Best of 2009: Best Pork Chop

Our first Best of 2009 award is for Best Pork Chop, an award we didn't hand out last year. All of our winners received scores above 9, but by a convincing margin, our award for 2009's Best Pork Chop goes to Opie's Barbecue in Spicewood, Texas (pic of an Opie's pork chop above). Here are the scores for all 3 (each rounded to nearest hundredth of a point):

1. Opie's Barbecue (Spicewood): 9.94

2. Cooper's Old Time Pit Bar-B-Que (New Braunfels): 9.46

3. Cooper's Old Time Pit Bar-B-Que (Llano): 9.27