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Seriously Delicious Super Bowl Party Giveaway: Snow's Barbecue Brisket

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20090123-brisket-innards.jpgSerious barbecue freaks (like me) were shocked, not to mention curious, when a little-known, only-open-Saturdays barbecue joint, Snow's BBQ, was named the best Texas barbecue joint in Texas Monthly Magazine's "100 Best Barbecue Joints in Texas" issue. Soon after Snow's started shipping nationwide (Calvin Trillin's piece in the New Yorker on Snow's tipped us off) the Serious Eaters ordered some Snow's brisket, which turned out to be powerful good.

With the Super Bowl coming up, we're giving away 3 pounds and 7 ounces (a big old hunk) of Snow's fantastic brisket. Thanks to the good folks at Snow's, one lucky serious eater (and the seriously lucky friends) will score the tender, smokey meat for the big game. To enter to win, just leave your best barbecue haiku as a comment on this post. A panel of judges/wordsmiths at Serious Eats HQ will select the winner.

Contest will end and comments will close at 3 p.m. ET, Monday, January 26, 2009. One entry per community member. Winners are limited to residents of the continental U.S. Standard Serious Eats contest rules apply.

Comments are closed: 290 Comments:

Slabs of juicy meat,
I Love the sweet, tangy taste,
Wipe off sticky hands!

smokey sweet saucy
fall off the bone tenderness
not just in memphis

Rain, sleet, snow, or shine,
Do anything for the grill,
Cult of barbecue.

the rich tang offsets
the sweet undercurrents of
that grand piece of meat

Juice drips down my face
My shirt is ruined-- who cares
This is so worth gout

Barbecue so full
of joy and flavor it needs
an extra syllable

bright red ring of smoke
burnt ends delight me
mad bar-b-que skills

Three cheers for the cow
When slow smoked it pleases all
I cheer for pig too

National restaurants
Use too much sickly sweet sauce.
Go to Hell, faux-que!

Lovely pink smoke ring
Slowly cooked homage to beef
My taste buds rejoice

caramelized carbs
surround the mouth-melt center.
Smoky paradise!

Smoke curls and transforms
Beef caressed by warm soft wind
Heaven on a bun

Tender meat, spice, sauce
Hiss, sizzle, flare, char just right
Warm deliciousness

Beautiful meat
Hot fat slowly sizzling
Succulent and sweet

Massive meat binging
Tomorrow indigestion
Totally worth it

Hindu, Muslim, Jew
What religious restriction?
Insert Cow/Pig here.

Porcine or bovine:
That is the meaty question.
(Unless you're vegan)

Oh you, barbeque
How you make me salivate
I wish you were mine

we call not to change
true loves of forty-three's home
smoked beef and pigskin

Memphis, Kansas, and
Carolina transcend.
But Texas? Heaven.

start with a good butt
pull it apart add the sauce
smoke is magic

Where art thou proud pig
Of which I will soon be dining on?
My fork is ready.

longing for brisket
low, slow, such flavor. I pray:
death by beef coma

tundra of fargo
rarely sees good B.B.Q.
ND wants brisket!

It falls from the bone
Floats to your mouth. Fills it with
Tender, smoky love

Give me brisket or
I will pass unhappily
Into my stupor

red hot coal and flame
slowly base flesh is transformed
smoke is alchemy

Barbeque snobs say:
"Stupid, that's not barbeque!
That's called a cookout!"

Brisket is tasty
It is better when it is free
So I hope I win

Meat, meat, meat, me love.
Grilled, baked, smoked, fried, slow cooker heaven.
Anyway is a dream.

