225 degree BBQ, Arlington 9/10/26

 

https://www.facebook.com/225BBQ/

sampled 9/10/26 about 12:30 pm

Our third trip to 225 and it was as good as our first two trips.  We had some friends from Austin along and they left impressed.  I got my usual 3 meat plate plus 5 twinkies and a half pound of pork belly burnt ends.  Everything was super juicy and tender with awesome smoke flavor in the twinkies.    

I have upgraded this joint to my local favorite over Dayne's.  I do think Dayne's is a little better.  They should be, finishing in the top 10 in the last Texas Monthly BBQ issue.  However this place is only 9 miles from my home and Dayne's is 40 miles away.

One of my friends got the giant brisket loaded potato and she scarfed most of it up.  A bargain at just $13.  I was mighty impressed that she almost ate all of it.

Their pricing is still a bargain.  If this joint is not on your radar, it should be.  We got there at about 12:15 and were customers #4 and #5.  There should be a line out the door, but there's not, yet.  By the time we left, I think they were up to order #16.  If they can hang on til the next Texas Monthly BBQ issue comes out I am convinced they will be in the top 50.  I'm going to do my part to help keep them around.  They even give you a cash discount!

Dayne's Craft BBQ, Aledo 9/5/26

 

https://daynescraftbarbecue.com/

sampled 9/4/26 about 1:30 pm

I have been hearing a lot about BBQ joints suffering from a lack of customers and the high prices of beef.  We had a different experience today.  My Mrs. decided she wanted to go out to Aledo to pet her nephew's young Longhorns (yes, that's a thing).  I was tempted with Dayne's to tag along.  We got there about 12:45 pm and the line was out the door.  Not too far out the door, but it took about 10 minutes to get inside to the AC.  It took another 15 min or so to get to the cash register to order and another 10-15 minutes to get our food.  If you notice on the receipt below, I was customer #200.

I ordered my usual Texas Trinity plus a quarter pound of bacon brisket for me, with a sliced fatty brisket sandwich and broccoli grape salad for the Mrs.  Everything was outstanding, as always.  I even got some brisket burnt ends and a bacon brisket burnt end.  It was all scrumptious, super moist, and tender.  I still miss the chocolate lasagna, but I would eat at Dayne's every day if I could.  Thank goodness their meat is so good it doesn't need sauce.

I told my wife's nephew his cows looked delicious.  Hopefully they will end up on Dayne's menu some day.