My local BBQ place will do a full 3-meat (and sides) catering spread for 20 people for $350. If you’re paying $300 for 6 people, you’re getting ripped off.
Nice sly reference to the company owning several well-known restaurant chains.
Yum! Brands, Inc. (sometimes called just Yum!) is an American multinational fast food corporation. Based in Louisville, Kentucky, the company operates KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Habit Burger & Grill, and several technology companies. Yum! is one of the world's largest fast food restaurant companies in terms of system units. In 2016, Yum! had 43,617 restaurants, including 2,859 that were company-owned and 40,758 that were franchised, in 135 nations and territories worldwide.
2016? Guess Wikipedia hasn't updated this one in a while.
Can y'all stop using the word entree to mean main course rather than appetizer? It has the same root as entry for a reason lol, it comes before the main course. The English word is just "main course".
This is what Mission BBQ is like, but add in the guilt trip to buy a $3 plastic drink cup "for the troops". And the barbecue is not good. It's not inedible or anything, it's just that everything (including the sides) is loaded with sugar.
I had Mission BBQ onboard the US Ship Truman and did not pay anything so if you bought a cup thanks for your service. Like and unlike the Lincoln the total deployment time was 7 months with 2 port visits and in the gulf Arabian Sea the supply chain isnt always the most efficient.
Which is insane. I remember 1/2 lb moist for $4.99. Brisket used to be a cheap meat because it was always thought horrendous, and smoking it was the only way to tenderize it enough to be palatable. Freaking ridiculous.
Which is weir, because chicken is one of the few items in the grocery store that I haven't really seen a large increase in the price, and the all you can eat wings deals at restaurants have only slightly increased. Meanwhile, like you said, everything else that is chicken at a restaurant has noticeably risen.
So the brisket is generally an unappetizing piece of the cow corpse. A long time ago, some realized that slowly cooking it over a very long time, which has been 'formalized' into smoking it for 24 hours, makes the meat tender enough to eat. The brisket has different parts, some of which have more fat than others. The moist brisket is the portion where the fat is very thick. Generally the smoking process makes the fat shrink, but it's still a significant portion of the meat. Think a layer cake where the icing is give or take 1/6 - 1/4 of the cake's entire portion. That's moist.
The lean brisket is usually where either the fat was thin enough to not be visible after the smoking, or it was deliberately scraped off before/during the smoking. The meat will not be dry like a piece of toast, but you won't ever have a piece of fat in your mouth either. The way the particular bbq joint prepares it will differ, so assume these are broad strokes and not very specific designations.
Some people have preferences that are wild. My friend literally wants just the fat and will eat it like it's candy, while my mother wants it the consistency of jerky.
Gotcha, thank you. I have never been to a place that differentiates, it's just fat sometimes no fat other times. I don't personally like the fat unless it's really been rendered, but the meat from fatty slices is definitely better.
As someone who lives in 1 of those areas and visited Texas once 3 years ago I agree... I never had bbq ever like that before. Thats all we did for 3 days straight, bbq, brewery, bbq, brewery, concert festival at night. Best trip I had in a long time.
Texas has the shittiest fucking barbecue. To the point where they shouldn’t even be fucking calling it barbecue it’s fucking garbage. If someone asked if you want barbecue in Texas, you should expect a fucking sausage on a tortilla. Fucking trash.
You are definitely wrong. La BBQ was one of the best meals of my life and then they ended up getting a Michelin star. There are other Austin places like Moreno's that are also amazing. Any time I visit I go straight to BBQ places.
Back a long time ago I ended up in meetings with Mount Olive. There I met one of the plant managers in North Carolina. He gave me a tour of the pickle plant. Of course between the sound of the equipment, his gnarly thick southern accent, and the giant wad of chew in his mouth, I have no fucking clue what he said.
Oh and don't eat the relish. Seriously just don't. The things I saw that went into the relish...
105 Comments
Illegalmexicant@lemmy.world · 161 pts · 19d
What is this? A meal on an Aircraft Carrier?