Brisket slow and low
Not just for summertime eats
Big Game deserves one

Hickory smoked love
Sweet and saucy paradise
Tender meaty bliss

Brisket oh brisket
Tailgating with you is sublime
Oh to make you mine

slow and low tempo
making our collective juice
run for a napkin

How mysterious
Only open Saturdays?
Must be crazy good.

delicious meat, mmmm
don't care about gaining weight
get in my tummy


Sweet, sticky sauces
A hit of smoky goodness
We need napkins. Lots.

smoke and meat and spice
pigs and cows or even lamb
barbecue: a noun

delicious brisket
can't wait for the meat coma
suck it off the bone

Succulent smoked
Sticky sauce on my fingers
no side dish needed

So meat is murder
But with tangy spicy rub
Delicious murder

Ha, meat coma. That's great. One of my friends once said he was getting the 'meat sweats' - almost the same!

Standing on corners
New York's finest sees the smoke
no more B-B-Q :'{

eight hours of work
one perfectly smoked brisket
sacred cow indeed

haikus are hard
but a brisket should not be
fall off the bone - yum!

Another haiku
Barbecue is so yummy
I wish I could win

Cute, smart and single...
You're a vegetarian?
That's a deal breaker.

beef: juicy, smoky
mailed direct to her doorstep
all a girl could want

Barbecue tastes good.
Um...I've no other comment.
Er...Yay, Barbecue?

low n' slow smoked meat
intense flavor explosion
the wait was worthwhile

beef, sweet sauce and fire
BBQ season is here
I am in heaven

Super Bowl Sunday
Short 3 pounds 7 ounces
Of Serious (M)Eats

Your smoky smell calls
My mouth salivates
You are worth the wait

Wood, fire, smoke and cow
Works the ancient art so well
I eat and find peace

A similar fate:
Snow's brisket gets smoked.
So does one Super Bowl team!


Wood, char, smoke ring, beef
Let me honor you mid-chew:
Om nom nom, munch, grin.

Fire up the Smokehouse
Fill it up with beef and pork
Hours 'til Nirvana

I have lots of friends
Who want me to cook for them
The game matters not

light coals at sunrise
slow cooked until it's perfect
food coma sunset

Wood smoke beckons us
Plates of pork, beef, beans await
I need more napkins

A nice Jewish girl
Brought up on Jewish brisket
Still loves BBQ

spicy honey glaze
unexpectedly viscous
my whole shirt is stained

drool drips from my chin
pools in my belly button
brisket desire

give me brisket now
contest is all mine i say
because i'm too cheap

Cant make up my mind
Texas or Kansas City
The state of Snow wins!

This Q is summer
When winter stays oh so long
Slather and be warm

Deep sents of smoke waft
Crispy crust and the moist meat
What more is true love?


Smoky dripping sauce
Crisped ribs bathed in summer sun
Winter leave me be

Peppery, smoky
Keep the sauce in the bottle
I"ll take the fat half

Hikus are easy
But sometimes they don't make sense
Barbecue

wood rendered to ash
fat rendered to tales of smoke
now I surrender

yummy barbeque
I want it in my tummy
from Snow's barbeque

Eight in the morning
Brisket time in Lexington
but my bed is warm

Dad and I would sample tender smoked
brisket before dinner when no one was looking
to make sure it was good!

crispy burnt ends
smoked to blackened perfection please
no finer eats

Want Snow's barbeque
for winter games, and succor.
Hot pork melts snow's sting.

smokey ring promises-
imminent, juicy goodness.
one can taste the love.

Sweet sugar crusted
Tangy vinegar, mustard
Bone lickin’ heaven

No haiku writer
Snow's brisket beckons me
Pick me, please, please!

Brisket in Texas
A short drive to Lexington
A great Saturday breakfast.

Frank in Austin

Brisket in Texas
A short drive to Lexington
It's what's for breakfast.

(Please disregard my last one-Dohhh!!)

Brisket never worked
Always tougher then a brick
Then the egg arrived!

Fire, smoke, and meat too
Mean just one thing: BBQ
This, too: Brunswick Stew

steak and eggs

Why no deli West Hartford
when soooo many jews
need to shmooze & fress

snow's is just down the road from me...but it's a bitch trying to get there on saturday before they run out of brisket...maybe this is an easier way.

