I worked for the ad agency that did their initial logo and branding. Coincidentally we were called Mission Media. They requested the same color scheme and typeface as OUR brand and when we said no, they went to another agency and just used it anyway. I don't remember how it was settled legally. Needless to say, those guys suck.
I'm a civi living near a base and Mission BBQ is here. I ate there. The food is good. I went during lunch time and was eating my pulled pork when the national anthem started over the speaker system. It caught me off guard and everyone stopped eating, stood up and put their hand over there heart. I was dumbfounded. I have no problem with the military theme, the decorations and strident messaging. They're a private business and can make whatever business they want but I paid (more than it was worth btw) for my lunch and wanted to eat in peace. To feel pressured to stand and show respect to the country for some inflated jingoistic sense of importance really put me off. Everyone had stopped what they were doing in the restaurant, the cooks, the servers, the patrons. They all stopped to pay honor. The only thing I can relate it to is when I was traveling in the middle east when prayer bells would ring and everything stopped. Mission BBQ is a commercial patriotic fetishising theocracy.
mrsme1234 Yes. It’ll be hilariously ironic and steal their business. I mean look at just the exterior. That’s the most depressing restaurant ever. Why would soldiers want to feel more depressed and be reminded of their service when they’re just trying to eat. Poor business decisions.
@@manysnakes are you dumb? America lost the Vietnam war yeah but never did US troops suffer decisive defeat at the hands of the Vietnamese. In fact, every force on force engagement between US and NVA troops resulted in US victory. Korea was a straight up win. Face it, Commies suck dick in pitched battles
There’s a burger joint where everything is named like 1960s Batman sound effects. They have a P.O.W. Burger, and all I could think about was how that burger violated the Geneva convention
if I was a flag-waving, eagle-loving patriot, I'd be pissed that corporate America is using my love for my country to take my money. it's honestly pretty disgusting.
Mission bbq catered my wedding. Great food. I’m in Baltimore and when the guy said anywhere people are dying of fetynal you’ll find a mission i lost it
Before it closed in 2016 Toby Keith's I Love This Bar and Grill in Massachusetts had the highest rate of patrons leaving and getting DUIs out of any establishment in the state.
The American obsession with barbecue is funny because Anthony Bourdain would always say "every culture in the world barbecues, but only one culture I've encountered pretends that barbecuing is their unique thing that they do best." But Americans love to pretend they were the only country that had the bright idea of cooking meat on a flame with spices and other over powering flavours to cover up the low quality meat
@osp80 well let's see what the Oxford English Dictionary says... "a meal or gathering at which meat, fish, or other food is cooked, usually alongside strong flavours or spices, out of doors on a rack over an open fire, or more recently specialised equipment" And what does the Dictionary of Culinary Arts (Cambridge press, 2008) say? "a method of cooking meat out of doors over an open flame, usually with spices and/or other flavourings, common to almost every culture on earth"
@osp80 Spain? You go by what the Spanish think? Or are you going further back to the Arowak people? Because while that's a debated link (in recent years the scholarship has come under attack) the Carribean makes more sense. Or are you trying to use the Timucua? Because in that case, the 2017 update to the OED completely discounts that claim, it comes from a word list of both Timucua and Arowak words, however they can now say definitively that barbacoa is an Arowak word not Timucua. And even if you did try and argue that, all Barbacoa meant was "wooden frame on posts" and referred to drying meat. The country that coined the term barbecue in reference to cooking meat on an open flame, not drying meat on posts? SPAIN. so I guess you must mean the Spanish.
8:02 - "We set across this great land..." OK, now I'm imagining some Confederate version of Gandalf, Boromir, and a couple Hobbits traversing the landscape on a Quest for barbecue - Lord of the Grills.
Wait, Toby Keith has his own bar and grill? Oh for fuck's sake. *GOOGLES* Apparently, in the span on a year from 2014-2015, there were 18 abrupt closing of Toby Keith's I Love this Bar and Grill restaurants. BAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Once went out with a bunch of coworkers to Mission. We had a Canadian lady from the parent company down to do some stuff, and it was her first time there. She looked a little concerned to start, but it was about to get worse for her. It was 11:59, I watched her face change from concern to genuine alarm when the whole restaurant stopped, at noon sharp, to do the pledge and the national anthem. Had a look on her like she just got transported to Pyongyang.
