Big Jim's Old South Barbecue
190 North Coast Highway 101, Encinitas
www.bigjimsbar-b-q.com
760-635-1166
"Big Jim" Wade, from Clanton, Alabama, does barbecue right -- smoking it long and slow over sweet-flavored hickory. Then he makes two different sauces to sop it with -- a tangy, mustardy Carolina-style sauce for his pulled pork and chicken, and a Texas-style sweet tomatoey sauce for beef. If that's not enough to put every Q-lover into hog heaven, there are the fixin's, which will truly "put some South in your mouth." The "soup or salad" option includes a nonpareil Brunswick stew, made from Wade's family recipe -- a smoky-sweet meaty mixture of poached-to-shreds pork, chicken, and brisket mingling with tomatoes, corn kernels, and coffee in a deep, thick, complex broth. The hush puppies are tangy and airy. The slaw is clean and balanced. The corn muffins are sweet with honey butter.
Big Jim's Old South Barbecue
190 North Coast Highway 101, Encinitas
www.bigjimsbar-b-q.com
760-635-1166
"Big Jim" Wade, from Clanton, Alabama, does barbecue right -- smoking it long and slow over sweet-flavored hickory. Then he makes two different sauces to sop it with -- a tangy, mustardy Carolina-style sauce for his pulled pork and chicken, and a Texas-style sweet tomatoey sauce for beef. If that's not enough to put every Q-lover into hog heaven, there are the fixin's, which will truly "put some South in your mouth." The "soup or salad" option includes a nonpareil Brunswick stew, made from Wade's family recipe -- a smoky-sweet meaty mixture of poached-to-shreds pork, chicken, and brisket mingling with tomatoes, corn kernels, and coffee in a deep, thick, complex broth. The hush puppies are tangy and airy. The slaw is clean and balanced. The corn muffins are sweet with honey butter.
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