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My friend, James Pulley, has been telling me about this place for at least six years. I always say I am going to go to it the next time I am in Dallas, but I missed it several times. This is mainly because they are only open on weekends, so you have to be there on the right days.We stopped in and grabbed some pulled pork and a few ribs to sample the Q. There is no doubt this is a great place. I

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Virgil's is just off of Times Square in downtown New York City.Say what you want about New York, but Virgil's has authentic BBQ done right and some of the better stuff I have had. Good job!

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Like Scott I travel pretty often for a living. BBQ is not the only thing I look for but it ranks up there near the top. I like a unique experience with local food. BBQ is done differently all over the country so it fits that bill. I always wonder if certain places are successful because of where they are or what they serve.Places like Interstate BBQ serve fantastic food but also happen to be very

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I was recently on a business trip to Cincinnati, but even my business associates know that any trip is a quest for more Q! They recommended we try a new place just north of town called Jim Dandy's.The smoker they use to cook the meat is right out front, so you know it's done using real hickory wood. The smoke permeates the front porch area and the inside, and there is an open, airy feel to

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It's been a fairly regular tradition to to go to Hendersonville on Sunday after church to get some "All you can eat" fried chicken at Uncle Bud's Catfish, Chicken, and Such restaurant for $6.99, so I was really disappointed to hear that they closed it down. A few weeks later, I drove past it and saw a new sign up for a new BBQ place. That is about the only thing I can think of to replace Uncle

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Today I have a chance to stop into Martin's BBQ Joint in Nolensville. I had heard from a friend that "Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives" from the Food Network was there yesterday and I figured if it was good enough for them, I should give it a whirl. I am glad I did.I looked them up on Google Maps before I went and noticed there were some mixed reviews, so I went a bit skeptical. I called ahead of

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Last August I took a road trip to combine some business and vacation. We started off in Memphis and headed through Little Rock. Stopped at a fantastic pie shop; home of the “Mile High Pies”. But I digress since this is a BBQ blog. Rules must be followed. This is the second time I have run across some damn fine pie in Arkansas. Something must be done.Our vacation stop was Hot Springs, AR, the home

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Erik's been so good at his guest reviews, we decided to make him a standard contributor of the site. He'll be posting his own reviews. We look forward to seeing all new reviews.Big Daddy

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Guest Review by Erik Pena:Here’s a hometown gem in my backyard that I had not visited yet. I swear that Memphis has more high quality BBQ joints in one square mile than most cities can claim in their entire metro area.I had made the requisite trip to Rendezvous (overrated), Corky’s (great but a bit commercial now), Commissary (sometimes hit-or-miss), and some other smaller shops, but this beats

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Guest Review by Erik Pena:I was driving back from vacation in the Ozarks and decided to hit this place. It is on the old Highway 70 between Memphis and Little Rock. It’s right across the street from The Pie Shop which got some major press from the USA Today food writer about 2 years ago. But this isn’t a pie blog so that’s all there will be about that.I had rained hard for about two days here.

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Guest Review By Erik PenaAtlanta has its share of good places to eat. Parts of it remain true to its Deep South roots. BBQ is no exception.I met some friends from Marietta at the Old South BBQ in Smyrna, GA. Things started a little dodgy when they told me there was no sweet tea. This is not good. It turns out there was a little bit left in a pitcher but it was promised to another customer. They

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Guest Review by Erik PenaJacksonville is a town that rolls up the sidewalks at night. Finding things to do downtown is not easy. There's The Landing and ... well are we heading to Southside or the beach now?This place is by a big Baptist church with a lighthouse in a part of town that looks conducive to certain felonies. The whole block smells smoky from the place which is good unless it caught

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Guest Review by Erik Pena:Kojak's House of Ribs in Tampa, FL.This place is an oasis of old Florida in the midst of 1980's strip malls and sprawl. The environment itself is great which is a nice to have when looking for good BBQ. It's an old rambling shack with lots of rooms and a fantastic wrap around porch. There are live oak trees shading the property so the porch is the place I ate.The ribs

