I am having a blast filling in for Johnson and Johnson this week on WZZK during “morning drive”. Yesterday we somehow got on the subject of barbeque joints in Alabama, something near and dear to all of our hearts. I decided to do an impromptu “Best Bama BBQ” contest, and had listeners cast votes via phone calls and e-mail.
Long time readers here know my favorite is Jim’s Pit Barbeque in Billingsley, basically in the middle of nowhere down in Autauga county. But, the WZZK listeners voted the Top Hat as the best barbeque joint in Alabama. Hey, no problem here. The Top Hat has been a long time favorite, and every time I drive north on I-65 around lunch time, I get the urge to exit onto old U.S. 31 at the Blount Springs exit and make the five mile journey for some of Alabama’s best barbeque. They have opened a new location in Cullman in the old Shoneys building on U.S. 31, just north of downtown.
Coming in second place in yesterday morning’s voting was the Green Top barbeque between Sayre and Dora on the Walker-Jefferson county line. Once again, I am no stranger to that place… the ABC 33/40 Storm Chaser van has been known to sit in their parking lot a number of times, even when the weather is not bad!
Over 50 other places received votes, including the Tin Roof on Valleydale Road, Sho’ Nuff BBQ in Alex City, Ole Smoky in Leeds, Costas, Johnny Ray’s, Dreamland (both the original location in Tuscaloosa and in Birmingham), and Jim and Nicks. Rating barbeque joints is a very personal issue, and the bottom line is that we are blessed with a vast variety of BBQ joints statewide, both in the city and in the most rural parts of the state!
TOMORROW MORNING I am going to be asking for your best memories of growing up in Birmingham... should be very interesting! Join us on 104.7 FM, WZZK, tomorrow morning from 6 until 9 driving in to work.
Long time readers here know my favorite is Jim’s Pit Barbeque in Billingsley, basically in the middle of nowhere down in Autauga county. But, the WZZK listeners voted the Top Hat as the best barbeque joint in Alabama. Hey, no problem here. The Top Hat has been a long time favorite, and every time I drive north on I-65 around lunch time, I get the urge to exit onto old U.S. 31 at the Blount Springs exit and make the five mile journey for some of Alabama’s best barbeque. They have opened a new location in Cullman in the old Shoneys building on U.S. 31, just north of downtown.
Coming in second place in yesterday morning’s voting was the Green Top barbeque between Sayre and Dora on the Walker-Jefferson county line. Once again, I am no stranger to that place… the ABC 33/40 Storm Chaser van has been known to sit in their parking lot a number of times, even when the weather is not bad!
Over 50 other places received votes, including the Tin Roof on Valleydale Road, Sho’ Nuff BBQ in Alex City, Ole Smoky in Leeds, Costas, Johnny Ray’s, Dreamland (both the original location in Tuscaloosa and in Birmingham), and Jim and Nicks. Rating barbeque joints is a very personal issue, and the bottom line is that we are blessed with a vast variety of BBQ joints statewide, both in the city and in the most rural parts of the state!
TOMORROW MORNING I am going to be asking for your best memories of growing up in Birmingham... should be very interesting! Join us on 104.7 FM, WZZK, tomorrow morning from 6 until 9 driving in to work.
was a crummy hole, but the smell of hickory smoke every morning as they fired up the BBQ pits for the day made it all worth while...
on July 20, 2005, 5:54 am
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