Has anyone on the fire been to this bbq joint in Texas? If so is it as good as they say/write about? Just saw the Netflix show and first episode was about snows bbq and their 85yr old Pitt master.

Ole Tootsie....

No -

Never been or had desire to go to... to Texas!

Haters gonna hate. Sad truth is not everyone can be born in the greatest state in the union.

Hell over half of Texans weren't even born in America!!!

I saw that and I bet its pretty good. People won't stand in line all day for crappy food.

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https://snowsbbq.com/

But the upside is: they can't read this so there won't be many replies.

If you'd written that in Mexican this thread would go 100 pages.

If I was in Lexington, Texas on a Saturday, heck yeah, I'd go. Here's a little YouTube video on Tootsie, their pitmaster.

No habla?

Mexico Norte...bummer

Wife has family all over that area. Her grandma graduated high school there. We are there a few weeks a year. Never been. Never wanted to stand in line that long to get it. The locals swear its good though...

Ok southern Canada guy......

I would sure'n hell try it.


Would love to go to Texas and head east some day.

Buddy and I went once, 3 years ago. Waited in line maybe an hour or so. We got there a bit late, so by the time we got to the counter, there wasn't much left. Had the brisket and jalapeno sausage. Luckily, we got slices off the last remaining brisket for that day. I thought it lived up to the hype...it was otherworldly good - best BBQ I've had before or since! Or, at least the sampling I got was. We were turkey hunting that weekend and multiple times back at hunting camp during the weekend, we would randomly blurt out "damn that was good!"

Not too far from Bob’s (Kaywoodie) neck of the woods.
I say we take up a Camp 🔥Collection Fund and send him over there for a taste test. If he says it’s the “worlds best” BBQ, then I might believe it.

Ha!

No way in hell would I pass a chance to go to Bob's in order to go to Snow's.


No way in hell.

We call those Fuggers WETBACKS here. They’re not, nor never have been TEXANS.

I was thinking the same thing..

I was born in Texas but ion’t speak mexican

My Mom was a Texan, born and bred and I've got relatives all over down there. I worked at Bastrop for a short time but never 'et at Snow's. BBQ differs a lot from region-to-region and somebody in Texas might make St. Louis style or whatnot. I've been to so many different BBQ's that it holds no magic for me. If I was down there and hungry, why not? I ain't driving very far for "the best" BBQ though.

I miss the corner Shell station BBQ place that folded in Boerne a couple of years ago. All I needed and never ran out.

There’s some bbq joints in Wichita, KS that will give any a run for the money. Happy Trails was

Back in the early 90’s we used to go to a little country store in Leon Springs that was the original Rudy’s. It was a real country store then, and they sold their BBQ across the counter there.

Barbecue is a lot like chili. Everyone swears theirs is the very best. In reality its all good wherever you are.

Only exception to the chili and barbecue rule I can think of is Cincinnati chili - that stuff is kinda gross unless you grew up eating it.

I may be wrong, and I’m sure they’re damned good, but that’s a different type of bbq that what’s being talked about here. That’s actually the type my buddy and I cook in competition. This stuff is salt/pepper/meat/coals.

Oklahomahunter,
That’s what real bbq beef is to me. SP,Beef,Fire. Here, we were taught those elements and varieties of oak wood.
Simple food. But, great talent to make great bbq consistently. I’m talking back yard talent.
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Sure makes weekends great as weather finally begins to break. Commencing Thursday two weeks ago thru past Friday we’ve had 13” of rain. Time to dry out and get back to the fire.

There is a shop in Springfield, MO, about a mile south of the Johnny Morris' Taj Mahal, called City Butcher. They're from Austin. Their brisket is cooked with 'salt, pepper, and love'. If there is a place that serves better burnt ends in the country, I'd like to know where. No sauce on the meat, and you don't need to dip it in sauce at the table. Unfortunately, the times I get to Springfield is usually mid afternoon or evening and they're sold out.

I'll have to look for that place. There's a Rib Crib right north of the Taj Mahal and we usually stop there. Rib Crib for a fair sized chain, used to be pretty good. Seems to not be as good any more and the prices have become just as high as any other bbq joint-they used to be reasonable.

They still do but overrated IMO.

I agree, nowadays. Back then though, before all of the growth of the company...it was pretty darn good. We’d also sometimes go to Bill Miller BBQ in San Antonio.

East side of Cambpell, in a shopping center, Starbucks is on the street, they're in the center to the east of Starbucks. Sell the meat by the pound, plus sides. All the sliced pickles and onions you want. Heck, the pickles are almost worth stopping for.

I will get my share of great home BBQ at Snow’s Traditional Bowshoot at their farm just north of Pleasanton Kansas on Sept. 25, 26, 27. Less than an hour drive for me. Ain’t no need to go to Texas.