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This guest review is from Erik Pena. This place is huge. This was just one of the rooms. There was a moose over my table. I was cajoled into getting AUCE but really it was only $1.50 or so more than the single plate. So I overate and liked it. I got: mac-n-cheese (very cheesy but ordinary, the bottle of sauce (nice tomato, sweet, zesty, peppery, soupy consistency. very good), toast (used it to

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It has been a while since my last review, but I am going to try and use some business trips to catch up on my blogging. On the way to Philadelphia, I decided to stop in Roanoke, VA for BBQ. I got a lead to try Henry's Memphis BBQ there. Typically, when a BBQ has the name of another city or state, and you are not in that state, it is not a good sign. "Authentic Texas BBQ" in Chicago, for example.

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Over the weekend, my dad FINALLY decided to use the smoker I got him for Father's day LAST YEAR!!! He had to season the smoker, and then used it to do some Boston Butts and a chicken. From what I hear it was good. Here are some photo's for you to enjoy. My dad may become part of the brotherhood yet....

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I had to make an unplanned trip to Atlanta today. What better way to celebrate an unscheduled trip than to try something new. I stayed near the Gwinnet Center Arena and right across the street from the parking lot was Lenny Mac's BBQ. So I had to succomb to temptation and do some market research.Lenny Mac's has only been open since January of 2007 so everything is still new. I ordered take out so

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It's been a while since we have eaten at a new place and I have been trying to cut back a bit. However, we recently tried Jim 'N Nick's Bar-B-Q in Murfreesboro, TN and I had to tell you about my experience there.Many times while traveling home to Nashville going north on I-24. I would see a huge billboard for this place. I always say to myself "remember to go back down there and try them" and for

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Sorry it has been so long since my last review. Since Dec 30 I have tried to stay on my Providia diet and I have been doing very well. I have not weighed yet, but I have dropped one pants size. So that's a cause for celebration. Why not take one day off for a crazy day and do a BBQ review? I plan on sticking to the diet as long as I can, but there will be times where I just need a little pork fat

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Just a lazy Saturday. I was freezing my butt off trying to heat some butts up. They turned out GREAT! 12 hours of love. The trick is to get the meat internally to 190 degrees. We cooked it on the smoker for 8 hours, wrapped it in foil and cooked it in the oven for about 3 hours. Then let it cool down. The bones came out by giving the slighest pull. This is how it should be.

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See here:www.news10now.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=87913well, daggum!Big Daddy

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A friend of mine from Atlanta sent me this email:Scott -Here are some shots of me and my rig with a nice Brisket. I cooked it last Sunday. It came out OK. I think the temp was a bit high and casued it to cook to fast.The meat has a nice smoked look. I use regualr coal and hickory. My best meal by far is still the turkey breast!-David---------------------------Yeah - brisket is a hard one. You

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After getting back to Nashville for a length of time and getting off the road, I decided to head down to Judge Beans. I had heard about them from a friend and we decided to check them out. I wanted to give these folks a fair shake because I intend on being pretty picky about a place that claims to have authentic Texas brisket, especially in Nashville. You can read the whole story on their web

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Last month we were eating at Blackstone Brewery on West End in Nashville. When I walked out fo the doors to leave I looked across the parking lot and saw in huge letters painted on the side of the building that said "Lonnies BBQ - WORLD FAMOUS". Well, now dadgum! I ain't ever heard of them. I asked around. No one else has ever heard of them and no one had eaten there. So I am not sure if the

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Well, a lot of you think I just taste test other peoples stuff and rate it like I think I can do better. Time to put my expertise to work. On July 4th I decided to try another round of ribs, this time learning some of the tips and tricks from recent research. I prepped them the night before and we made a slightly different rub than we normally do. It turned out to be the magic trick we needed to

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Swetts opened in 1954 as a small soul-food meat-and-three café, it became a large, modern cafeteria, burnt down, and was built again.Its not a BBQ place, but I wanted to review some of the famous meat-n-threes that are so popular in Nashville. I grew up in North Florida and South Georgia and was raised on southern cooking - REAL southern cooking. I know what it is and I know what it isn't. I know

