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Don <calldonREMOVE@earthlink.net> wrote:
> On 21 Jul 2001 15:56:23 GMT, srt@nospam.unt.edu wrote:

>>
>>There's a chain around here called "Red, Hot, and Blue" that serves
>>fairly authentic TN style BBQ.  *Pulled* pork, not chopped (they do
>>also offer beef for the heathen Texans).  They don't seem to have "the
>>touch" on getting the meat right (it's often too dry), but the sauces
>>are pretty authentic.

> I ate at "Red, Hot, and Blue" once and immediately knew that it was
> NOT serving the style of BBQ I was used to in Memphis and west
> Tennessee.

> I didn't go back for a few years.  Last Summer, I tried it again.  It
> was OK but I didn't think it represented Memphis BBQ at all.  

I'm not sure why you say that -- the style is very, very similar to
the style of the two most famous Memphis BBQ places:  the Rendezvous
and Corky's.  In fact, I think they'll even tell you at RH&B that
those two restaurants in particular were what they were trying to
copy.  Now like I said before, the quality just isn't the same, but
they're clearly nearly identical in style.

> BTW...know where the name of the restaurant came from???

Yep -- it was the name of a radio show in Memphis way back.  It was
the white people's version (it played Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, etc.) of
the King Biscuit Flour Hour (which played B.B. King, Howlin' Wolf,
etc.).  Personally, I think the KBFH had a better line-up...  :-)

The restaurant was actually started in D.C. by some congressmen and
staffers.  The founders included Lee Atwater, who was a big blues fan,
which (in addition to the fact that it hails from Memphis) explains
the decor... 

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