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Arizona is gettin’ hot and I don’t mean from the temperature. Arizona has become a hot spot for barbecue and Arizona’s Number 1 BBQ Club has a hot new website at AZBarbeque.com

This website has just about everything you would ever want to know about Arizona BBQ from bbq teams to bbq events to a very active forum and much more. If you like looking at photos from bbq competitions AZBarbeque.com has a great photo album at Flickr.com with hundreds of great photos.  There is a lot to do at this website and you just need to take some time and pay them a visit. 

Even if you are not from Arizona there is still a lot of good barbecue related information to be found here. And if you find yourself heading to Arizona then be sure to check them out first and see what is going on.

I have had several inquiries as to whether or not www.bbqhub.com and www.bbq-festivals.com were related. The answer is yes. BBQHub.com is the news and update side of BBQ-Festivals.com.

Why do you have two websites instead of putting it all together? I like the format of wordpress blog and thought it would be the easiest to maintain and the name BBQHub is more of an all inclusive name than BBQ-Festivals.

And here we are!!!! The BBQ-Festivals.com BBQHub.com Family……. (no we did not make the kids put chicken bones in their mouths….that was there idea……haha)

I suppose I could write this review of Big Bob Gibson’s Bar-B-Q Restaurant in Decatur AL with just three words; OH MY GOD !!!

I have had a lot of barbecue but I have to say this is as good as it gets. While on a business trip to Alabama we saw the billboard outside of Decatur AL on I-65 for Big Bob Gibson’s and decided on the way back home we would stop in. After all Bob Gibson is a member of BBQ royalty and we were not about to pass up this opportunity.

As soon as we got out of the car the aroma from the smokers swirled around hour heads and it was definitely a sweet sweet smell. The parking lot was packed which was another good sign. When we were in we were met by a gentleman who welcomed us in and told us to have a seat. Our server ( I wish I could remember her name ) came over to bring us our menu. Let me tell you, this gal was top notch…….. Cecil and I decided to go the full route and order the Ribs and three other meats and sides. I had the ribs, chicken, brisket and pulled pork with potato salad and baked beans. The photos tell the story. I can’t begin to describe the taste. It truly was out of this world. I picked up a rib and the bone slid right out of the meat clean as a whistle. I took my first bite of the ribs and I knew I had tasted years and years of experience. Next came the brisket, chicken and pork. All were out of this world. Being from Kentucky I am especially fond of pulled pork and am very critical of how people make it but I didn’t have a problem with this at all………..excellent.

ALL DONE - WHEW, I’M STUFFED

We sampled the sauces that were made by Bob Gibson and they were equally good and just added to the flavor, but we both agreed the barbecue stood on it’s own and did not need any extra help from sauces. By the way…….. the White Sauce is out of this world. The baked beans and potato salad were very very good. My mom makes great potato salad and at 74 she is an expert. Big Bob’s potato salad is just a good as my moms is and that says a lot.

Things were wound up with a Coconut Cream Pie that literally melted in your mouth. We were truly content and well stuffed when we were finished. The only bad part was we still had almost 200 miles ahead of us to get home and what we really wanted was a nap.

I will have to say that Big Bob Gibson’s Bar-B-Q Restaurant is now at the top of my list. Also Kudos to the manager Rick Talley……… a great guy and very friendly.

My rating for this bbq restaurant is a full 10 out of 10