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I read about this new place that just opened up in Nashville in the Berry Hill area, from all places the Nashville Scene. I normally don't trust this liberal paper for anything except movie showtimes. However, this place peaked my interest because it is right around the corner from the music store I like to go to. So I had a good excuse for going.Jim Reams, the owner, is big on blogging and he

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Having met my wife in Lake City, Florida back in 1991 - I am partial to this town. We've eaten here when we were dating and its been so long since I have been back I had forgotten about it. We were passing north up I-75 trying to escape tropical storm Alberto when we just had to take a break.It brought back a few memories, but now that I am so dadgum serious about my Q, I can't eat any of it

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Here are a few of the places we have enjoyed since being down in Sarasota:http://www.captaincurts.com - This was walking distance from where we stayed and surprisingly it was really good. The only hassle was that you have to shuck your own oysters, and you know how lazy I am. But they were big and steamed just right. I also had a grouper sandwich with cheese. The grouper here is really good. No

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Well, I guess folks actually do check out the web site. I received this email from our server at Bridges BBQ. I wanted to make sure they had a chance to respond to our review to be fair to the fine folks in N.C.:-------------Scott,I thank you for your interest in BBQ. The Bridges review, overall, was good but I feel that I need to clear up some misconceptions.1. The sauce at Bridges has never

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Just thought you might want to see what I'm looking for in a BBQ grill...We have been eating at a few seafood places in Sarasota. In my next post I'll turn you on to some of them.

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Has anyone ever tried this sauce?http://smokemasterbarbeque.com/_wsn/page2.htmlThere was an article in the Jacksonville paper about this and I have not seen it before?If you have, let's hear a review from someone.Scott

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Still down in Sarasota and had a day off. We were staying a few miles down the street from The Oaks and I had been passing it by it every day. It was either this place or the Sonny's BBQ down the street. Most of you know how I feel about Sonny's (its ok if its you're only resort).Their web site looks a bit generic, but it makes you think this is more of a fine dining experience. Check it out at:

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I'm currently working down in Sarasota, FL. We had a chance to get out and about to take a look at the surrounding area and we just happened to drive by this resturant. Well, you know I can't resist a place who's tag line says "An American Legend". We have to see what this is all about.They have a 1800's gold mining theme going on here, as the dishes are served up inside of mining pans. They had

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We have been to the Sam Seltzers in Tampa and St. Petersburg, FL and always enjoyed it. The food is good, and the price is great compared with other steak houses.The one in Sarasota is hopping with people and we thought that was because it was as good as the other ones we had been to.The real reason is because the service is so bad. You stand in line to get paged to go inside and stand in line to

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Whenever I am driving from North Florida to anywhere south of there, like Orlando or Tampa - I MUST plan my trip to go through Ocala, FL so I can hit Fat Boys. It's not an option anymore. I have eaten here so many times I have actually lost count. I may have put some pics up from a couple of years ago on one of my earlier postings. Now that I have started dong official reviews of places, I knew

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We pulled into Mobile after a long day of driving (all the way from Dallas). I was on a mission to hit Dreamland before dark. We made it in time and the anticipation was high. People that I have met over the last few months have really talked this place up to the point I didn't think it could live up to my scrutiny, or its own reputation.This is one of those times where the hype is actually

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We were almost to Dallas and I noticed this place and I thought it looked interesting. We haven't been to Dallas in about 2 years, so little did I know that Dickey's have been popping up all over the Dallas area. They seem to be in the same vein as Spring Creek BBQ. Its more of an attempt to take Texas BBQ and make it more mainstream or for a wider audience.This was decent BBQ but a little on the

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Those of you familiar with Memphis style BBQ will be familiar with the name Corky's. It's probably the most popular place. We felt we needed to go to the original location to ge the most authentic version of this Q, so on our way through the area we just had to stop. The only other choice is the Rendevous House and I knew that would be a bit difficult to get to. So as you can see, we made it ok.