The one at Patriot Place leads Massachusetts as the site of last drink for DUI convictions which is insane because it's only busy on football season weekends
Benghazi (the hub of the gun runnin from Libya to turkey to Wahhabi/Salafist Sunni extremists in Syria which phony wanna-be conservatives never seem to acknowledge, weirdly enough) was actually on September 11, 2012. Not 2011.
I wasn't aware that veterans had a hard to time getting jobs after leaving the service. I always thought they had an edge in the job market because soldiers make ideal employees. They are typically extremely punctual and well disciplined and they are obviously more than willing to submit to authority figures (I mean respect authority), AND since they were in the service they are used to getting a shitty salary, not to mention they are great for PR. I fail to see the downside to employers hiring veterans, where are these employers who discriminate against veterans?
I use to work here and it was fucking hell, the most culty and shitty cooperate culture ever and it sucks. the amount of bootlicking and imperialist ball coddling visibly on display in the store was enough to make any sane person barf up the terrible $15 beef brisket they just ate.
I think it's probably because of the EU's GDPR legislation, but I tried to access their website and it told me I was blacklisted based on living in the UK. :( I wanna see!
6:00 I know this is pointing out the obvious, but replace every instance in that mission statement of all-caps OUR with WHITE for the same meaning, just a little more honest.
There is a Mission Bbq near my job. Imagine a TGIFridays, but instead of the Doctor Who telephone booth and a half a bicycle on the wall, it is state trooper leather jackets and firefighter helmets
I’ve actually been to one of these. When I walked in my eyes were overstimulated by a bunch of shapes and colors that completely covered the walls. When I looked closer I realized all the shapes were police badges. The food itself was good though.
I was a firefighter in my 20’s and people did attack us quite often. There was a shooting in the city I worked for where a dude went insane, lit his home on fire and killed the cop who got there first, then started shooting at the firefighters. I actually listened to it in real time on the radio. Mission BBQ is still kind of cringe.
I went to a Mission BBQ once because there's been one near me for years and I decided why not. The ribs are absolutely fall of the bone and incredibly tender. They're really good. Their mac and cheese was the saddest, wettest side I'd ever had. There are a ton of sauces on the table that you can pick from, which was also pretty good. Finally, do you like white people? I mean, do you enjoy staring at white people no matter where you turn your head? Good news! It's wall to wall pictures of troops from all of the wars! Hundreds and hundreds of troops. The only non-white people I saw among them was a Black cop (and I had to look for him) and Colin Powell.
My parents insist on getting BBQ from mission because its the closest to their house and it sucks. But to be fair its Maryland so the BBQ is all mid anyways
lmao, 14:10: "well, one of the things to give [Kerry] credit for is he got destroyed and said 'I'm not going to run again... He didn't go into the woods and come out and be like 'well lets talk about everyone who betrayed me"
Benghazi was on 9/11 in 2012, not 2011. Romney had just started talking about it around the time of the 2012 presidential debates, which were in September 2012.
The Unit I was in had a deal with a mission bbq that they would bring us lunch once a month and we would volunteer at their restaurant to do some Drills and Ceremony. It was just okay.
idk why they don't have the king of prussia, PA location listed but I drive by it all the time so who the fuck knows how many locations they actually have
Not gonna lie. Its pretty good for a bbq place in mentor ohio. They personally dont have troop or military tchotchkes in your face. Or none that i noticed
This place is in the city where I go to college in Murfreesboro TN. I had only heard about it from overhearing a conversation between to guys who had a frat meeting there. So much makes sense now.
They blacklisted Germany from visiting their site hahahah
it feels like someone's whispering the N word in your ear the entire time
If you tip a lil extra the servers will actually do it, too
@@videogamenostalgia hell yeah
I worked for the ad agency that did their initial logo and branding. Coincidentally we were called Mission Media. They requested the same color scheme and typeface as OUR brand and when we said no, they went to another agency and just used it anyway. I don't remember how it was settled legally. Needless to say, those guys suck.
I know this is a three years old comment, but that’s awesome, Lmao.
So I went into the one in the Chattanooga area. The food was meh and I was wearing a "Viva Fidel" shirt and ...idk nothing funny happened
Mission bbq is really good.
mrsme1234 The food is pretty good tbh, get it for a good price.
