Barbecue War!

I just flipped past the Travel Channel's show Food Wars and caught the last few minutes of an episode on barbecue. In the segment I watched, the producers pitted (no pun intended) the four major barbeque regions in the United States against each other. They had a group of Californian "cowboys" (and cowgirls) taste 'que from Texas, Kansas City, Memphis, and North Carolina. It was supposed to be like the Olympics, and they had to rank the types of 'que from 1 to 4. The maximum number of points possible was 70.

Readers, a terrible travesty occurred! These tasteless cowpokes not only ranked Carolina 'que last, but they gave NC 'que a total of only 15 points! This is made only slightly less shocking by the fact that the "winner," Memphis barbeque, got only 45 points. Texas came in second with 30 points, and Kansas City followed closely behind with 27.

I protest! Clearly, these Californians don't know good 'que when they taste it. Just working with cows doesn't make you a good barbeque judge.

Hummmmph!

--Sarah