sampled 4/7/21
Due to the Communist Cooties from China it has been awhile since Scott and I have been able to do any kind of BBQ tour. To celebrate getting our shots Scott proposed a mini-tour to nearby Argyle, Texas. Just 30 minutes away from me, a bit more for Scott, we decided to MEAT UP this afternoon for lunch at a couple of joints just 3 miles apart. The first stop was 407 BBQ.
407 BBQ is located on, you guessed it, Farm to Market road 407. It's a couple of hundred yards off the road and you turn down the road to a gun range to get there. They have a large gravel parking lot and there were quite a few cars and trucks when I arrived. It's a large joint, so despite the parking lot full of vehicles there was almost no waiting and I got my order in 5 minutes or so. They had two ladies to take orders and the kitchen was bustling with a full crew behind them.
They had a large indoor dining room with about 20 tables and even more seating, on two levels, just out front. I chose the great outdoors and had just started checking out my goodies when Scott arrived with friends Roy and Steve.
In addition to my usual "Texas Trinity" I got a smoked meatloaf sandwich to try later. I had a bite and found the meatloaf a bit mushy with no discernable smoke flavor. It was decent average meatloaf.
On opening the main box I found all three meats wrapped separately with a separate layer of foil around all. A very nice touch for a to-go box.
Inside the foil the brisket, ribs, and jalapeno cheddar sausage were all piping hot and moist.
The brisket I received was from the point and had perfectly rendered fat. I could not detect any smoke flavor in my slices, but everyone else said theirs had good smoke flavor. Scott even cut me a bit of his and, yup, he got the smoke. Beautiful slices, though.
The jalapeno cheese sausage had good amounts of cheese and pepper, but was not very spicy. The casing was an easy chew and taste was of a 50/50 beef/pork mix.
The spare ribs were tasty and cooked to perfection. They had a perfect bite mark and a nice pork flavor.
For sides I had mac and cheese and cheesy potatoes. Good sides but pretty average.
Roy had sliced turkey and reported good smoke flavor and moisture. Steve had a big chunk of meatloaf and said he enjoyed that, too.
All in all a good joint and well worth a trip from the Metro-mess. It surely won't be long before Argyle gets swallowed up and becomes just another part of it all. However I suspect this joint will weather that storm just fine and be serving up great BBQ for years to come.
A few more photos follow then on to our second stop in the next post.
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