Top 5 Cue Joints


250 Goners took the hamburger challenge. How do you roll with BBQ:

1) Korean style: Anjin, Costa Mesa, California
2) Hawaiian style: Helena's, Honolulu, Oahu
3) Santa Maria style: Far West Tavern, Santa Maria, CA
4) Memphis: Tom's BarBQ
5) Texas: Kreuz Market, Austin, TX

And if you are in Georgia: check out the Gumlog Barbecue and Fish Lodge and tell them Bongofury sent you.
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Grinnell: you could probably throw in Oklahoma Joe's and make it a perfect three.
I like Rudy's (out of Dallas, I think; but the one I've been to is in Albuquerque); there's a place here in Phoenix (Gilbert really) called Joe's Real BBQ that I think most would consider top notch; but by far the best BBQ I've had was at a little hole in the wall in Omaha Nebraska called "Hartland BBQ". A knock-your-socks-off surprise (...Omaha???).
I grew up in Kansas City so I'll stick with the hometown joints:

Smokestack (gotta love those fried chicken livers!)
Arthur Bryant's
Gates
kc mo gates
austin stubbs
memphis the rondevous
st louis none
eureka springs ark bubbas
in the south, anywhere
in the north, you gotta search
pork over beef always