A Hot Fire rises
Determined father grills
The meat cooking just right

ALL IGHT SHE TENDS THE PIT

ALL NIGHT SHE TENDS THE PIT
THE LOVE WITHIN PORTENDS
A SUMPTUOS FEAST FOR ONE

Mind not what the amateurs say about the virtues sauce,
It's all about the smoke baby...

Tender and smokey brisket,
Snow's BBQ best in Texas,
Taste buds live for Saturdays

by ruppbc@yahoo.com

Smokey tangy sauce
Fingers ready to be licked
Meat falling from bones

Barbecue brisket
Falling from the bone like snow
A gift from heaven

Senses aroused
Chew, Chew, Chew
Delicious flavors running down my throat.

Aromas rising
The scent of a hearty meal
Filling our senses.

Brisket in my mouth
Melts like sweet ambrosia
I am in heaven.

Barbecue brisket
air full of soft smoke, crisp wood
senses smell, taste, eat.

A tisket,
A tasket,
Nuthin' beats a Snow's brisket !!!!

Brisket barbeque
I love serious eats from
Snows grilling goodness.

anticipation
oh, i can hardly stand it
get in my mouth now

tender smokey meat
dance in flames, jump on the plate
my mouth waters now

Snowy nights delight
Moon light on the brisket
taste buds explode with glee

don't make it yellow
make it be from lexington
that is the great snow

Smoky or saucy I eat you all
BBQ ribs are my downfall
I love you morning noon and night
Gotta get some ribs and take a bite!

Oh the aroma
Just enhances the flavor
of smoky heaven

I love to eat meat
nothing satisfies like meat
I will be happy.

blow my diet to eat
smokey, sweet, oh so tender meat
i'll be good next week

Day-dreamin' slow 'que
Forgot to start in advance
Nuts...hot dogs again.

Serious eaters
Ingesting piles of cow flesh
Show us that smoke ring

sweet oh so tender
flavor spicier mouth watering
bring it on faster

oh my, this is the best!

Warm and savory brisket
just like mom used to make
this one is mine to take!

I could eat it all
just put me in front of it
my butt will hate me

smoked brisket presents
a near impossible choice:
fat or lean? both, please

Summertime calls me
Scent of smoky happiness
On a paper plate.

this is making my mouth water already. love bbq

Barbecue brisket
For my super bowl party
Would make me the king!!

tender juicy slab
mouthwatering orgasmic
meat marvelous meat

Snow's barbeque smells
so good the angels above
come on down to eat

beef on a plate yum
in a bun or in a stew
soy for you meat mine

The lonesome coyote mourns
Its tearful dissonance
Snow's brisket

It is not only the spices
Nor just the meat
Savor the mingling

BBQ tastes good to eat
I love the chicken slathered in sauce
I can never eat enough

Snows In Spring or Fall
Snows sometimes in Winter and
Snows all Summer long

blue skies, summer nights
hickory smoke in the wind
napkins, sauce, good friends
traymona[at]aol.com

slather on the sauce
slowly grill to perfection
brisket for everyone

Snow's Barbecue Brisket is fantastic on baked biscuit. Your the best joint in town. You scored a touchdown.

Red sun morning haze
Napkins, paper towels. Gone.
New shirt with beef glaze.

Barbecued brisket
Life was empty without thee
It's time for dinner

is brisket usually well done?

Sizzling ribs on the barbeque
the smell of mesquite burning
this is the essence of summer.

Steaming wood chip chars
Smokey rubs and marinades
My heart wanders home

I love how it falls apart when you eat it.

succulent brisket
is a party in my mouth
I need to be fed

luscious fruit of pig
smokey tangy and sweet
melting in my mouth

smoky scented meat
crispy barbqued brisket
devoured quickly

Smoky slab of pig love
Oh, how you make my heart melt
And my tummy happy

BAR, back yard, rib joint—
BE it smokey, spicy, sweet:
‘CUE is what I eat!

