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re: McClure's BBQ review (w/pics) pop-up restaurant operates out of Dante's Kitchen

Posted on 2/14/12 at 5:03 pm to
Posted by Winkface
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Posted on 2/14/12 at 5:03 pm to
I'm guessing one of them is opening Black Label BBQ? From his Twitter account he seems like a giant douche.
Posted by glassman
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Posted on 2/14/12 at 5:05 pm to
NOLA is going hog wild!!!!

The picture with the racks of ribs has me wanting to try this place very soon.
Posted by Lester Earl
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Posted on 2/14/12 at 5:08 pm to
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From his Twitter account he seems like a giant douche.


That is what i thought when i read it a few weeks ago. But i cant seem to find it now. Looks like the @SmokinBuddha got taken down or changed. Which one are you reading? I love twitter drama.

btw this is the McClures twitter for updates: @McClureBarbecue
Posted by Napoleon
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Posted on 2/14/12 at 5:08 pm to
See that irks me there too, Bill's Black Label is another famous BBQ sauce.

They already ripped off Smoking Buddha Barbecue(a catering company) and called their unrelated restaurant "Smoking Buddha Bar B Quiex" to get past the Secretary of State when making the LLC.
Then he is going to name the new company "Black Label", and I know them and it has to do with "Black Label Society" and their love of metal and Pantera and Zak Wyld and stuff. But damn, dude needs to run google searches before he picks a name, or they will keep having problems.

I can't find them by searching, what is the twitter handle?

One guys name is Rich, and the other Eric, I think.


The twitter guy used to rip other BBQ places, he had one tweet
"BooKoo BBQ uses a Microwave"

and then said something like "Squeal don't know straight up BBQ"

"hiding behind "new Orleans- style" menu #pimasterpetpeeves"


quote:

Black Label BBQ@BlackLabelBBQ · Open
@Hogs4TheCause @McClureBarbecue just another team that will get smoked out by @SmokinBuddhaBBQ #sadbuttrue
from New Orleans, LA


calling out McClure's here.

then BooKoo

quote:

Ooh Boo Koo we don't have to worry bout yoo! Learn a lesson! Back yo shite up!
This post was edited on 2/14/12 at 5:19 pm
Posted by Winkface
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Posted on 2/14/12 at 5:27 pm to
You found it.
Posted by 12more
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Posted on 2/14/12 at 5:27 pm to
quote:

he seems like a giant douche

No kidding, calling out competitors with childish jabs on the internet. Grow up.
Posted by glassman
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Posted on 2/14/12 at 5:30 pm to
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No kidding, calling out competitors with childish jabs on the internet. Grow up.


No shite. Lee at Boo Koo has actually won a legit BBQ competition.
Posted by Lester Earl
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Posted on 2/14/12 at 5:34 pm to
fwiw im pretty sure its all playful banter between Hogs 4 Cause contestants. i think they all know each other
Posted by glassman
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Posted on 2/14/12 at 5:35 pm to
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fwiw im pretty sure its all playful banter between Hogs 4 Cause contestants. i think they all know each other


I don't know. :twitterwars:
Posted by Napoleon
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Posted on 2/14/12 at 5:37 pm to
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No kidding, calling out competitors with childish jabs on the internet. Grow up.


What's funny is one guy at Smoking Buddha would trash talk places like McClure's or BooKoo then the other guy would ask "How do y'all get in Gambit, how do you get a TV spot?"

Pretty sad for Smoking Buddha to have five stars on Yelp, 93% on UrbanSpoon, and still not last a month.

The guy at Squeal was telling me how they were trash talkers and how none of the BBQ community saw each other as true competitors. Actually the Owner of Squeal told me he thought BooKoo has the best burger in town. I just think its shitty for a guy to set up shop in Metry and then take shots at people in NOLA, who are actually making things work, Smoking Buddha was a flash in the pan.
Posted by Napoleon
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Posted on 2/14/12 at 5:38 pm to
quote:

fwiw im pretty sure its all playful banter between Hogs 4 Cause contestants. i think they all know each other


Naw, Lee (at BooKoo, the guy at Squeal and the Owner at McClure's all have bad stuff to say about Smoking Buddha.

There is playful banter, but they kind of go too far in some tweet. But yeah they are all in Hogs for a Cause.

Posted by GynoSandberg
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Member since Jan 2006
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Posted on 2/14/12 at 5:48 pm to
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But yeah they are all in Hogs for a Cause.


This gon B good
Posted by Napoleon
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Posted on 2/14/12 at 5:52 pm to
Just saw that they are actually all you can eat for $16.99. Damn, that's a good deal.

quote:

Family Style Meal Endless Meats, Sides, & Soda or Tea $ 16.50


I'm going back Thursday...damn

McClure's Menu
This post was edited on 2/14/12 at 5:54 pm
Posted by glassman
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Posted on 2/14/12 at 5:54 pm to
quote:

Just saw that they are actually all you can eat for $16.99. Damn, that's a good deal.


quote:


Family Style Meal Endless Meats, Sides, & Soda or Tea $ 16.50


Pretty sure if I was in the right frame of mind they would lose money with me.
Posted by Kid Nickels
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Posted on 2/14/12 at 5:57 pm to
Great review. Looking forward to trying it next month when I'm down there for the Roadfood Festival.
Posted by Napoleon
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Posted on 2/14/12 at 5:59 pm to
quote:


Pretty sure if I was in the right frame of mind they would lose money with me.


Yeah I'm still stuffed from My two meat plate, and I have to get ready for dinner in a couple of hours, going to Ristorante Di Pierro.

Posted by glassman
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Member since Oct 2008
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Posted on 2/14/12 at 6:00 pm to
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Ristorante Di Pierro.


Great place.
Posted by Lester Earl
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Member since Nov 2003
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Posted on 2/14/12 at 6:01 pm to
im reading cordial tweets between black label and smokin buddha/bookoo/company burger/hogs4cause

though i still dont understand the split totally.


you went to McClures just today and he was talking shite about the buddha BBQ people? What did he say? how'd that start?


BTW the new SmokinBuddha "@" is NOLAsmokehouse same profile just a new name. I still see some cordial tweets but a few, what seem playful to me, about some of the other guys running out of meat and such
Posted by Napoleon
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Posted on 2/14/12 at 6:08 pm to
NolaSmokehouse is the guy who left Smoking Buddha. From what I heard today. The guy just said "those guys trash talk a lot and couldn't stay open a month in Metaire"

It was the Facebook account that had all the BS trash talk on it. Like saying not to get Microwave BBQ from BooKOO. and things like that.

I'm not quite sure what started it, but I follow all of these guys on Facebook.
Posted by Napoleon
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Posted on 2/14/12 at 6:09 pm to
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Great place.


Yes, very rare to do Hallmark's day in Kenner, but its a solid place, hey it was in Tulane's top ten, so I know I made a good choice.

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