CaptDust@sh.itjust.works · 93 pts · 19d
Couldn't be, there's protein on the plate
JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 35 pts · 19d
It's the new barbecue place in town
Illegalmexicant@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 19d
The new barbecue place in town is a meme?
JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 19d
Yes
PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 19d
Can’t be. Meat isn’t blue enough.
anugeshtu@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 18d
No, I heard those meals need to be "steamed" 🤪
THE_GR8_MIKE@lemmy.world · 94 pts · 19d
"We do things a little different around here."
And then proceeds to do everything by the vanilla play book. Moreso for manbun burger places, but still works here.
binarytobis@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 19d
Then proceeds to explain Tapas.
anugeshtu@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 18d
Or all you can eat with a tablet
Trampampoline@sh.itjust.works · 26 pts · 19d
Differently? Alright, what's on tap?
"we serve coke products here, sir"
pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 19d
They charge differently maybe
Cypher@aussie.zone · 49 pts · 19d
The new BBQ place in my town
OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 18d
Godric@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 19d
That is $300
Carl@anarchist.nexus · 5 pts · 18d
My local BBQ place will do a full 3-meat (and sides) catering spread for 20 people for $350. If you’re paying $300 for 6 people, you’re getting ripped off.
Cypher@aussie.zone · -2 pts · 19d
Depends on which currency I suppose but probably not $300 in the one you were thinking
Snapz@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 18d
Just say the price you actually paid for that platter for 6 (judging by the hamburger buns) with those boiled looking brisket without a smoke ring.
ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 18d
Wouldn't $300 in any currency still be $300?
Like 5 kilogram of any material is still 5 kilogram?
Sure you might have one block of steel and 250.000 grains of rice.... But still 5 kilogram.
ieGod@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 18d
$ doesn't tell you anything though. $ CAD != $ AUD != $ USD. Grams have an agreed upon global meaning.
Either way, they should tell us the currency.
Edit: In Toronto, this is a common price for this quantity (1/2lb), in CAD.
motruck@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 18d
That'll be $200 please and thank you.
motruck@lemmy.zip · -3 pts · 18d
Lol. Very original bro.
motruck@lemmy.zip · 0 pts · 18d
Self five.
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 19d
want
LoafedBurrito@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 18d
I'd love to see their "smoker". Zero smoke rings on anything in this picture and that pulled pork looks like crock pot pulled pork.
That brisket is a crime against humanity.
groucho@retrolemmy.com · 3 pts · 18d
You know how sometimes you can watch a food ad and taste the food they're selling? This is like that, but I can taste the bag they reheated it in.
HeyJoe@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 19d
The way those rolls were laying i thought it was just an entire loaf of challah bread.
PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 18d
Mmmhhmmmmm
AnotherWastedHuman@retrolemmy.com · 41 pts · 19d
Nice sly reference to the company owning several well-known restaurant chains.
2016? Guess Wikipedia hasn't updated this one in a while.
Gullible@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 19d
They might not be updating their marketing materials.
wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io · 3 pts · 18d
I hear their tacos will change your life.
chiliedogg@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 19d
Yum! used to be Pepsi's fast food division.
Murse@slrpnk.net · 33 pts · 19d
It's been ages since I've set foot in a bbq restaurant because of this.
*equips cane, glasses, and supplemental O2 tank*
Back in my day, an entree in these places wouldn't break the bank, and would send you home with leftovers every time.
boonhet@lemmy.zip · -8 pts · 18d
Can y'all stop using the word entree to mean main course rather than appetizer? It has the same root as entry for a reason lol, it comes before the main course. The English word is just "main course".
chloroken@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 18d
Entree is common Anglo parlance for the main meal. Shut up, pedant.
MacAnus@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 18d
TIL! As a French speaker I would have gotten them mixed up if it wasn't for you guys' lil discussion here
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 18d
Yeah maybe a historian can comment on how it got switched in English.
It's what we call a "false friend".
Murse@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 18d
I had an outree for dessert.
Gork@sopuli.xyz · 25 pts · 19d
Ah yes the three item meal plus one other thing.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 19d
This is what Mission BBQ is like, but add in the guilt trip to buy a $3 plastic drink cup "for the troops". And the barbecue is not good. It's not inedible or anything, it's just that everything (including the sides) is loaded with sugar.