9

( OO )
^^ ^^

BBQ Haiku
Can I conquer you?
My love for brisket is true

BBQ'd; toothsome
Who's team, it does not matter
Flesh for pigskin fare

smokey and brown
tastebuds screaming
wintertime fun

Barbecue is not
About sauce. Smoke controls
All for the purist.

Barbecue devine
just in tangy dinner time,
stay back it is mine!

Holiday highlights:
Grandma's perfect brisket...yum...
I'm a bad vegan
=D 0=]

I feel more manly
when i eat slabs of smoked meat
something primal sings

Little BBQ
Your scent makes my mouth water
Size doesn't matter.

Smoke it all night long
Gently pull it all apart
Drown in tangy sauce

Burgers and hot dogs
Delicious summer cookout
Not true barbecue

smoking wood rub sauce
thrills and chills to all souls now
orgasim from food

Hickory, mesquite
cherry, apple and grape vines
sweet fire, slow and low

The thin pink line will
Show the eye what tongue can taste:
The magic of smoke

Light blue smoke drifts up
Delicious meats soon to come
BBQ is served

teechbiz at gmail dot com

Like butter from the knife
Brisket tempts all my senses
Rich, juicy, red beef

Sensual savory meats
Snow's presents the king of 'cue
tongue tease crowd pleasing

All hail Snow's
magnificent BBQ
Bravo!

Football family time
Grill smoke flavor love
saucy licked lips smack

i don't even know what a haiku is but if looks like the picture about hell i will eat it


love this cut of beef
love the smell of texas mesquite
love to eat brisket meat


our snows barbecue
it must feed the multitudes
super bowl success

MY BBQ BRISKET...CHEER.

GIVE ME A ....B....IS FOR... BBQ
GIVE ME A.....R...IS FOR ...RICH
GIVE ME A......I....IS FOR....IRRESTIBLE
GIVE ME A.....S...IS FOR....SUCCULENT
GIVE ME A.....K...IS FOR....KICKING
GIVE ME A.....E.. IS FOR....EXCITING
GIVE ME A.....T...IS FOR....TASTE

WHAT DOES THE SPELL..... B..R..I..S..K..E..T !!!!!!

brisket a tasket
I'll put it in my basket
all the winter long

Chicken, beef or pork
Sweet, spicy, tangy goodness
I love barbecue

Crisp winter day or night,
Brisket burnt ends caramel smokey bliss provides,
Time to eat, touch down!

my husband love to grill out, winter or summer, give me a nice smokey sauce!!

Yummy barbeque
the thought makes my mouth water
let's eat some right now!

Snow's smoky brisket
Barbecued, tender, juicy
Taste has no equal.

Glorious tangy
Meat of our get-togethers.
Pack lots of napkins.

Lovely Barbecue
Just lie in beautiful sauce
And be delicious

MAN ITS MAKING ME HUNGRY

snowyatnite@yahoo.com

brittle bark snap in mouth
juice of heat and smoke converge
engorged belly produces nap

Barbecue glaze
I gotta get me some
juicy tender good

meat, glaze, smoky taste
aromas that call the soul
the laden table awaits.

First comes the sweet smell
I salivate as I watch
juicy fat bubbles fall.

The grill; so primal,
Scents for my feral instincts,
Eat the prey with sauce.

Haven't eaten all day
ready for the sizzling sweet
hearty Snow's barbeque

Charcoal and Hickory
Brisket's best friend
And i am their brother.

Glorious brisket
Slow cooked to be succulent
Tickles my taste buds.

spicy sauce explodes
flavor blended with brisket
delight nearing bliss

nowhere but Texas
hot smokey meat on a plate
my heaven is now

a nice barbque sauce
added to a lovely brisket
--yummy

Pig turning on a spit
Fat rendering dripping to the coals
hours before we eat.

