gas+bbq
as i've driven around various parts of atlanta, stopping at various gas stations to fill up, i've noticed what seems - to me- a weird trend. many - a majority, i'd say, at least in southeast atlanta - of the gas stations have...barbeque joints attached to them. like, trailers, or tiny shacks, adjacent to or in the parking lot of these gas stations. it's not restricted by gas station type, either - i've seen 'em at new BP stations, at old texaco ones, all over the place.
and of course, because i am yuppified and condescending, i am POSITIVE that each of these places is a little down-home honest-to-god bbq gem. but, i am terrified to go in them because they do look exceedingly sketchy.
does anyone know anything about any of these places? how they got started? why they got started? what exactly about gas stations screams "must also open up bbq shack" to somebody? i promised myself to try at least a couple of them before i left atlanta, so i'll make sure to report back.
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Same thing in Texas. But you won't find good Q at those.
Clearly it's a sense of adventurism: burn stuff near gasoline, and wait for the magic. God, you're such a snob.
But seriously, I come from a place where "barbeque" means "cook food on a gril in your backyard." Everyone else is crazy.
Uh-uh. Everone else is right. Cooking food on a grill—a very fine thing!—is "grilling"; developing a smoke ring on a large slab of meat over several hours before ever exposing it to direct heat is Q. Most gas-station joints don't even grill, much less barbecue.
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same thing all over the south i think -- i know i saw those all over the place in mississippi, tennessee, and kentucky last week. actually, i had pretty good BBQ at a convenience store in MS.
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