Barbecue in Arizona
By admin on October 25th, 2011
Barbecue is all the rage in Arizona. But the barbecue restaurants here are taking the concept far beyond the traditional spice-rubbed ribs. A new group of barbecue masters in Scottsdale are pulling out all the stops with some very inventive recipes that include ingredients you might not expect to find on a grill, such as oysters and sweetbreads.
These fancy recipes cross into new categories that will please the fine-dining crowd and also appeal to true barbecue fans. At Big Earl's BBQ you can enjoy a traditional pulled pork sandwich or ribs, with a unique side like deep-fried pickles dipped in blue cheese, southern-style sausage balls with hot mustard, or fried sweetbreads with Green Goddess dressing. For seafood lovers, there are the barbecued oysters and catfish po'boy, and those with a taste for the unusual can order dishes like oven-roasted beef bone marrow with pickled okra, pickled pigs feet, and roasted pork belly.