No need to skip all the good BBQ joints in and around Kansas City to go to one in Texas.

I know where that is. I can't recall the exact storefront, but I know the shopping center. I'll have to look for it.

We still have a few little BBQ shacks like that around here.

Not of the acclaim of Snow’s.


Nonetheless, we have little spot 15 miles out in the sticks called Shiloh BBQ.
It was operated for 40+ years by Jap Smith. Not Japanese, just a name he went by.


He died and his son in law (I think) operates it now. Fri, Sat and Sun till 2pm.

Sunday’s are no guarantee that you’ll get any. They sell out.


Pretty good, used to be better when the old man worked it. Something is slightly off, not enough to stop going. 😃

Used to stop there regularly when we had the lease in Sonora. The dry sausage was as good as the bbq. I guess the Rudy's must have hurt their business.

I have not been to Snow’s and I’m sure it’s good but BBQ in Texas is as trendy as modern country or designer jeans.

The list of places that had the hour waits dates back to the 90’s.

I'll never wait an hour to eat anywhere. Can't be that good but I ain't a bad cook.

Lots of good BBQ joints and the magazines are always looking to promote a new one. I don't pay much attention to the ratings and would not wait in a long line at the most famous ones when I can get really good BBQ at others. Like EdM mentioned, there are a lot of little hole in the wall joints.

I remember stopping at one that had a sign claiming to be the best BBQ in Texas. They fell short of the mark. In fact, they didn't rate par for Texas BBQ. The brisket had no smoke flavor and almost tasted like canned meat, and the sausage was bland.

I caught a cookin show playing on a tv in a doctor’s office. Maybe it was that show where that traveling tattoo’d fatfugg tried eat everything. On his way to eat rotten ducklings or some chit.

Anyway, some BBQ joint they stopped at on the way, they got a sandwich plate and a couple of sides, it was like $35 for just him.

no bbq is worth that, good or best, still. Just seems over the top.

It’s $11-12 a pound for pulled and $8 for plate lunches. Add $3-4 if you want brisket or go hog-wild on sides.

I remember that place. Not bad. Nothing special. Good decent food though.

Rudy’s is highly overrated. More like a tourist joint now. I don’t stop there anymore.

Cooper’s BBQ in Llano used to be pretty good. The one in Junction, not so much. Except for their nasty vinegar based BBQ they served. That schitt was nasty. Used to piss them off when I’d bring in a bottle of honey smoked BBQ sauce with me when I stopped to eat there.

The old original Berghiem BBQ joint between Bourne and New Braunfels used to be good. But that was nearly 25 years ago.

Reality is that there are a LOT of really good BBQ joints around. There's one in the tiny town of Wellston, OK that is fantastic. I've waited in line there for about an hour and will do so again.

Good cue is an art and doesn't always work out. Even BBQ's that get good meat and get it from the same place can get ahold of a bad animal or one that is poorly put up once in awhile. Besides the good meat you've gotta have a good recipe and then get it down the same every time and that doesn't always work out because different animals may be different. Then you've got all the different styles of BBQ's from different parts of the country...maybe. Maybe a joint in Memphis does Carolina-style...etc.

BBQ used to be about taking a sorry cut of meat and making it taste good. Sometimes this was accomplished by the style of cook and sometimes the sauce. You've got a lot of BBQ snobs now.

I'd consider "classic" cue to be Memphis/St. Louis/KC style. Memphis is the least sweet with KC the most as a rule and St. Louis falling in between.

Rudy's used to be good. Haven't eaten at one in over a decade though. The chains often start out good but lose their way over time.

I've been to Snow's a couple of times.... It truly is some of the best BBQ in the state... You do have to wait in line which really isn't a big deal, they have a keg of beer sitting out for people to help pass the time.. We rarely have to wait longer than 45 minutes... The key is to get there early... There's another place just down from Lexington that is a good stop for a little bite after you're finished with Snow's... Louie Mueller's BBQ in Taylor... Take your time and you can hit a lot of the top BBQ places in the state...

I noticed when looking it up on the map, Snow’s was right down the road from Dimebox, TX.
I remember driving through Dimebox, when going to school in College Station at TAMU. Wasn’t much in Dimebox. Looked like your typical east TX black folks shanty towns. Also, IIRC, Cut & Shoot was just down the road from there.

Joe Cottons here in Robstown burnt down several years ago, they didn't rebuild but his nephew opened a place in Calallan, haven't tried it though.

45 minutes? To place your order? Not for me.

I like to make my own with mesquite wood.

Snows is everything they say it is. Franklin's is an equally as good. If you think Memphis is great bbq then I wouldn't waste my time at Snows or any Texas bbq joint.