Zebrafive@lemmy.myserv.one · 1 pts · 18d
I had Mission BBQ onboard the US Ship Truman and did not pay anything so if you bought a cup thanks for your service. Like and unlike the Lincoln the total deployment time was 7 months with 2 port visits and in the gulf Arabian Sea the supply chain isnt always the most efficient.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 18d
I didn't buy a cup FWIW. I assumed you guys were paid from the US military budget and hence from my taxes, not from Mission BBQ plastic cups.
motruck@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 18d
Do the same for tips.
MyDogLovesMe@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 19d
24 dollars? What? Does that come with a hand-job?
AnotherWastedHuman@retrolemmy.com · 18 pts · 19d
Yes, but it's not applied to your equipment, but rather your wallet.
meat@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 19d
Briskit is $40/lb at the last bbq place I went.
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 19d
It's spelled Brexit
imadethis@fedinsfw.app · 8 pts · 19d
Which is insane. I remember 1/2 lb moist for $4.99. Brisket used to be a cheap meat because it was always thought horrendous, and smoking it was the only way to tenderize it enough to be palatable. Freaking ridiculous.
CaptDust@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 19d
Chicken wings is like 6pc for $10 and I didn't smash enough of them when they were a quarter each, sadge
imadethis@fedinsfw.app · 0 pts · 19d
Which is weir, because chicken is one of the few items in the grocery store that I haven't really seen a large increase in the price, and the all you can eat wings deals at restaurants have only slightly increased. Meanwhile, like you said, everything else that is chicken at a restaurant has noticeably risen.
lightnsfw@reddthat.com · 4 pts · 19d
Do restaurants still do that? I don't think I've seen that deal in 10 years.
JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 19d
Second reference to a distinct "moist" brisket opinion. Wtf does that mean? I certainly don't want it if it's dry af!
imadethis@fedinsfw.app · 7 pts · 19d
So the brisket is generally an unappetizing piece of the cow corpse. A long time ago, some realized that slowly cooking it over a very long time, which has been 'formalized' into smoking it for 24 hours, makes the meat tender enough to eat. The brisket has different parts, some of which have more fat than others. The moist brisket is the portion where the fat is very thick. Generally the smoking process makes the fat shrink, but it's still a significant portion of the meat. Think a layer cake where the icing is give or take 1/6 - 1/4 of the cake's entire portion. That's moist.
The lean brisket is usually where either the fat was thin enough to not be visible after the smoking, or it was deliberately scraped off before/during the smoking. The meat will not be dry like a piece of toast, but you won't ever have a piece of fat in your mouth either. The way the particular bbq joint prepares it will differ, so assume these are broad strokes and not very specific designations.
Some people have preferences that are wild. My friend literally wants just the fat and will eat it like it's candy, while my mother wants it the consistency of jerky.
JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 18d
Gotcha, thank you. I have never been to a place that differentiates, it's just fat sometimes no fat other times. I don't personally like the fat unless it's really been rendered, but the meat from fatty slices is definitely better.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 19d
Where are you getting $24 handjobs?
TheGoldenV@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 19d
Hey, I heard you have $24…
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 19d
And it's burning a hole in my pocket
JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 19d
That's actually the VD
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 19d
From a handy?
atomicorange@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 19d
It’s a quick handy, gotta maximize profits. A little rugburn is inevitable.
lepthesr@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 19d
Your mom
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 19d
Finally, a career that I can excel at
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 19d
Rudy's menu near me. 2.50 more for "moist".
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 19d
Always splurge for moist.
NoForwadSlashS@piefed.social · 6 pts · 19d
If you're splurging and it's not moist, you need to hydrate more
Brosplosion@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 19d
They are two different parts of the brisket. The "moist" is from the point which is fattier than the "lean" flat.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 19d
MOIST!
lordkuri@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 19d
Please tell me this is a backyard starship reference. I need to know there are other people out there that like this series too.
JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 19d
Yea, lemme get some dry brisket, because it's good that way...
sharkaccident@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 18d
Rudy's is good in a pinch but way better options across TX.
hansolo@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 19d
A half pound of coked ribs? That's like 2 ribs.
