fancy sides are for the women and children, not that there is anything wrong with that

milner79 said:

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gigem70 said:

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Sides are a waist of time for me. I go to bbq joints for the meat.

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This.

There once was a line of thinking in Lockhart that if you needed to sell sides, there must be something wrong with your meat offerings.

Alas, not terribly long after they moved to their new location, Kreuz succumbed and started selling sides just like all the others. First it was beans, the gateway side. Now, as far as I can tell, they have the full array of sides.

This is your one time to be unapologetically carnivore. Give me a sausage, a beer, some crackers and watch me make it disappear.

(And spaghetti at a place that purports to be a barbecue joint is just weird. Clearly, she ain't from around here ...)

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Places that put out good brisket, sausage, etc are a lot more plentiful these days. Sides are what set a place apart from the others

I guess if I wanted carrot souffle or spaghetti, I'd go to Applebee's or Olive Garden.

milner79 said:

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I guess if I wanted carrot souffle or spaghetti, I'd go to Applebee's or Olive Garden.

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The good news for you is that good BBQ neat can be found all over. Those restaurants offering quality sides are also offering quality BBQ meat.

For the restaurants wanting to make top lists, they are going to also be providing quality sides as well as great brisket, sausage, etc.

I really don't get the gripe about having good sides, but you do you.

Oh, I will. And you do you. Bon appetit.

i love great meat and great sides.

StinkyPinky said:

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I can second this. I lived in Portland (suburb) for 6 years and was highly disappointed with the quality of BBQ. And people would swear by certain places which I would get my hopes up and would be miserable. Like you mentioned, several that supposedly were from Texas and were suppose to be genuine. Meh. I'm going to go out on a limb and guess the food truck was Holy Trinity BBQ

Same story with TexMex.

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I don't remember the name of the truck, but we also were in Junction City, not Portland.