A good name for a troop-themed restaurant would be "The Meat Grinder."
That name, but a troop-themed strip club
It’s decorated like the inside of an Osprey
>Grinder
lol
They play the national anthem every day at noon, fyi
What the fuck
Crowdfunding a trip to my nearest "mission bbq" where I kneel at noon.
Big Ten Network just made a segment about this place being a popular spot frequented by University of Maryland students. Somehow I doubt that.
"nOrTh KoReA iS a DyStOpIaN sHiThOlE wHy CaNt ThEy Be LiKe The UsA?????"
@@MiguelBricaBrac the food is actually really good in all honesty
"Every restaurant is opened because someone did too much cocaine "
From watching some episodes of Kitchen Nightmares (US), I agree
I'm a civi living near a base and Mission BBQ is here. I ate there. The food is good. I went during lunch time and was eating my pulled pork when the national anthem started over the speaker system. It caught me off guard and everyone stopped eating, stood up and put their hand over there heart. I was dumbfounded. I have no problem with the military theme, the decorations and strident messaging. They're a private business and can make whatever business they want but I paid (more than it was worth btw) for my lunch and wanted to eat in peace. To feel pressured to stand and show respect to the country for some inflated jingoistic sense of importance really put me off. Everyone had stopped what they were doing in the restaurant, the cooks, the servers, the patrons. They all stopped to pay honor. The only thing I can relate it to is when I was traveling in the middle east when prayer bells would ring and everything stopped. Mission BBQ is a commercial patriotic fetishising theocracy.
Why do you hate the troops, you liberal marx-loving Islamic communist?
I wouldn't get up, unless it were to leave.
Muuro Islamic communists love pulled pork?
>as a civi
I don't think any military personnel outside of the most motto boots would actually put up with shit like that.
Are foreigners required to stand up too? If they don't, will the nearest patriots assault them?
"NO MUSLIM SOLDIERS ALLOWED!"
Someone open a Korean BBQ restaurant next to them.
mrsme1234 Yes. It’ll be hilariously ironic and steal their business. I mean look at just the exterior. That’s the most depressing restaurant ever. Why would soldiers want to feel more depressed and be reminded of their service when they’re just trying to eat. Poor business decisions.
How about a Vietnamese restaurant, instead?
darkasthegrave You ruined the joke.
@@rust44 The joke is that the Vietnamese wiped the floor with the troops, as did the Koreans.
@@manysnakes are you dumb? America lost the Vietnam war yeah but never did US troops suffer decisive defeat at the hands of the Vietnamese. In fact, every force on force engagement between US and NVA troops resulted in US victory. Korea was a straight up win. Face it, Commies suck dick in pitched battles
"Wherever people are dying of fentanyl overdoses there's a Mission BBQ" is really good.
I'll have the Benghazi burger with a side of Fallujah fries
Do they serve lamb mines?
Company of Gyros.
There’s a burger joint where everything is named like 1960s Batman sound effects. They have a P.O.W. Burger, and all I could think about was how that burger violated the Geneva convention
if I was a flag-waving, eagle-loving patriot, I'd be pissed that corporate America is using my love for my country to take my money. it's honestly pretty disgusting.
No no it's all good. Corporations are people now apparently so that make it ok?
if you were a flag waving patriot you’d love it
@@jinpayne it's watering down the meaning of patriotism by using it as a marketing tool. They're even using 911 to sell pulled pork.
America's corporate monoculture is the only thing about America that those people like
dont act like right-wing nationalism, esp in this fuckin country, isnt already fucking marketing to its core
They have blacklisted the entire UK from accessing their website rofl
lol why?
@@spleen5527they are still salty over 1812
What countries haven't they blacklisted?
Of course they did, we fought an entire war to keep you goddman UKommies from taking our guns!!!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@@gusblessen5915 you're joking, right.
The burning Baghdad burger, the slaughtered salafist sandwich, the Proud Patriot's Pie, so many items
Don't forget MOAB (Mother Of All Burgers)..
Agent orange sunrise
sippin on a lockheed martini
@@jeffsartadventure3634 the mwrap
Their Stealth Bomblette is pretty good too
Mission bbq catered my wedding. Great food. I’m in Baltimore and when the guy said anywhere people are dying of fetynal you’ll find a mission i lost it
Yeah... and?
