Big Bob Gibson wins Memphis in May

Have you ever tried to visit the Big Bob Gibson team at a barbeque competition event? I will just say they are not very friendly at all, in fact if it were to rain they would probably drown because their nose's are so high in the air!

When you go to Big Bob's in Decatur, do NOT expect to be served the same quality BBQ that they produce for the Memphis in May competition. This applies not only to BB's but to this kind of competition in general. The care and prayer that produces that Memphis meat is too demanding for every-day mass production at a retail restaurant scale.  Judge a restaurant's BBQ by what you get when you go there and eat the stuff cooked onsite.

Big Bob's is pretty good, tho.

Best ribs in the world:   Sugar's in Chattanoga!

CORRECTION:  Chattanooga

From my experience the best Ribs I ever tried was those produced and served at the 2nd Street Rib Shack/Factory when it was in business.  Now the building houses an ALFA Insurance agency I think but man for a while they had a huge business and grew at a steady rate but then either sold out or decided the restaurant business wasn't for them.   Either way they, the original ones, had the best I have tried (wet and dry rub)

I had Bunyans yesterday. Was not disapointed at all ..

You should try Jadd's, Bama.

Didn't Elrod's become Jadd's? And yes I thought they both were gone for years now. 

Jadd's in Florence is closed.  Passed it yesterday.

As far as the wife and I are concerned, from our own experience, the best pork bbq in the Shoals area (only locations are Rogersville & Muscle Shoals) is Witt's BBQ and neither location has eat in ability.  As far as BBQ Chicken is concerned we like Southern BBQ on Wilson Dam Road which also has great sweet tea and beans.  Also even though I don't usually go for the hot sauce when I'm over around Madison, and want BBQ I usually try and go to Thomas's BBQ.  

As for Ribs I have yet to find a place and ribs that are as good as I found at the small Rib restaurant that briefly opened on 2nd Street over in Muscle Shoals/Sheffield.  Man they had a great product both wet and dry ribs and although they were cooked in Russellville and brought to the store, to be reheated at the store, in coolers they had the best ribs I've ever had anywhere.   I greatly regret that they ever sold out to the folks they did for whatever changes they made surely made it inevitable that the place would eventually fail because they couldn't produce the same quality product as the original group.

Awwww, man.

I don't eat barbecue out.

I've come to like Whole Hog Express. It's catering only but the BBQ pork is outstanding.

I agree about the barbeque pork at Witts being very, very good.  It's a shame that they don't know how to make decent beans, and their slaw is junk.  (I'm hung on Bunyans slaw bought in the grocery store.)

I too long for great ribs, and I think the best I've had in years was at the Leonards' bbq buffet at lunch over in Memphis--off Mendenhall.  I've come to fear for my life after dark in downtown Memphis, and seldom get to the Rendezvous--my favorite Q ambiance.

I've heard the Southern BBQ on Wilson Dam Road is very good, however you know us Lauderdalians seldom cross the river for anything.

I ate at Thomas BBQ in Madison last week.  It was good meat, however they are so expensive for such little food. 

When going to Huntsville, we often stopped at Lawlers BBQ at the Athens interstate exit.  The food's good, and they're quick and efficient.  The lady on the register lives in East Lauderdale.

I'm still longing for that real Kick *** barbeque restaurant that really knows what they're doing in every department.