Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Restaurants Dry or moist? Dry or moist?
Posted by Cliff Bostock @cliffbostock on Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 10:30 PM
I paid a visit to Fox Bros. B-B-Q (1238 DeKalb Ave., 404-577-4030) this week. Besides craving some 'cue, I was curious to see if anything had changed. After my first visit in September, I reported finding the brisket way too dry, despite the great flavor. Then I returned and found it moist and fork-tender.
Other critics reported the same experience. The pulled pork likewise varied from dry to moist. So I ordered the combo plate (shown here) with both meats, collards and black-eyed peas, a special. Once again, the brisket was way too dry but the pulled pork was borderline. The collards and peas were awesome.
I don't understand the broad range in quality. I lived in Texas and do not remember the brisket exhibiting this much inconsistency at my favorite restaurants. An antidote, although sacrilegious, is to buy the 'cue to go and soak it overnight in the restaurant's good sauce. This basically turns it into moist Georgia-style barbecue.
I like the restaurant and its staff, but I'm mystified.
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To tell the truth, when I go, I just the server what looks good today, the sliced brisket, the chopped or should I just stick with the pork. I have yet to have been steered (no pun intended) wrong yet.
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Either a bit dry or moist...Fox is still the best bbq joint intown. I don't get the popularity of Fatt Matt's...it's good but nowhere near the level of Fox. I settle for Daddy Dz or Rolling Bonez before Fatty Mattz.
Fatty Mattz is for people too afaraid to venture out of the highlands or midtown. It's like Chili's, your neighborhood joint - just not good.
We went to Fox Bros. last weekend and the food was quite good, but I actually have to agree with Cliff, the beef brisket was too dry. I had awesome mac & cheese, great collards, very good pulled pork and flavorful, but dry beef brisket. My wife had the chicken which was quite good as well. This place is definitely in my top list of Atl BBQ. Sam and Dave's BBQ 1 is still No.1
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