Well, It has been a while and I have been lazy to write this
note, but I am leaving Texas
and I guess it is time I do this.
We finally went to Kreuz Market to try their stuff, and I
can tell you we were not disappointed at all!
As you can read elsewhere, Kreuz market started in 1900 by
Charles Kreuz as a meat market and a grocery store. To avoid the meat to spoil
Charles smoke his cuts and used some others to make sausages, and that is how he
started his barbecue business. He eventually passed his business to his sons
and son-in-law.
In 1948, Charles Son-in-law, Edgar, bought the market from
the Kreus and he eventually sold the grocery store and kept only some of the “side
items” of the Kreuz Market menu. The
business was sold to his sons Rick and Don who run it until Don retired in
1997. But later, in 1999, Rick was forced to move from the original location
and went to a new and bigger location about a quarter mile north from the old
one. The old location is Smitty’s barbecue today.
The place (Picture taken by Jorge M. Gonzalez)
And that is how this “competition” started. Some people say that Smitty’s is the best, others say it is Kreuz’s.
So, in order to compare with Smitty’s we had to go to Kreuz. We
ordered basically the same we had tried in Smitty's a few months ago, Sausage, Pork, Brisket, and we added Cole Slaw, beans and Sauerkraut. They included the crackers and the bread (typical side items of Kreuz).
The verdict: Kreuz is way better than Smitty's for us! A very savory sausage (even though I liked the taste of the Smitty's sausage slightly better). Kreuz's brisket and pork were tastier, softer and more savory than Smitty's. The Cole slaw was OK. The sauerkraut and the beans were two great bonuses! Both were very tasty!
The meal (Picture taken by Jorge M. Gonzalez)
So, there it is! ... and my first note of 2013 in this blog is done, remembering the nice flavors of a Kreuz Market meal!
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