Buzzies - OMG!

Just now leaving Buzzies and headed to the hotel.

213 Schreiner Street
Kerrville, TX 78028-4462
(830) 257-4540
http://www.buzziesbbq.com/

Buzzies has been recently voted the best BBQ in Texas for good reason.  The food was beyond plentiful and as Tim put it "We were over-served.".  I seriously think their idea of a 1/2lb serving and the rest of the world's idea of 1/2lb serving is way off.  We each ordered the Friday Special which consists of your choice of 4 meats and 2 sides.  Personally, I'm not sure I see the point of the sides as they just get in the way of the meatastic plate that was offered up.  Our servings seemed much closer to 3/4 lb of each meat rather than the stated 1/2lb.  In fact, Tim is the only one who was able to pretty much finish his plate.  According to Tim, he left a 1/2 a piece of brisket because he was full from "duo-din-dum" to his esophagus and just couldn't fit another a piece of brisket.  In general, we all are stuffed to the grills and the the conversation in the truck consists mostly of grunts and groans of shear painful contentment.

Buzzies has recently undergone some work because of a fire so it is nice and clean with a new dining room while staying true to the rural BBQ joint look and feel.

The staff was very friendly and helpful, and in general - just "good people".  Buzzie himself came out and talked with us as well as showed me to the back to check out his smoker.  And let me tell you that it was a VERY nice smoker.  According to Buzzie he can cook enough meat at once to serve 5000 people.  If our servings were in indication of what Buzzie considers a single serving, I would say it's closer to 10,000 people.
 
Here is the Compadre's rating:
               

			Pork
Compadre	Brisket	Ribs	Loin	Sausage	Turkey
Brian	3.5	4.5	2	4	NA
Kirt	4.5	4	3.5	NA	5
Tim	4.5	4.5	2.5	3.5	5
Greg	4.5	4	3	3.5	NA
Average	4.25	4.25	2.75	3.67	5

General Comments:
Tim - Portion's were huge - why did I eat so much?
Greg - Sides are for wussies.
Kirt - Dude, even Rick Roof couldn't eat this much food!
Brian - OMG - this is for one person?

In summary; the portions are incredible, the service is outstanding, and the BBQ was upper tier.  We pretty much agreed that the brisket had an excellent flavor but was a little dry to our tastes.  The pork loin tasted good, but just too dry.  The ribs had some of the best flavor we had ever tasted and probably would have gotten a 5 across the board if it had been just a bit more tender.  The sausage was excellent and the turkey was the best anyone who had some had tasted.  To be fair, we didn't get to Buzzies until after 3p and that very well could have contributed to the dryness.

Buzzies is well worth the effort to go to if you aren't from the Kerrville and you will not be disappointed with anything you have.