WOW...I am not sure where you ate at, but I will categorically restate that as a native Texan AND Austinite, I have never found BBQ (brisket, pork etc) at any of my favorite haunts (including County Line) to be "sweet"....as someone else posted, properly cooked BBQ will develop its own caramelized sweetness and not from an artificial garbage (like McDonald's or others)...and, I guess that "sweetness" could easily be very subjective as well??

Cheers,