K-ville Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 For my birthday my wife and son surprised me with a BBQ feast all the way from Black's BBQ in Lockhart Texas. Now to put this gift in perspective, I live south of Canada's Capital in a town called Kepmtville, which is 20 minutes from the US border at Ogdensburg NY, which is about 2000 miles from Lockhart Texas. My son had the food shipped to the US where he picked it up on his way home from Toronto. He timed it all for a surprise Saturday night meal with my family who came in from all over. I have never tasted Texas BBQ, let alone any US BBQ and it was quite a challenge for my son to find a BBQ place that A, was somewhat famous, and B, that would accept a Canadian payment. So Black's BBQ won on both counts. We had seen them mentioned favorably on several BBQ shows and they took Canadian credit cards. Anyway, he pulled it off. We ate, drank and had a great time. We had brisket, beef ribs, pork ribs and 2 kinds of sausage that were all excellent. That said, the best part of all was my family saying that my briskets and ribs were as good as, or better than, Black's. Now that's a birthday gift. Brian CeramicChef, onewondershow, TKOBBQ and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckreef Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Kewl birthday gift. That must have took a bit of coordinating considering what your son went through and how far away Texas is. Reef's Bistro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halifax Aussie Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 sweet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwhinton Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Nice gift. Hope you had leftovers. Black's is pretty high up among Texas's better barbecue joints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retfr8flyr Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Great gift. You are blessed to have such a great family! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeramicChef Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Congrats and happy birthday! And kudos to your family for getting This deal done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKOBBQ Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 That's a really awesome gift that your Son and wife got for you, sounds like it was a great time with some great memories made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phatman Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 Great gift. And it says something that your family likes your Q better than Blacks, as that place is awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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