It's kinda funny how widespread they are in MD. I see those BBQ trucks roll down the beltway every so often.
Before it closed in 2016 Toby Keith's I Love This Bar and Grill in Massachusetts had the highest rate of patrons leaving and getting DUIs out of any establishment in the state.
"We believe their is nothing more American than a Barbecue"
[Angry Australian Noise]
HERESY
Angry didgeridoo sounds
The American obsession with barbecue is funny because Anthony Bourdain would always say "every culture in the world barbecues, but only one culture I've encountered pretends that barbecuing is their unique thing that they do best."
But Americans love to pretend they were the only country that had the bright idea of cooking meat on a flame with spices and other over powering flavours to cover up the low quality meat
@osp80 well let's see what the Oxford English Dictionary says...
"a meal or gathering at which meat, fish, or other food is cooked, usually alongside strong flavours or spices, out of doors on a rack over an open fire, or more recently specialised equipment"
And what does the Dictionary of Culinary Arts (Cambridge press, 2008) say? "a method of cooking meat out of doors over an open flame, usually with spices and/or other flavourings, common to almost every culture on earth"
@osp80 Spain? You go by what the Spanish think?
Or are you going further back to the Arowak people? Because while that's a debated link (in recent years the scholarship has come under attack) the Carribean makes more sense.
Or are you trying to use the Timucua? Because in that case, the 2017 update to the OED completely discounts that claim, it comes from a word list of both Timucua and Arowak words, however they can now say definitively that barbacoa is an Arowak word not Timucua. And even if you did try and argue that, all Barbacoa meant was "wooden frame on posts" and referred to drying meat.
The country that coined the term barbecue in reference to cooking meat on an open flame, not drying meat on posts? SPAIN. so I guess you must mean the Spanish.
If you live near an Army base, u know there is far crazier military themed shit all over the place near them, foor real
Harold Diaz but its crazier because these things are outside of bases
I'm talking about like a 5 to 10 mile radius around a given base, Kriskazam
Like what?
@@harolddiaz1224 The crazy military themed shit. I'm genuinely curious.
its seriously not rare at all in the usa look up how many military & marine bases there are bruh
8:02 - "We set across this great land..." OK, now I'm imagining some Confederate version of Gandalf, Boromir, and a couple Hobbits traversing the landscape on a Quest for barbecue - Lord of the Grills.
Wait, Toby Keith has his own bar and grill? Oh for fuck's sake.
*GOOGLES*
Apparently, in the span on a year from 2014-2015, there were 18 abrupt closing of Toby Keith's I Love this Bar and Grill restaurants.
BAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
I got a free cheeseburger from the one he had in Vegas.
Totally made my years in the Army worth all the bullshit.
@@romanmanner You're probably like fuck, I'll take an MRE over this dry ass, flavorless hamburger.
Kyle Kinane has an exceptionally good bit about this topic
"So this IS like Andre's Steak House"
"Eat like you give a damn!"
that line fucking killed me
the aesthetic is awful, but not gonna lie, the one near Great Lakes is fire, I'd put up with the atmosphere to eat there again it was worth it
Why give money to these people? It’s really not that good
Lol I went to see the website and got "403: Access Forbidden Your location (GB) has been blacklisted"
That was actually a year before Benghazi, it was 9/11/12
MISSION BBQ DID BENGHAZI
These guys don't really know many FACTS
Support the troops with our Dessert Storm
Uncle
Once went out with a bunch of coworkers to Mission. We had a Canadian lady from the parent company down to do some stuff, and it was her first time there. She looked a little concerned to start, but it was about to get worse for her. It was 11:59, I watched her face change from concern to genuine alarm when the whole restaurant stopped, at noon sharp, to do the pledge and the national anthem. Had a look on her like she just got transported to Pyongyang.
there could be one of those eating contest things where you win money or something for finishing them called wings of mass destruction
Wait, people got mad at Kerry for ordering a philly cheese steak with swiss rather than doing anything short of calling for them to be outlawed?
Dude they shredded Obama on fake Fox News for ordering mustard on his burger.
How do more people not remember this?
m.sfgate.com/politics/article/Steak-ups-the-stakes-for-Kerry-in-Philly-Dainty-2561395.php
There's still Toby Keith bars in Las Vegas, Oklahoma (THREE LOCATIONS) and... near Patriots Stadium. Because of course.
