re: The Shed BBQ on Burbank will be closed down on Dec. 16

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If Rudy's BBQ (and I realize that Rudy's isn't the end all be all for BBQ would allow a franchise out here, it would dominate the city for BBQ. I picked Rudy's simply because they are one of the larger franchises for BBQ that potentially would have the capital and resources to expand vs. the local mom-and-pop great BBQ places

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Completely agree.

Podnuhs baked beans FTW

Also pretty good potato salad and love the fixings that come with it

This is inaccurate. Smoke Bayou and Offset are both passable in a pinch. Sonny’s is bad.

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Used to like Rudy’s when I lived in Texas. Texans don’t like it, because it’s pretty average BBQ. Smoked turkey is fine but everything else is really average. The sausage has no flavor, seasoning, anything.

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You could not be more wrong. Rudy's is slammed every day for lunch and dinner. That's not tourists, that's local Texans.

The key to Rudy's is while it is slightly above average Q, you can feed a family of 4 there for sub $50. You will be hard pressed to find another place you can do that at in general, much less a decent bbq joint.

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The key to Rudy's is

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the creamed corn

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Offset are both passable in a pinch

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How can you call a place that hasn't even opened yet "passable in a pinch"

You should try Envie Smokehouse whenever they pop up.

There have been a variety of issues with this location.

First of all, it was not managed by the owners of The Shed Ocean Springs. It was managed by the previous owners of the Oasis. They retained the ownership of the building and a large percentage of the business, but management from MS would came around only for the opening month.

Opening week was a shite show, but at least the barbeque was somewhat decent. Management made sure that didn't last long. Cut corners everywhere, and started to add their own items to the menu without consent from MS. The banana pudding was the worst of these. Made with artificial banana flavored pudding and cheap whipped cream.

Consistency went out the window. Pulled pork came out tender and moist, but by the time it sat in a hotbox uncovered for 6 hours, it was like pork jerky. Similar story for most other items.

Long story short... Poor management, terrible hiring, high turnover, drop in quality. Probably the top 4 reasons a restaurant shutters its doors. The Shed checked all 4 of those boxes plus some.

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Its also in a weird purgatory area of not really being close enough for college students or families

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Lakeside is across the street and has done pretty well over the years….

Can’t argue with that. The creamed corn is on point. However, I would argue with the OP about it being slammed- the original close to Boerne was a ghost town at lunch the last time I was there. There are better options all around there than Rudy’s.