The Original Roy Hutchin's BBQ, Trophy Club 7/16/23

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�https://www.royhutchinsbbq.com/sampled 7/16/23 about 2 pmAs I threatened (or promised) before, I made it back with some friends on a Sunday afternoon for a sit-down dinner at Roy's.� The line was short, we loaded up with a lot of good...

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sampled 7/16/23 about 2 pm

As I threatened (or promised) before, I made it back with some friends on a Sunday afternoon for a sit-down dinner at Roy's.� The line was short, we loaded up with a lot of good food, and tucked in at the ground floor dining space.� Before we started, I had to get a photo in the elevator to the second floor dining room.� That's the first BBQ joint elevator I have ever been in, so we just had to document that!� I had planned to go upstairs later to check it out, but we visited so long I never made it.� Next time!

I chose my usual Texas Trinity, plus some brisket burnt ends, one Armadillo Egg, 2 Texas Twinkies, and a small side of mac & cheese.� They were out of pork belly burnt ends when we went through the line, but I grabbed half a pound before we left.� The brisket was tender and moist with well rendered fat, but had no discernable smoke flavor.� Same with the brisket burnt ends.� Scott said he had smoke flavor in his piece.� The sausage had big chunks of jalapeno and cheddar but was not particularly spicy.� The ribs were undercooked and very chewy.� There was nice pork flavor but no smoke.� Even gnawing on the bone I could not get all the meat off.� My friend Patti said her ribs were the same, but Scott said his were fine.� Scott was ahead of us in line and certainly got his ribs from a different rack.� My first rib was so bad I did not even attempt to gnaw on the second one.

I sampled 2 of their specialty items, the Texas Twinkies and their July special item, an Armadillo Egg.� �Texas Twinkies I have had before at both the Hutchin's in McKinney and at Roy's in Trophy Club. Last time I thought there was too much cheese and not enough brisket. Today was much better.� They were much closer to a 50/50 mix.� Mighty fine eatin'.� I'm glad I got an extra one to re-heat and eat later.

The Armadillo Egg is a specialty item they are experimenting with and I dug it.� They take a cream cheese stuffed jalapeno, wrap it in ground sausage, sort of like a little meatloaf, then wrap the whole enchilada in bacon.� My friend Rhandy would call it diabolical.� I don't know if I would call it BBQ, but I would call it delicious.� They are pricey, at $15 each, but I think it was around half a pound.

I meant to try their Hot Links, too, but I already had a tray full of meat.� Next time.

We sat and visited a long time.� Almost 3 hours.� The downstairs dining room stayed busy but we never felt rushed.� Finally I went up to the front to check and they did have pork belly burnt ends.� I got half a pound to go and we sampled them before we headed out.� They cut their pork belly bites about twice the size of Don Green's, but they were every bit as tender.� That's the only other place, so far, that we have eaten where the pork belly was melt-in-your-mouth.� I would order those again.