Tender and smoky
My taste buds await the lust
For barbecue delights

Grills all fired up
Anticipate the moment
For succulent roast

What could be better than barbecue brisket while watching the super bowl.

whole 'nother country
world can't compete with Texas'
sweet smokey charred meat

tangy sloppy
oh so good
me i just love pig

Family lovingly gathers
Rich aroma waifts toward noses
Love surrounds them.

I can feel the juices running down my face now,
Oh, holy cow.
where would we be without Texas?

The meat is tender,
drenched in a sweet tangy sauce.
I eat it all up.

wonder to behold
meat too tender
great prize for me

Give me brisket or
I will pass unhappily
Into my stupor

I live in North Carolina
Where barbecue is the absolute best anywhere,
But I'll try Snow's Brisket.

Finger lickin' good
it's Snow's Barbecue Brisket
for the Super Bowl!

I like dipping my barbecue into ranch dressing.

slobber slobber eat
barbque is good
slobber slobber eat

pork, chicken, steak
which one is the very best?
It doesn't really matter

Prepared with sugar,
Spice, and everything nice (vice),
Licking fingers clean.

Tender, tasty and juicy. Great

lay down your fork please
this brisket belongs to me
i will never share

I so want some 'que
Sandra Lee's on TV, ew
all hail Kraft foodstuffs

Slowly cooked tender
Kansas City or Memphis
Both taste great to me

Brisket on the grill
Its a treat for me and you
Yummy Barbecue

Bar-B-Que
Low & Slow
Get some BBQ to go

the Big Game blaring
and (mmmm) tender Snow's brisket
Oh, how sweet life is!

Yummy, Memphis style
Patriots gone long time ago
ribs, great comfort food.

A Snow's brisket dream
In deep Manhattan winter
Smoky, tender bliss

which do i prefer
cardinals versus steelers
i prefer brisket

fall off the bone tenderness

BRISKET IS SO GOOD BBQ. WHAT IS Barbecue Haiku?

I don't know how to Haiku but I'd love to enter too

ribs, pork shoulder, brisket
smoke ring
all is good

Warm good and juicey
Snow's BBQ can't be beat
smokey brisket good

Slow and low tasty
Smoky goodness slice by slice
Mouth feel wonderful

Sadly in DC
Only thing worse than the 'Skins
Is the local 'cue.

Savory and sweet
Tangy, juicy, melting meat
Barbecue dinner.

The game day winner?
Not the Cards, nor the Steelers - -
barbequed brisket.

N.C. bbq
east or west - i love them both
seasoned tender meat

Tender, tasty, good.
Yummy for my belly. Mmm.
Now, that's a brisket.

the timing is right
i long for that juicy bite
i taste that smoke ring

dont know haiku
but i do love bbq
send me some brisket

I've never been any kind of poet
but for such serious eats I'll give it a try
I probably already blew it

recipes for q
though everyone has their own
always tastes like home

Even up north
we know the smoke ring
equals yum!

hey i love it smokey meaty some fats fat thick and rich hmmmmm sounds good sorry thats the best i could dooooooooo

Smoke in my eyes:
Beef barbeque sizzling
On summer's warm air.

Early morning pit
Pink smoke ring surrounding flesh
Brisket scented fog

Calvin Trillin knows

Calvin Trillin Knows
Good Road on the Road

CalvinTrillin knows
Barbecue and Superbowl
It is Party Time

Chicken, Beef or Pork
Oh, smoky delicious meats
Sweet sauce covers you

The sparkling blue sea
reminds me to wait an hour
after my brisket.

I love anything BBQ

art of smoke and flame
so long i yearn for the taste
you can't rush brisket

wafting smokey hours
sniffing voyars drift by
seasoned with beer, jokes

Best BBQ in the backyard growing up with my dad at the grill. He made his own BBQ sauce and 50 years later I still have the recipe.

It falls from the bone
soft as butter!

Pink smoky ring
Crusty seasoned surround
Moist tender body

pig skin on the set
succulent smokey sweet beef
friends complete this day

Snow's Bar-be-que Meats
Refined, Luscious, and Tender
Simply Irresistible.

