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Ok, so some other reviewers are complaining about the map. Big deal. While you're at it, order a road atlas too. Might come in handy for those days you are actually going someplace you don't know. I found it sort of interesting to learn Georgia geography with the map and restaurant listings in this book.

Maybe the book doesn't tell you about the quality of the BBQ, but reviews are so subjective anyhow. Make your own call after you visit and eat. Worked for me. What the book will give you is a list of what is available: pork, chicken, beef BBQ; Brunswick stew (a Georgia MUST!), and other sides. So at least before you go, you get the sense that you will be eating a full meal with all sorts of goodies, or just a BBQ sandwich.

I highly recommend the book for those who like a sense of adventure. Just pick a restaurant or two, and get in the car and go. Only you can decide which places deserve a repeat visit, but this BBQ guide will help. And on that note, you can't go wrong with Colonel Poole's in East Ellijay or Pappy Red's in Alpharetta.

This book is a directory, not a guide as the title states.
I am an unabashed afficionado of barbecue, and in Georgia, barbecue is chopped pork, sliced pork, pulled pork and pork ribs; all cooked over hardwood coals. Cooking this way takes time and extra effort (low and slow), but by-golly, by the time the meat is done you have real barbecue, not some chain food restaurant that has a slick menu misnaming what they serve as barbecue.

"Genuine" barbecue "places" are unique in that they are often found in shacks, holes in the wall, road stands or occasionally big money restaurant buildings. But be suspicious of the big fancy restaurant looking places; chances are the old barbecue master probably died years ago and some 'entrepre-manure' grabbed the first person who came in and said "I know how to cook barbecue, you parboil it and smother it with bottled sauce." "You're hired." Lord have mercy . . .

Steve Storey, in the introduction, calls this book a directory, not a guide as the title states. It is a directory, kinda like the Yellow Pages is a directory. In this directory Steve Storey makes NO qualitative judgement on any of the barbecue served. At least he tells you that in the introduction. He states, "we decided to keep our opinions to ourselves and let you be the judge.". What this means is that out of hundreds of listings you are left on your own to select a place to visit, and hope you get lucky and pick a good one. So far I have found one true barbecue place (The Pig, Waycross, GA) and I have visited, and thus eaten, a lot of mediocre to fair barbecue. One place I visited in Dillard, Georgia had been sold and was being run by a Greek. Well, at least the salads were good.

Oh, yes I must not forget to tell you that finding the places listed in this "directory" can be down right challenging. Let me explain, first you pick a county, then you find the county on the master map, your county will have a region number, whereby you go to the region map and find the county's name, whereby you will find a group of numbers representing barbecue places (Atlanta/Fulton County has about 50 numbers). Finally you randomly pick a number from the county's list and go find that listing somewhere in the book (not by page). When you get there you will get rough directions on how to find the place. Good Luck. Make sure you call before you go. Three out of the five numbers in Atlanta that I called were out of business.

IF you want a true "guide" on barbecue in Georgia get "Barbecue on My Mind" by Trey Pope (see my review). Though it is dated (1991) it does list the 30 best places for barbecue in Georgia. What this book offers is a collection of addresses and brief descriptions of places that may, or may not, serve "genuine" barbecue. Conditionally Recommended, for those that want a directory.

Outstanding tour guide for Georgia BBQ
Having visited several of the places mentioned in the guide, I find it to be VERY accurate and complete.

I chatted with some Georgia friends who have also visited personally several other spots and we all agree..If you want the full Tour Guide to the Georgia BBQ experience..THIS IS IT!!!