Worst list ever.

What a joke...

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The remaining 10 worst cities for barbecue were: Jacksonville, Florida, in sixth place, Houston in seventh...

...the cities with the highest number of top-rated barbecue restaurants were, in order: Chicago; Los Angeles; Austin, Texas; Nashville, Tennessee; and Houston -- with Nashville and Houston tied for fourth.

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Sure...sure. That makes sense.

If all they have up there is bill Miller type bbq places well then they got nothing decent to compare. Unfortunately for us down here bill millers all over the place

The fun thing about most things that list "best" or rank things like restaurants is that they are usually all good. We can argue things like Franklins vs Snows all day long. The truth is we would enjoy a meal at either no matter where we ranked them.

This is a head scratcher on so many levels. I bet many people who live in the cities named top 10 are baffled by the rankings too.

This is the case of having data versus knowledge. Trip advisor throws around rankings without statistics or methodology to define two relative terms best and worst. The main article lists the "best and worst BBQ cities in America."

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"Aside from ranking the best and worst cities for barbecue, Chef's Pencil also found which cities had the highest number of barbecue joints per capita and which cities had the highest number of barbecue restaurants with a 4.5 rating or higher."

Cities listed in those categories start to seem more appropriate for BBQ than what is listed as the best.

It is like someone took a python course and as a homework assignment figured out how to scrape trip advisor data and make a top 10 list.

Also shame on the all the media outlets and websites that publish this junk without proofing it.

They didn't even have Kansas City on the list.

John Francis Donaghy said:

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Texas is full of BBQ snobs. Any BBQ restaurant that doesn't have a 4 hour line out the door, gets tons of reviews by snobs who say it's garbage. Which means retty much all our BBQ restaurants have lots of poor reviews, which is how this list came about.

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I would add foodies who joined in the fad and are way too picky to that list. Of course these are the same people who would recommend Goode Co. over plenty other better options.

mazag08 said:

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Too many people think BBQ = pork. I blame the east coast. Texas absolutely dominates anything beef related.

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Agreed. I'd also argue I've had better pork ribs and pulled pork in Texas than anywhere else.

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people think

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Apparently not.

phideaux_2003 said:

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Isn't that kinda like basing reviews of mexican food on the opinions of people from Canada who think mayonnaise is spicy?

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I'm sad I can only give you one blue star.