Originally Posted by michaelr
I often find myself not having the time to drive around for the hole-in-the-wall place. Let's define BBQ (for the purpose of this thread) as anything that resembles a slab of connected bones, lose meat, etc, does not qualify. A chain is anything with at least 10 restaurants in more than one state.
So what you are really looking for is the best franchised ribs. Because brisket, pulled pork, etc is definitely BBQ.
Rib Crib is a decent BBQ chain still based mostly in Oklahoma.