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Hey, for those of you tired of trying to remember the name of this BLOG, I have simplified it for you. I recently purchased the domain name www.bbqquest.com so that's all you have to remember.I have also signed up for Feedburner so this blog can be syndicated easily into Google, Yahoo, etc. Just go to this site and add it to your RSS feeds:http://feeds.feedburner.com/BBQQuestHave fun and send us

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On the way back to Nashville, we stopped by another recommendation by James Pulley. I love places that have been opened 30 years or more. I figure if they have been in business that long, something must be keeping people coming back. CLICK HERE TO SEE THE VLOG ON BRIDGES BBQ!This was definitely interesting. The pork was chopped, not minced as at Spoons a couple ofdays before. No vinegar sauce to

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Our first full day in Charlotte, and it didn't take us long to hunt out Bill Spoon's. This came highly recommended by James Pulley. This is authentic North Carolina style BBQ. It's basically minced pork, chopped finer than the standard "choppped" pork. It is the only thing labeled as "BBQ" on the menu. No ribs, no chicken. The sauce is clear, and vinegar based.The slaw is a MUSTARD based slaw

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Mike and I stopped about 21 miles north of the SC/GA border on the way to Charlotte today and took in a buffet at this place located behind a motel. The food looked a lot better than it was. They had some southern style food like fried chicken, greens, and mac and cheese. They also had some breakfast items. However, it was not as flavorful as I expected it would be.I have put together my first

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Monday, Mike and I tried a BBQ place just down the road from his house called Stalvey's bbq. His parents really like this place.I ordered the pulled pork, the ribs, and the brisket. In this image you cannot see the brisket, but its there. The sides were beans and cheese grits. Let's start with the Q. I couldn't sense real smoke from anything except the slightest hint from the ribs. They had no

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On 3/24, we tried Down South BBQ. It is located in Ponte Vedra, just past Sawgrass. This was the week of some golf thing so there was a bit more traffic than usual. Golf is useless. BBQ is not. Anyway, we tried it and it was .... OK. They had a lot of sauces to choose from. Many were on the sweeter side, but overall it was much better than the standard JAX place. I do like that they had 8 or so

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Last night we tried Clark's Fish Camp off of St. Augustine Rd in Jacksonville. It's been over 10 years since I was there last. Since then I have traveled quite a bit and samples a lot of great places. This place is right on the water at a boat dock on the river and it opens at 4:30 p.m. and it startes filling up fast after 5 p.m. So we go over there and the first thing we see on the menu is that

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Here is a pic of Dixie Bones in Virginia. The folks there are originally from Alabama, so that is the kind of BBQ it was. It was not that impressive, but they had a white sauce that was almost like ranch dressing. It was good, but I would not consider than a real BBQ sauce. I remembered Bob Gibson's place in AL had that crap too. People were starting to line up on a sunday morning at a 11 a.m. as

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Alright, so everyone on this messageboard was talking about Wilber's BBQ in Goldsboro, NC:http://alumni.unc.edu/mboard/bulletin.asp?reunionType=BarbecueSo we decided to take a little deviation from our regular route to find this place. My Microsoft Streets and Trips 2006 was useless. When I looked for BBQ places in Goldsboro, this place never came up. Then I looked up addresses and to make a long

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Bull's BBQ was a Bono's copycat, and not as good. The following day we tried a place called the Rib Shack just down the street. It was recommended on a blog somewhere. Man, I don't know what these people have been eating all their lives, but no one yet has come up with a good recommendation for BBQ. Jacksonville seems to have the suck factor on high when it comes to good Q!We are now on another

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I have been slipping in a little Q into my diet lately, while still trying to keep what weight I have lost off of me. Just got back from Boulder and Denver on a business trip. Had fun, but there is no Q over there to speak of. I did try a coffee shop called Peaberry Coffee, and it is probably one of the best coffees I've had. I have been trying to do more tea and decaf drinks instead of coffee. I

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Another month, but this time all that doing without has had an effect. I've lost 30 lbs and still going. Obviously I still have a long way to go, but who knows - perhaps in about 8 weeks I won't be able to be called "Big Daddy" any longer.Business is developing very slowly in Jacksonville. We have done a few things, but not much traction - not as much as I would like to see, anyway. Welcome to

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Well, its been a month. Still down in Jacksonville, Florida. Trying to develop business for Loadtester. Since the first of Jan, I have given up the following:1. oil/fat fried stuff2. Refined Sugar3. Table Salt4. Dairy/milk/cheese5. Caffiene!!!!!That's right. Those 29 flavors of coffee in the cupboard will have to wait. I'm walking 30 minutes each day (at least) and trying to get more exercise.

