This blog post was first posted a few years back. I am now top blogging because I stumbled on Ray's which is also on twitter and Facebook. I thought I had blogged about Ray's but now see that I had not. I will have to circle back and eat some more as well as their great brisket and sausage as well as talk to him about his rib tips which are great but maybe kind of Texan. < grin > That is not a bad thing for me.
Being a native Houstonian and my attempts to smoke a brisket in a Chicago apartment building courtyard bringing folks wondering if they needed to evacuate while one lectured me on the dangers of meat so I packed it in but on the upvote of Joe Germuska, the head of the Knight lab in the Medil Schol of Journalism at Northwestern in Evanston Illinois I began a blog on Brisket in Chicago. No commercialization, just me going out in Chicago looking for the closest thing to my own brisket I could find. I only wrote about brisket and tacos if I enjoyed what I ate.
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While in Chicago the go to foods for folks are samiches which means Italian Beef and of course Ruebens made from pastrami and of course Saint Patty's day as well as Irish influence means Corned Beef so getting a brisket to smoke in the Chicagoland area is an accomplishment. Good food though in Chicago also includes Rib Tips. Now y'all will likely recognize Sweet Baby Ray in the picture and in this old blog post and have likely had his sauce. He is just a regular guy who really loves the BBQ community and also has a chain of places that make great Rib Tips.
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I am busy with my Tuesday Hack Nights over at Castillo
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but those folks have to eat so going out to get a bucket of Rib Tips for Tuesday night because even For Good Civic Hackers have to eat and then blogging about it does not take much time but I will need some recommendations.
