend searching and posting on chowhound.com

  
  
• [18] Matthew Kaplan from Weehawken, NJ July 18, 2008 - 02:07PM

  I’ve happily enjoyed some amazing bbq all around this wonderful country of ours, from Hill Country in Manhattan and Fette Sau in Brooklyn, to Kreuz’s, Blacks and Smitty’s in Lockhart, Texas, to the fabled Salt Lick in Driftwood, Texas to Iron Works and Stubbs in Austin and of course the host of fine joints in Memphis like The Rendezvous, Neely’s and The Central ... but for me the best of all has got to be Harold’s Pit Bar-B-Q in Abilene, Texas!!! Harold’s has the most amazing sauce, more vinegar and molasses based then the usual tomato, scrumptious. Well worth the hour long wait on line.

  By the way if you happen to be in Memphis, you must check out Gus’ Fried Chicken, divine!

  
  
• [19] jj from nyc July 18, 2008 - 02:13PM

  Pearsons in Jackson Heights, which sadly closed it's doors a few years ago served a delicious brisket sandwich on a warm portugese roll (I used to top it off with some of their homeade potato salad). I really miss that place, nothing has even come close.