"The best barbecue in Texas is currently being served at Snow's BBQ, in Lexington, a small restaurant open only on Saturdays and only from eight in the morning until whenever the meat runs out, usually around noon."

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The reference to Texas joints serving only packaged white bread reminded me of this place, and also of the old King's barbecue on Phillips Avenue, which had the best ribs in town.

And I'm willing to say not only that Hoggard's butt is "tender and yielding," but to call it mouth-watering, too.

Comments

[John D. Young]

I'll have to give Snow's BBQ a try. They are bringing Texas style right into the heart of NC pork BBQ country.

When in Charleston, S.C. (and its been a few years for me) I highly recommend Bowen's Oyster Bar on the way out to Folly Beach. Bowen's had a fire but it reopened and recently got very high praise from the James Beard Foundation. All of my memories are before the fire. They have a open fire pit in the restaurant where they place oysters, they gather that afternoon from their own nearby oyster beds (no great fresh oysters, no food that evening or that month), onto a huge metal sheet that rests on top of the wood fire. Then they cover the oysters with wet burlap bags and roast/steam them. Graffiti covered walls and old wooden tables are scattered around the health inspector beware building.

They shovel their delicious unshucked, super fresh oysters with a huge snow type shovel right from the fire onto your table. Locals bring their extra napkins (only one small ragged cloth napkin is supplied) and some bring their rubber gloves to help the hands from getting torn and cut from all the shucking.

[Bobthesurgeon]

...umm i believe snows is in Lexington, TEXAS, not your equally venerable BBQ holyland of lexington NC...where do i start? I spent the better part of my4th year of medical school interviewing for residencies and secretly making a barbecue tour of the united states..hey the hertz place said unlimited mileage didnt they? included kreuzs, city market, many of the top 50 on that texas list, the usual "classics": arthur bryant in KC(ribs), a & r in memphis, corkys in memphis, ridgewood in tennesee(still my favorite) and of course parkers and lexington in north carolina...ive owned a share in a barbecue restaurant and ive eaten enough smoked pig and smoked beef for three lifetimes and this was before they had lipitor...the best barbecued oysters ive had? middendorfs just outside new orleans

[John D. Young]

Thanks BtS. Indeed Snow's is in Lexington Texas. I guess I was just too drawn to that other nearby BBQ namesake without paying any attention. No doubt Texas style and NC style are many miles apart.

But Bowen's for fresh, roasted oysters is the real deal in Charleston.

[Fred Gregory]

I filled up on roasted oysters at Bowens several years ago. We were the only guests. I doubted then if the place could pass a health dept. inspection but it was some good

[David Hoggard]

My butt is indeed "tender and yielding", but I think the main reason people are taken with my 'que is because locals are tomato based sauce deprived, having been raised on the vinegar based variety.

I'm always happy to serve up Kentucky BBQ sauce influences in this land of "Lexington-style" fervor (which I never really understood).