Joe's Real Barbecue, to the annoyance of some people, got a zoning variance 
to build two smoking ovens.  I don't remember what hard wood they use, it 
is not oak or mesquite though... I'm drawing a blank.

IMO the zoning variance was worth it!

Alan

At 11:16 AM 8/27/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Allright I'll have to go check it out. I was thinking about it last night
>some more. Probably, why there aren't more barbeque places in Phoenix is the
>ready lack of slow-burning live-oak or post-oak wood. Pine burns too quick,
>and there's not that much of it here in town, and mesquite, although
>slower-burning tends to come in little sticks that burns too quickly. Also,
>it's probably too hot to have decent outdoor brick overs here of any size.
>
>Keith Deterling
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