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Hot take: The best brisket I ever had came from a gas station in Lubbock, Texas
I was rolling through Lubbock last month on a delivery and stopped for gas at a little place called Rudy's. The pitmaster there was just pulling a brisket off a big offset smoker out back, no fancy setup or nothing. I got a sliced sandwich for $8 and it was juicier and had a better bark than any place I've paid $30 for brisket in Austin. Has anyone else found killer BBQ hiding in random spots like that?
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lily_cooper5mo ago
Wait, hold up. Rudy's? That's a chain.
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brooket435mo ago
Is it just me or do most "local" spots end up being chains now?
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hannah_west395mo ago
Look at their website for a minute. How many locations do they actually have? Because from what I remember, Rudy's started as a real honest to goodness local BBQ joint in Texas, then slowly grew into a chain over like 30 years. So is it still considered "local" if it started that way but now has ten or fifteen spots? I feel like that blurs the line between a real local place and just another chain. Where do you personally draw that line? Because I think a lot of people would say no if they found out it had multiple locations.
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