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Christmas Time Is Here.Want to wish all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!

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Some older pictures of the Blue Room in Memphis. From June 2004.

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We had our corporate summit this weekend in Pigeon Forge, TN. We rented some cabins and held the all day Saturday meetings in one of them. We all had a great time and this picture shows a team that I believe will take over the world some day.For lunch, we had Bennetts BBQ brought in. The guys at Jucy's rave about this, but I am not sure I agree. While it was good and got good reviews from the

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I'm done with the north for a little while. Time to bail from Cincy and move south for awhile...I dedicate the end of this month to my mentor - Q Ball #1 !!!!!Love Ya MAN!!!

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Well, I could not help it. On the way home, I had to hit Jucy's. Just one more time. Here is the ever lovin proof!!!You gotta check this place out if you ever go around Louisville. Scott

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The power trio at Loadtester meets the power of the pig!!!!

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Just wanted to post proof that I was at Big Art's the big bbq disappointment.....

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Be glad that I am not God. For I tell you now, the earth would be scorching in flames if I were......But I ain't.....Just don't cut me off on the highway!!!

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Sometimes I think I miss the 80's:and sometimes I think....maybe not!

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Today is my birthday.And this is how I feel:

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Jucy's wins the prize!!!After looking for good Q in Tennessee, Ohio, and Kentucky, we have a winner. Jucy's BBQ is on the way home off of 265 going around Lousville, KY. If you see the little yellow sign on the side of the road, TAKE THE EXIT. It is about 1.5 miles off the main road, but worth every foot. This is about a close to mine as you can get. Real hickory smoked ribs, real sliced brisket,

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Getting close to my last day on my current contract. Have a couple of days of rest before the next one hits. At the end of this month, looks like we will be saying goodbye to good ole Cincy. Have a great day!

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Jungle Jim's is a Unique ExperienceIf you come to Cincy, you need to go see Jungle Jim's just once. It s locatd north of town in Fairfield, and definitely worth the trip. I would have taken some pics, but they do not allow it. They have pretty much one of everthing you can imagine from pretty much every country. They have every boar's head meat and cheese, thousands of cheese brands, every kind

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Back to BBQ in CincyWe have found that Burbanks has the best BBQ in Cincinnati, although I think they could improve by cooking their ribs a little longer and a little slower under a lower temperature. Their sauces aren't bad. The real star of the menu is their side items. The slaw is good, the sweet potatoe caserole rocks, and they have authentic collard greens all the time, and they are alomst

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In search of the ultimate BBQWe have been to several places since we have been in Cincinnati looking for anything that might have looked like real BBQ. Unfortunately, pickings are pretty slim. However, we found a couple of gems, and will advise you where to stay away from in the vicinity. The next few posts will deal with that.We had heard about the Montgomery Inn. I was taken there by some

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Looks like drum loops are going to be easier for me to record songs with than progrmaming drums myself.

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Today was a good day for me. Lots of stuff accomplished.It was not a good day for this dog however:I called a few folks I have not spoken to in over 10 years. Wow. Time flies.....

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I went to Lexington, KY yesterday. I have been there many times but it has been awhile. They have some crappy BBQ there. Just thought you should know. The other day I used my digital camera to catch a close up shot of this spider as it was just hanging around. Of course, when I was done taking pictures I killed it.-s

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My general rules of life:1. Most people suck2. Those people who don't suck must still earn trust3. Live your life to invoke revenge upon those who do suckIt is not enough that I win, all others must fail.

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