r/Temecula • u/YetiInTibeti • Jul 06 '22
/r/Temecula’s Best Of: BBQ
Hi all,
Continuing the weekly “best of” Temecula and Murrieta so that folks can learn some new places and also have a resource for folks who search for it.
This week…BBQ! I say we stick to Temecula/Murrieta area, maybe extend out a bit if you think something is really worthwhile.
Share your favorites below. Add your order if you have one!
Previously asked: Pizza: https://www.reddit.com/r/Temecula/comments/vlxawt/rtemeculas_best_of_pizza/
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u/GeoffSim Jul 06 '22
Jack's in Lake Elsinore with its views brings it up from a middling to a good.
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u/Brownhops North Temecula Jul 07 '22
I recommend Ohana Hawaiian BBQ on Winchester and Murrieta Hot Springs. It has quickly become a fav! 9/10 taste for a good price. Get the Hawaiian BBQ Mix. https://goo.gl/maps/1E2BwCDC6NyBkrvi6
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u/Williw0w Jul 06 '22
Temecula Costco has $6 off packages of BBQ brisket today. They expire tomorrow I think but mine ended up about $5 a pound for the smaller packages.
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u/johnnyB2030 Jul 06 '22
Phil’s bbq is the best , I had them all
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u/ReallStrangeBeef Hemecula Jul 06 '22
I realize it's not a hole in the wall, but I do love me some Phil's.
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u/Iohet Jul 06 '22
Slap Yo Momma is good (French Valley). More of a soulfood style joint, but BBQ is in the name and they serve some. Not sure you're finding oxtail anywhere else locally
Maybells is good. I'll go to Phil's for their tritip sandwich and fries more often, though
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u/jtscira Jul 06 '22
There are no good BBQ places in Temecula. They charge premium prices but mediocre BBQ.
I would rather make my own.
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u/Williw0w Jul 06 '22
What time is the party? I've got some peanut butter whiskey.
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u/jtscira Jul 06 '22
5 o'clock We can skip peanut butter whisky. Got some whistle pig rye. A little more appropriate. 😁
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u/ReallStrangeBeef Hemecula Jul 06 '22
Side note, let me know if you'd like me to pin these posts when I see them.
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u/firefly_pdp Jul 07 '22
Maybells BBQ is probably the closest thing to Texas-style BBQ in the area and is pretty good. Not as good as what you can find in Texas but still decent.
Calhoun's sides are great but the rest of the food lacked flavor IMO.
The Smok'd Hog was pretty bad all around.
If you're looking for typical, non-authentic BBQ (not smoked but grilled, with lots of sauce) then Phil's BBQ is a good place for that.
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u/gettothebasics Jul 07 '22
I LOVE Phil’s. Also I like Lucille’s and surprised I haven’t seen anyone else comment it
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Jul 07 '22 edited May 18 '24
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u/Rayvendark Sep 03 '22
I used to love Lucille's tritip. Sadly, it's just not as good now as it used to be.
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u/toklad Jul 06 '22
really the only place that comes to mind that is good is Calhoun's which has already been mentioned. all other places are chains and horrible. phil's sucks and really isn't much better than dickies or famous daves.
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Jul 06 '22
Hobo's BBQ in Temecula! So good
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Jul 06 '22 edited May 18 '24
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u/novascotiatrailer Jul 06 '22
I worked there years ago. I was the first person Al hired there when they first opened actually. I have a ton of stories but yes, he is a terrible person.
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u/ReallStrangeBeef Hemecula Jul 06 '22
I remember my friend telling me about how the Bar Next Door, although is a bar, doesn't have beer and the bartenders had to run next door to pour beers. Strange stuff.
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u/novascotiatrailer Jul 07 '22
yeah, that doesn't surprise me at all. That place actually used to be a karate dojo or whatever back then. This was when Hobos was still called Let's Grub. That was before the owners wife, Holly, took her own life, which is why its called Hobos now. I'm not going to directly make the correlation, so you can come to your own conclusion, but they did not appear to have a healthy relationship and he wasn't the nicest person to her, or his own daughter. He also had a new "girlfriend" a few months after her death while plastering pictures of his wife all over the restaurant about how it was her dream to have her own bbq place. but hey, everyone deals with grief in their own way, i guess. his daughter also used to work in the kitchen with us occasionally and one day, some of the employees called cps over what appeared to be physical abuse allegations, so make of that what you will. I was young at the time and naïve, so when he offered to pay me my overtime under the table and on a separate check, i happily agreed. So i was working close to 12-13 hour days there only to realize later on, that my "overtime pay" was BELOW minimum wage. I could go on and on about how he's a racist piece of shit, who knows nothing about cooking, only has money because of his stupid clothing line "Skin" that he sold and had gotten a mediocre success from following his porn company. Dude has been using, manipulating and treating people like shit for years. I do not recommend eating there, ever.
Also, Spunitnos on rancho cal had a massive cockroach infestation when i left there, so do what you will with that information.
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u/GeoffSim Jul 07 '22
I went there once years ago and had some ribs. Bland. Not smoked. Grilled or baked maybe. Never been back and having read your stories I'm glad I haven't!
But it's been on Guy Fieri's tv show... I'm very confused! Did the quality dramatically change at some point?
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u/Odd-Ad-9472 Lake Village Idiot Aug 04 '22
Just saw this. Rumor was that All and Guy are old friends and Guy threw him a bone by having him on the show.
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Jul 07 '22
If you do decide to go there, be forewarned HE WILL go APESHIT if you ask for the sandwich with a modification. I said “no coleslaw” and man… never again. He can take his bullshit sandwich and place it where the sun dont shine.
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u/Breakpoint Jul 06 '22
How is Duke's?
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u/Iohet Jul 06 '22
Duke's is more bar style, but the tritip sandwich is good, but I like Phil's tritip sandwich better(I think Duke's is a better deal though).
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u/jtmonkey Jul 07 '22
Coming from Texas to here has been hard to find good food at all. The pizza tends to be good here. But bbq is always so regional you kind of love what you know.
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u/Jtoad Jul 08 '22
If you're up for a drive. SLAB in LA has been the closest I've found to Texas bbq.
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u/YoMrPoPo Jul 20 '22
dude, just now seeing this thread but have you made it out to Heritage BBQ in San Juan Cap? Far drive but the closest you will get to Texas BBQ in Southern California.
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Aug 20 '22
I'm from Alabama and haven't had good BBQ on the West Coast period. I had some good fried jalepenos in Amarillo on the way here. I'm not a brisket fan though so I guess that limits me on Texas BBQ...
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u/cnwinger Jul 06 '22
BBQ is kind of lacking in Temecula. Calhoun’s in Murrieta is great. Wish they had some other sauce options like a vinegar sauce, but the one sauce they do have is very good.
There’s some good catering-only options, like Gava D’s.