Originally Posted by
cubbie
if you draw a straight line southwest from Chicago through Kansas City and project it down through Texas --
and draw a straight line from Chicago east to say, Virginia Beach, VA, keeping all of Kentucky, North Carolina, and Virginia south of the line ...
you'll have outlined the quadrant of the continental US that feels strongly about barbecue.
Consider yourself corrected...
Portions of California are pretty passionate about BBQ, and Santa Maria BBQ is as good as anything you get in Texas... Beef tri-tip or Top Sirloin, dry-rubbed with salt, pepper, garlic, and paprika, the outside seared over a really hot flame, than slow roasted over a smokey oak fire. No goopy sauces at all, but fresh salsa on the side. Plus you gotta have piquinto beans and hot sour dough bread or rolls with it.