2009 rankings through July

1. The Salt Lick (visit #3): 9.9525
2. Opie’s Barbecue (visit #1): 9.8925
3. Louie Mueller Barbecue (visit #2): 9.795
4. Louie Mueller Barbecue (visit #1): 9.778
5. Mills County BBQ Company: 9.765
6. Smitty's Market: 9.7
7. Schoepf’s Old Time Pit Bar-B-Que (visit #2): 9.59
8. Schoepf's Old Time Pit Bar-B-Que (visit #3): 9.57
9. Opie's Barbecue (visit #2): 9.55875
10. The Salt Lick (visit #1): 9.23
11. The Salt Lick (visit #2): 9.21
12. Schoepf’s Old Time Pit Bar-B-Que (visit #1): 9.166
13. Rudy’s “Country Store” and Bar-B-Q: 9.14
14. Miss Mae's Bar-B-Q: 9.067
15. Cooper’s Old Time Pit Bar-B-Que: 9.018
16. Black's Barbecue: 8.945
17. Hill’s Cafe: 8.7733
18. The Pit Barbeque: 8.38
19. Donn's BBQ: 8.21
20. Riley's Bar-B-Q: 8.147
21. Chisholm Trail Barbeque: 7.895
22. The Old Coupland Inn & Dancehall: 7.82
23. The Smokehouse: 7.025
24. Sam's Bar-B-Cue: 4.7467

Current 2009 Rankings

Here's the first tally of our rankings for 2009:

1. Opie’s Barbecue: 9.8925
2. Louie Mueller Barbecue: 9.778
3. Mills County BBQ Company: 9.765
4. Schoepf’s Old Time Pit Bar-B-Que (visit #2): 9.59
5. The Salt Lick (visit #1): 9.23
6. The Salt Lick (visit #2): 9.21
7. Schoepf’s Old Time Pit Bar-B-Que (visit #1): 9.166
8. Rudy’s “Country Store” and Bar-B-Q: 9.14
9. Cooper’s Old Time Pit Bar-B-Que: 9.018
10. Hill’s Cafe: 8.7733
11. The Old Coupland Inn & Dancehall: 7.82
12. The Smokehouse: 7.025

Current Rankings

Second installment of Man Up’s current rankings. As I said when I posted our first rankings, the comparisons are not apples to apples. Not even close, actually. Different group of reviewers every outing. As few as two reviewers, as many as eight. Even so...

1. Louie Mueller: 9.6758
2. Snow’s: 9.674
3. The Salt Lick: 9.53
4. City Market: 9.49
5. Rudy's: 9.4075
6. Opie's (average of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd visits): 9.2575
7. Schoepf’s: 9.225
8. Smitty's: 9.175
9. Kreuz: 9.05
10. The County Line: 8.5
11. Green Mesquite: 7.95
12. Vitek’s: 7.4875
13. Artz: 7.2
14. Iron Works: 6.77875

Current Man-Up Rankings

Now that I'm caught up on posting reviews, it seems like a good time for an accounting of the scores to date. I'll post standings from time to time. Here are the average overall scores, highest to lowest, thus far. Granted, the makeup of the reviewers was not consistent, so it's not apples-to-apples comparisons, but it'll have to do.

1. Louie Mueller: 9.6758
2. The Salt Lick: 9.53
3. City Market: 9.49
4. Rudy's: 9.4075
5. Opie's (visit #2): 9.33
6. Smitty's: 9.175
7. Kreuz: 9.05
8. Opie's (visit #1): 8.5725