Monday, April 23, 2012

BBQ bracket begins!!!

After many days of nominations and tiebreak voting, our pool-of-64 BBQ bracket is complete (printable bracket). Now, nothin' left to do but start voting, so we can see which city people think is the best BBQ city in the country. Round 1 starts at midnight (Eastern) Tuesday. Each round lasts 2 weeks. So, let's do this! The Round 1 matchups are:

1
Austin, TX
64
Sisterdale, TX
32
Belton, TX
33
Santa Maria, CA
16
Atlanta, GA
49
Kyle, TX
17
Tuscaloosa, AL
48
Fredericksburg, TX
8
Dallas, TX
57
Hot Springs, AR
25
St. Louis, MO
40
Seguin, TX
9
Houston, TX
56
Blytheville, AR
24
Nashville, TN
41
Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill...
4
Luling, TX
61
Red Oak, TX
29
Lubbock, TX
36
Abilene, TX
13
Lexington, TX
52
Boston, MA
20
New Orleans, LA
45
Los Angeles, CA
5
Memphis, TN
60
Smithville, TX
28
Gonzales, TX
37
Oklahoma City, OK
12
Elgin, TX
53
Charleston, SC
21
Spicewood, TX
44
Richmond, TX
2
Lockhart, TX
63
Denton, TX
31
Decatur, AL
34
Washington, DC
15
Northport, AL
50
Salado, TX
18
Lexington, NC
47
Giddings, TX
7
Llano, TX
58
Norfolk, VA
26
Owensboro, KY
39
Tyler, TX
10
Taylor, TX
55
Cleveland, OH
23
Fort Worth, TX
42
Amarillo, TX
3
Tulsa, OK
62
Victoria, TX
30
Driftwood, TX
35
Chicago, IL
14
San Antonio, TX
51
Huntsville, AL
19
San Marcos, TX
46
Gastonia, NC
6
Kansas City, MO
59
Columbus, TX
27
Waco, TX
38
College Station, TX
11
Birmingham, AL
54
Orlando, FL
22
New York City, NY
43
Bryan, TX

9 comments:

Eric said...

Austin
Belton
Atlanta
Tuscaloosa
Dallas
St. Louis
Houston
Raleigh
Luling
Lubbock
Lexington, TX
Los Angeles
Memphis
Oklahoma City
Elgin
Spicewood
Lockhart
Decatur
Northport
Lexington, NC
Llano
Owensboro
Taylor
Fort Worth
Tulsa
Driftwood
Huntsville, AL
Gastonia
Kansas City, MO
College Station
Birmingham, AL
New York City

Drew Thornley said...

Eric, you are, as always, someone I can count on!!!

Ben Quasius said...

1 Austin, TX
32 Belton, TX
16 Atlanta, GA
17 Tuscaloosa, AL
57 Hot Springs, AR
25 St. Louis, MO
56 Blytheville, AR
41 Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill...
4 Luling, TX
29 Lubbock, TX
13 Lexington, TX
45 Los Angeles, CA
5 Memphis, TN
28 Gonzales, TX
53 Charleston, SC
21 Spicewood, TX
2 Lockhart, TX
31 Decatur, AL
15 Northport, AL
18 Lexington, NC
7 Llano, TX
26 Owensboro, KY
10 Taylor, TX
23 Fort Worth, TX
3 Tulsa, OK
35 Chicago, IL
14 San Antonio, TX
46 Gastonia, NC
6 Kansas City, MO
27 Waco, TX
11 Birmingham, AL
22 New York City, NY

Diamond Dave said...

Let's start with eliminating the obvious - Atlanta, Raleigh/Durham, Santa Monica, Boston, New Orleans, Charleston, Chicago, Washington D.C., Norfolk, Cleveland, Orlando and NEW YORK CITY !! Let's be real - any BBQ in those areas is someone from "Down South" that moved up there. I've been fortunate to eat BBQ in Memphis, Nashville, St. Louis and Alabama, but BBQ is a Texas tradition. Just about any small town in Texas has a great little BBQ joint - the smaller the better. My new favorite is a small place in Sisterdale run by The Maywald's - The Sisterdale Smokehouse. Best there is right now. Won;t win any big brackett competition because it is hardly known. But it will win your Taste Buds !!!

Eric said...

Drew, I'm not quite sure why I am so fascinated by this project; regardless, I intend to vote in every round until it's done. Thanks for putting it together!

Drew Thornley said...

We switched to a new bracket host. Each round lasts for 2 weeks. Voting starts at midnight!!! http://public.bracketeers.com/view-bracket.php?id=1306

hedrives said...

I used bracketeers, worked great. This is fun.

Drew Thornley said...

Thanks, Brad! Yeah, Bracketeers makes it so easy. Wish I'd found it before last night. Better late than never!

Jay said...

Tulsa beats Victoria, TX