spring creek bbq

BigHomie · Joined: 05 Feb 2008 Posts: 22 Location: Cypress, TEXAS

these are popular in the dallas area and they recently opened one about 10 minutes from my house.....avoid them like the plague....i would eat a bolognie sammich before i go back to this place....the brisket tasted like it was baked in the oven or cooked wrapped in tin foil, i don't know which is worse!

it just goes to show that dallas sucks, we just need to deed it over to oklahoma and be done with it
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txbbqman · BBQ Fan Joined: 28 Jan 2008 Posts: 159 Location: Katy, TX

hey big homie you sound like you know what ur talking 'bout.... i heard those places are terrible not real Texas bbq......... and yea Dallas sucks, and doesn't offer much quality Q anyway

Hoochie-Que · Posted: Feb 06 2008 Post subject:

Now, now... You two "U-ston" boys be nice now... The original Spring Creek up in the Richardson/Plano area was pretty darn good... Of course, that was over 20 years ago, and I haven't been living in the Dallas area for 10 years now... That they may have lost some quality as they have franchised and grown is not too surprising... I rarely have seen an "original" successfully duplicate itself... Sonny Bryant's, Rudy's - I have eaten at the "originals" and they were great... Subsequent stores never seemed anywhere near as good, though...

Seems like there was a BBQ outfit out of Houston years ago - Luther's - which sucked wind pretty darn good, too... Although the "original" must have had something going for it at some point for somebody to get the hot idea they could duplicate it elsewhere...

I will grant you Big D could use some more and better Que joints... Especially those that aren't chain/franchise... But tell me a major city in Texas that couldn't...

As to deeding Dallas over to Oklahoma, I think there is a better chance we will see Houston sink into the Gulf first (and it is my understanding H-town is indeed heading that direction!) Wink

BTW, BigHomie... From another thread, I can go with you on your recommendation of New Zion and Meyers... But Cooper's in Llano? My last meal there last summer was one of the worst BBQ meals I have ever had.. Made a 7-11 "Hot-To-Go" look gourmet... I am figuring/hoping it was an "off-day" for them... I was there first thing for lunch one day, so it wasn't because it was late in the day... I'd rank Smitty's, Kreuz Market, and Country Tavern in Kilgore (deep East Texas) way in front of Coopers...

Dr. Mike
Native Texan
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JamesB · Posted: Feb 06 2008 Post subject:

I thought we gave Houston to Louisiana?

I do agree with ya on the Spring Creek deal though... Last time I went there (a few years ago), they were pulling grey (boiled?) ribs out of a cooler and were warming and saucing them on a char grill... gross...

James.
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BigHomie · Joined: 05 Feb 2008 Posts: 22 Location: Cypress, TEXAS

it has been awhile since i went to cooper's so maybe the quality has gone down?

and trust me, i don't like houston any more than the next guy but it is where i have to live for now until we make our move to austin

the sad this i have never been to kreuz market or anywhere in lockhart for that matter
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BigHomie · Joined: 05 Feb 2008 Posts: 22 Location: Cypress, TEXAS

oh and luther's sucked from day one
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BigHomie · Joined: 05 Feb 2008 Posts: 22 Location: Cypress, TEXAS

i am being nice about spring creek, you should have heard what my wife said about it!

and i was just kidding about dallas, i like dallas but i prefer ft. worth

and speaking of ft. worth, i ate at a bbq place in the stockyards last summer and i had the WORST beef ribs ever!! it was like gnawing on an old burned up piece of saddle leather. one of the guys with me agreed that they were terrible but he was gonna show me that he could eat more than i could. they were all you can eat for $10. i told him to be my guest, i would rather eat stewed possum than another plate of those ribs.
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txbbqman · BBQ Fan Joined: 28 Jan 2008 Posts: 159 Location: Katy, TX

ft. worth has better BBQ than Dallas...... Dallas Q is like the rest of the city, real commercial and not much behind, now there ladies do have bigger hair than anywhere else.... in Ft. Worth Railhead BBQ is pretty good.... Houston Q is better than both, but the best area in the state or the world thats is the best is central Texas.......I'll say this, at least all these places r in Texas so that makes them better than almost all the other places in other states..... yall know Texas folks think a lot of ourselves.....

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Texman · Posted: Feb 08 2008 Post subject:

With Cooper�s you are looking at your meat selection, while still on the pit. What we�ve learned to do is, after looking, is to specifically say �this meat is carried over (if it is), we want fresh Q from today�. The first time we did this it got their attention �cause there were other customers that overheard, which was not our intent, but couldn�t be prevented.
We�ve also misjudged their big chop as being freshly Q�d � it wasn�t and sent it back for a replacement.

In serving line Q places we do the same thing. In Q places where they bring it to you, and sense we are paying customers, we�ll send it back for a replacement.

The above may sound hoarse, but it makes a Q place take notice of their error of us paying them.