{"id":15733,"date":"2016-03-10T09:19:26","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T15:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=15733"},"modified":"2016-03-10T09:19:26","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T15:19:26","slug":"big-als-bbq-review-big-spring-tx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=15733","title":{"rendered":"Big Als BBQ Review, Big Spring, TX"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Al<\/a>Rolling down I-20 Eastbound the other day, I happened into\u00a0BIG\u00a0<\/span>Spring, Texas, on or about lunch time.\u00a0\u00a0(In all candor, it\u2019s always mealtime for me).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Heading down Gregg Street from the Interstate, I perused my\u00a0BIG\u00a0<\/span>choices \u2013 Burger\u00a0KING<\/span>, home of the\u00a0WHOPPER<\/span>,\u00a0BIG<\/span>\u00a0John\u2019s Feed Lot,\u00a0GREAT<\/span>\u00a0Wall, and then I spotted it –\u00a0BIG<\/span>\u00a0Al\u2019s and Son Bar-B-Q.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I was greeted by an amiable server, and told the \u201crules\u201d for dining at\u00a0BIG<\/span>\u00a0Al\u2019s.\u00a0Proceed to the counter\/serving station, choose the lunch plate or the\u00a0BIG<\/span>\u00a0platter, and depending on whether you choose the lunch plate or\u00a0BIG\u00a0<\/span>platter, you have a choice of two or four meats, or any combination thereof.\u00a0\u00a0Pulled pork, my personal favorite, is seldom on the menu in Texas Q restaurants, so the choices were sausage, brisket, chicken,ribs,\u00a0and\/or \u201cbodacious\u201d ham.\u00a0\u00a0I eschewed the ribs and chicken and loaded up on the other three. \u00a0At\u00a0$8.95 for the\u00a0BIG<\/span>\u00a0platter, I got to choose three vegetables (green beans, collard greens and corn on the cob won out), received a thick slab of Texas toast (BIG<\/span>), ample amounts of butter, a choice of peach, apple, or cherry cobbler, and a\u00a0BIG<\/span>\u00a0drink.\u00a0\u00a0Dave Thomas wudda been proud.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

My amiable server continued to provide me with\u00a0BIG\u00a0<\/span>service throughout the meal, refilling my iced tea without being asked, and continually reminding me to save room for a\u00a0BIG\u00a0<\/span>serving of home-made ice cream, which they whip up every morning.\u00a0\u00a0He also extolled the virtues of other things on offer, wh\"Al<\/a>ich he encouraged me to try next time.\u00a0\u00a0Among which was a\u00a0BIG<\/span>\u00a0serving of Steak Fingers, which, according to my server, were MUCH better than Dairy Queen\u2019s!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The brisket, sausage and ham were superb.\u00a0\u00a0That dry-rub slow smoking process that Texas Q is famous for.\u00a0\u00a0While most Texas Q\u2019s don\u2019t\u00a0offer sauce (and the meat doesn\u2019t need it),\u00a0BIG<\/span>\u00a0Al\u2019s had a choice of several one could use as accompaniments.\u00a0\u00a0I passed on them.\u00a0\u00a0I like to taste the\u00a0BIG<\/span>\u00a0flavor of the meat.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As my eyes started to glaze over, and the ice cream was starting to melt, I put a\u00a0BIG<\/span>\u00a0bill on the table and motioned for the server to come over.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

He said, \u201cWhat, you want some change?\u201d\u00a0\u00a0And I said, \u201cNo, that\u2019s for you.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0His reply was \u201cI don\u2019t need that much!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I said, \u201cYou may not need it, you may not want it, but you did earn it,\u00a0BIG<\/span>\u00a0time.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

BIG<\/span>\u00a0Al\u2019s is open for lunch and dinner most days, if you find yourself in\u00a0BIG<\/span>\u00a0Spring.\u00a0\u00a01810 South Gregg Street,\u00a0\u00a0(915) 267-8921.If you find yourself there without a car, and call the restaurant,\u00a0BIG\u00a0<\/span>Al\u2019s will send somebody to pick you up, so you can enjoy the\u00a0BIG<\/span>\u00a0platter, and\u00a0BIG\u00a0<\/span>Texas hospitality.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Update: Big Al’s is formally\u00a0 known as Al & Son’s BBQ<\/p>\n

Big Als BBQ Review<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rolling down I-20 Eastbound the other day, I happened into\u00a0BIG\u00a0Spring, Texas, on or about lunch time.\u00a0\u00a0(In all candor, it\u2019s always mealtime for me). Heading down Gregg Street from the Interstate, I perused my\u00a0BIG\u00a0choices \u2013 Burger\u00a0KING, home of the\u00a0WHOPPER,\u00a0BIG\u00a0John\u2019s Feed Lot,\u00a0GREAT\u00a0Wall, and then I spotted it –\u00a0BIG\u00a0Al\u2019s and Son Bar-B-Q.\u00a0\u00a0 I was greeted by an amiable… Continue reading Big Als BBQ Review, Big Spring, TX<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,16,26,31],"tags":[3448],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15733"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15733\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}