This spells trouble for me


 
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Justin D

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At the end of my street, well within walking distance of my house, is a small shopping center that has a liquor store, beer distributor, an awesome cheesesteak place, an ok Chinese takeout place, an excellent Thai place... Today, I drove by and saw this:

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Phamous Phil's is a killer bbq place... best in the area in my opinion... and he's moving to the end of my street!

I may ask for an internship.

This certainly won't be good for my waistline or wallet.
 
You're lucky - we don't have any decent BBQ joints here. The closest is Dickey's BBQ Pit, and all that is: food cooked who knows where, frozen for who knows how long and reheated in a microwave and served to you at 200% cost...Everyone says "Hey Chuck, lets check out dickey's." I reply "sooner go to mcdonalds"
 
ChuckO said:
You're lucky - we don't have any decent BBQ joints here. The closest is Dickey's BBQ Pit, and all that is: food cooked who knows where, frozen for who knows how long and reheated in a microwave and served to you at 200% cost...Everyone says "Hey Chuck, lets check out dickey's." I reply "sooner go to mcdonalds"
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Maybe it's a different chain, but the Dickey's near us isn't too bad. Not as good as home-cooked, but better than most of the other local joints.

Justin, whereabouts in PA is this? According to their website (http://www.phamousphilsbbq.com/ordereze/Default.aspx), they're not far from me (I'm in eastern Montco.), so a road trip may be in my future. :p
 
Where I live, we are thought to have some of the best bbq in the country! Heck, we even have a huge festival celebrating our q-ing heritage. You could put (most) local bbq joints on both sides, in front, behind, or even on top of my house, and I still won't order Q from them. Since I got my WSM, I just like mine more. Not saying the local joints aren't good, just not the way I like mine.
Tim
 
Tim K said:
Where I live, we are thought to have some of the best bbq in the country! Heck, we even have a huge festival celebrating our q-ing heritage. You could put (most) local bbq joints on both sides, in front, behind, or even on top of my house, and I still won't order Q from them. Since I got my WSM, I just like mine more. Not saying the local joints aren't good, just not the way I like mine.
Tim
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I'm very much the same way. If we're on vacation or traveling, I'll gladly give just about any BBQ joint a try, but when we're home, I'd much rather make it myself. It's not really a question of quality, but of personal tastes. Ribs are a perfect example. Just about every place near me serves their ribs dripping with or swimming in sauce. Texture-wise, they may be perfect, but I just prefer ribs either dry or very lightly sauced (more like a glaze), so that's how I cook them. Aside from one instance where I mixed up "tablespoon" with "teaspoon" when measuring the cayenne for the rub (those were some HOT ribs!), nobody who's eaten my ribs has complained. I just make sure to serve some warmed sauce on the side in case people want to add it.

Also, I'm a cheap bastid. Why would I pay $24 for a rack of ribs from a restaurant when I can buy two or three for that cost and cook them exactly how I like them? Even a PP sammy is almost $8 at the closest BQ joint; for $12 (OK, $15 when you factor in the other ingredients) I can make enough pulled pork for a couple dozen sammiches. Even factoring in the cost of bread/buns/rolls, it's costing me less than a buck a piece to make them myself. (This is exactly the argument I use to justify the amount of time I spend with the WSM to SWMBO.)
 
ChuckO said:
You're lucky - we don't have any decent BBQ joints here. The closest is Dickey's BBQ Pit, and all that is: food cooked who knows where, frozen for who knows how long and reheated in a microwave and served to you at 200% cost...Everyone says "Hey Chuck, lets check out dickey's." I reply "sooner go to mcdonalds"
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I have eaten at Dickey's here in my area several times, always for convenience, never for pleasure. I have never tasted nor smelled anything somewhat resembling smoke. I don't believe they cook the meat there and if they do its probably on an electric cooker.
 
Steve Whiting said:
I don't believe they cook the meat there and if they do its probably on an electric cooker.
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The Dickey's by my place took over an Italian resturant. Their sign went up first about two months before they started operations. I was excited that we were getting a BBQ place and then I saw something that told me....Game over.


They removed all the stove and ovens...I knew then it was a re-heat joint and I wanted no part of that. Friends who have gone have said "shoulda listened to you." Then people ask "why don't you open a BBQ joint?" And I say "in kalifornia!!! where the business tax rate is 105%"
 
Tim K said:
Where I live, we are thought to have some of the best bbq in the country! Heck, we even have a huge festival celebrating our q-ing heritage. You could put (most) local bbq joints on both sides, in front, behind, or even on top of my house, and I still won't order Q from them. Since I got my WSM, I just like mine more. Not saying the local joints aren't good, just not the way I like mine.
Tim
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It's 20 miles from my my house to Lexington, and I pretty much agree with you - I like mine better. But I do occasionally stop at The BBQ Center for a sandwich when I 'm passing through just because it's quick.
 
ChadVKealey said:
Maybe it's a different chain, but the Dickey's near us isn't too bad. Not as good as home-cooked, but better than most of the other local joints.

Justin, whereabouts in PA is this? According to their website (http://www.phamousphilsbbq.com/ordereze/Default.aspx), they're not far from me (I'm in eastern Montco.), so a road trip may be in my future. :p
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Their current location is on Germantown Pike. It's between Collegeville and Eagleville. I'm in the Royersford/Limerick area... near the intersection of Township Line Road and Ridge Pike.
 
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