Food Fight

Poll: Vote for Best Barbecue in Mid-County

Pick from these finalists for the best Mid-County barbecue. Vote before 5 p.m. Thursday.

We asked you, Patch readers, for your favorite Mid-County barbecue spots and got some suggestions. We read your comments on Patch, as well as comments posted to our Patch Facebook pages and Twitter accounts. Here are your choices: Thank you to all those who nominated your favorite local establishments in Part 1 of this week's Food Fight. Now it's time to pick a winner. Readers will have until 5 p.m. Thursday to vote for their favorite spot, and we'll announce the winner Friday morning. Be sure to cast your vote below, and as always, happy eating and drinking!

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Billy Frank Thornton

1:19 pm on Wednesday, March 21, 2012

I write-in McCray's BBQ, once located in Jeffery Plaza, Olive and Woodson. McCray's had the best BBQ in the World. Roscoe's Mobosco Sauce was a spicy awesome sauce. Roscoe is passed...and McCray's BBQ is lost victim of environment zealots because of the BBQ smoke. How I dream of the days the aroma of McCray's would drift through the neighborhood in the early afternoon.   more ›

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