Smoke seasons the meat
Sauce accentuates the smoke
Please pass the corn bread

Smoke clouds winter moon
Old hands turn the meat over
The hoofprints are gone

Hickory smoked love
Sweet and saucy paradise
Tender meaty bliss

If it used to moo,
just slowly smoke and slice it.
a party delight.

A piece of cheap meat
Smoke, time and necessity
A meal fit for gods

Some smoke in my face
With my singed bit of eyebrow
Will still flip my meat

Brisket is yummy
tender and delicious
spicy smoky meat

Drizzled on the grill
Type of meat notwithstanding
Tastes like coming home

Shrimp, steak and spare ribs
Mouthwatering deliciousness
Glowing coals await you

Please pass the napkins
BBQ is on my face
Should be down my throat

saxel@juno.com

Hunger pangs rise
Smoke in the air,
The pit satiated

Love great barbecue
Especially Snow's brisket
Oops it's on my chin!

Brisket is dee-lish
Barbeque is much better
Hope I win this prize!

Tasty crust is joy
Then moist, juicy happiness
The tang fills my heart

Rub it with care
Smoke it slowly
Enjoy every bite

Slab It
BBQ with tenderness
Eat drink and be merry

Hickory and heat
It's well worth the wait and work
So moist and juicy

My tastebuds longing
a sensory overload
for beef barbecue

Sweet, juicy brisquet
melting meat inside my mouth
bbq yummy

Snow on the patio
Where in Summer I grill
So welcome, the Snow's of winter!

Moist and tender
The brisket I crave and dream of often
Slowly smoked perfection

Tender, smokey meat for the big game,count me in!

tangy mountain of meat
unctuous primal slab
pile of wet naps, now, to sleep

Mesquite and red oak
mingle slowly; low red fire
glows as hunger grows.

snowy napkin stain
smoky sweet home on the range
belt loop, no use now

Song of hardwood smoke,
A ring that links me to meat.
Carnal lust will last.

Messy is the word
seasonings is the sentence
Taste galore the essay!

Bring my taste buds south
Pregnancy craving, watch out!
Mama wants smoked meat.

A summer ride on the Hog
To eat a spring hog!
Contentment

I'll split it with you
if you keep a lookout while
I steal this brisket.

read the rules, silly ninny!
you can't enter twice
bad newbie, now spanked!

heh - sorry for the double entry, didn't realize, won't happen again.

Smoking a brisket
Where's rolling paper that big?
Guess I'll use a grill.

Smoke rises from the pit,
Creating essence of 'cue,
Contentment then settles.

Just thin blue smoke
Oak, pecan or hickory
No sauce needed

Ah, true BBQ
Brisket so smokey tender
I savor the taste

BBQ FOR ME
YUMMY BBQ FOR YOU
BUT THE BRISKET IS MINE!

Love for BBQ
Snow's succulent beef brisket
Makes game day for me

Snow falls endlessly
Smoky ‘cue explodes with juice
July Fourth again

Happiness is meat
Perhaps not so much for cows
but surely for me

Feasting to gods
Bible requires burning
Barbeque answers

Barbecue brisket
Succulent smoked beef
Get in my stomach

Argue types elsewhere
Vinegar, dry rub, and sauces
Just pass the meat - yum!

I hope it's kosher
or Momma won't let me eat
the brisket oy vey

Charred smoky grilled
Tender and juicy inside
Mouth watering, heart pumping, lick lipping anticipation

Barbecue

Beef, Pork, Poultry, Lamb;
Smoky, Succulent, Spicy
Gastronomic Treat

Let me bite into
The best part of the brisket
Tummys fat and full

embedded meat juice
lingering on my fingers
beef delirium

heavenly brisket
pink smoke rings, butcher's paper
ms. tootsie's magic

Tasty Bar-b-que
dripping sauce lick fingers yum
get in my belly!

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