I was about to grumble, but then I saw $3.49 for Cole slaw and can only believe this is a joke.
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 18d
Depends ribs of what. Chicken ribs, you get lots of ribs. Beef ribs, only part of one. For babies, I guess it depends.
hansolo@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 18d
Good point! 8 oz of snake ribs? Like 800 ribs!
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 19d
Sorry, I brought my own
EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 18d
Oh if that’s what’s being served at $25 I’d wonder if I’m trapped on the Abraham Lincoln and just dissociating/imagining my daily life.
Lexam@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 19d
I feel bad for people that don't have access to good Barbecue.
HeyJoe@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 19d
As someone who lives in 1 of those areas and visited Texas once 3 years ago I agree... I never had bbq ever like that before. Thats all we did for 3 days straight, bbq, brewery, bbq, brewery, concert festival at night. Best trip I had in a long time.
architect@thelemmy.club · 1 pts · 18d
Texas has the shittiest fucking barbecue. To the point where they shouldn’t even be fucking calling it barbecue it’s fucking garbage. If someone asked if you want barbecue in Texas, you should expect a fucking sausage on a tortilla. Fucking trash.
KuroiKaze@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 18d
You are definitely wrong. La BBQ was one of the best meals of my life and then they ended up getting a Michelin star. There are other Austin places like Moreno's that are also amazing. Any time I visit I go straight to BBQ places.
HeyJoe@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 18d
Well whatever we had was worlds better than my states crap. Just curious if Texas bbq is that bad what bbq is the best in your eyes?
Polisheocket@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 19d
I have direct access and make it myself, you might find some better but way cheaper from ho,e
assembly@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 19d
That’s like 16 Costco hotdog meals.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 19d
More like 15 here, sales tax sucks in WA
TheGoldenV@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 19d
10.4% last I checked. Nice and regressive.
subignition@fedia.io · 3 pts · 19d
It's somewhat made up for by there being no state income tax, but it is still among the highest sales tax rates
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 19d
Yeah it's great for people making six figures and not cashing in over $278k/yr. in long term capital gains
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 19d
10.55% combined state + county + city in Seattle.
Skullgrid@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 19d
I hope you don't like schools or an educated population
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 19d
Sales tax is regressive.
HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca · 14 pts · 19d
Pickles? In this economy?
ieGod@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 18d
Affording beef, in this economy? Fancy.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 19d
There haven't been a ton of bright spots moving back here to the south, but plenty of good bbq places is one of them.
phoenixarise@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 19d
And the pickles are the only thing worth eating.
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today · 7 pts · 19d
Nah. They are Mt. Olive. Not even Vlasic, let alone something actually edible.
phoenixarise@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 19d
Hahaha that cheap Mt. Olive. I take it back. 😂
The_v@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 18d
Back a long time ago I ended up in meetings with Mount Olive. There I met one of the plant managers in North Carolina. He gave me a tour of the pickle plant. Of course between the sound of the equipment, his gnarly thick southern accent, and the giant wad of chew in his mouth, I have no fucking clue what he said.
Oh and don't eat the relish. Seriously just don't. The things I saw that went into the relish...
recklessengagement@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 19d
guys you gotta try this new burger place
cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 19d
Have you been to private equity burger? It's worth the mortgage.
janewaydidnothingwrong@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 19d
There's a bandannas bbq in town and I can get at least twice that amount of food for only $49.99
pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 19d
I mean the math does work out. Picture is $25, twice the amount of food for $50 is literally the same
ironpangolin29@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 18d
Allegedly the USS Abraham Lincoln, perhaps even better conditions..
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 19d
OMG yum!
terranoid@lemmy.cafe · -2 pts · 19d
As a vegan, if you're partaking of killing animals for their meat... and your result is that pathetic dry cut of flesh... it's extra extra evil
At least make it worth it
DBT@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 19d
As a non-vegan, I agree with you.
m4ylame0wecm@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 19d
Yeah definitely, we should probably also use the other parts of meat too then. Do you have a newsletter?