The one at Patriot Place leads Massachusetts as the site of last drink for DUI convictions which is insane because it's only busy on football season weekends
That vehicle scares me, I don’t care that it says ‘USO’ on it.
Subversively Surreal that car is straight out of "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
It’s not paranoia, it’s the USO
Every hour they play the anthem and everyone has to turn to a flag which descends OUT OF THE CEILING and put their hands over their hearts.
Benghazi (the hub of the gun runnin from Libya to turkey to Wahhabi/Salafist Sunni extremists in Syria which phony wanna-be conservatives never seem to acknowledge, weirdly enough) was actually on September 11, 2012. Not 2011.
Guy Fieri is actually a good chef, people just like making fun of him because he looks funny
the best reason to make fun of someone
Thank you for your CUSTOMER service, Pvt Dckwad. Now can you bring us 12 wings? Cool bro
Question: Will they still serve you if you kneel for the anthem?
I wasn't aware that veterans had a hard to time getting jobs after leaving the service. I always thought they had an edge in the job market because soldiers make ideal employees. They are typically extremely punctual and well disciplined and they are obviously more than willing to submit to authority figures (I mean respect authority), AND since they were in the service they are used to getting a shitty salary, not to mention they are great for PR. I fail to see the downside to employers hiring veterans, where are these employers who discriminate against veterans?
Maybe cause they got mental problems or something Idk
Have these guys not heard of the Olive Garden?
CLASSIC STOLEN VALOR
The sad part is that the food is actually good...
And I can't stop myself from going back cause I like it so much...
@@jellosapiens7261 same lol
I use to work here and it was fucking hell, the most culty and shitty cooperate culture ever and it sucks. the amount of bootlicking and imperialist ball coddling visibly on display in the store was enough to make any sane person barf up the terrible $15 beef brisket they just ate.
I didn't know Mission was a chain. My son and I call it The Fascist barbecue place.
I think it's probably because of the EU's GDPR legislation, but I tried to access their website and it told me I was blacklisted based on living in the UK. :( I wanna see!
lmfao
Vilerat was a good mod!
Lol I bet this guy's are lefties. 😂
vilerat, he was awesome, his moderation was so good
lmao was pretty shocked to hear him namedropped
Bad tat tho
I hate war but Mission BBQ is good af 😋
swiss cheese is perfectly acceptable, it's the 3rd or 4th most common for steaks after american, whiz, and provolone
UN-AMERICAN.
6:00 I know this is pointing out the obvious, but replace every instance in that mission statement of all-caps OUR with WHITE for the same meaning, just a little more honest.
My troop themed food - Sempera Fri (Semper Fi and tempura fry)
Their BBQ isn’t half bad, its somewhere between sonnys and a god tier BBQ trailer/hole in the wall.
While their website no longer has 9/11 on the front page, there is a section highlighting individual employees called "The Servant's Heart."
Ugh.
Mission BBQ is the most tasteless BBQ I’ve ever eaten. There’s nothing memorable about the restaurant especially their references to of course 9/11.
it's pretty good BBQ tho
There is a Mission Bbq near my job. Imagine a TGIFridays, but instead of the Doctor Who telephone booth and a half a bicycle on the wall, it is state trooper leather jackets and firefighter helmets
I’ve actually been to one of these. When I walked in my eyes were overstimulated by a bunch of shapes and colors that completely covered the walls. When I looked closer I realized all the shapes were police badges. The food itself was good though.
I actually didn’t know about the whole performative patriotism thing, but I gotta say Mission BBQ is fucking tasty, so at least the food is good
I drove past one of these in CT last summer. I couldn’t believe it was a) real and b) still around.
Who is the annoying hole who just cackles loudly and mechanically over everything everyone is saying?
They didn't mention this, but everyday at noon everyone MUST drop what their doing and salute while the national anthem plays
It is amazing
No you dont HAVE to.
its brainwash @@boringmir2
I was a firefighter in my 20’s and people did attack us quite often. There was a shooting in the city I worked for where a dude went insane, lit his home on fire and killed the cop who got there first, then started shooting at the firefighters. I actually listened to it in real time on the radio.
Mission BBQ is still kind of cringe.
Hamburger Hill! Such a layup!
It's not a special anniversary. It just took me 10 years to figure out how to make garlic bread.
I went to a Mission BBQ once because there's been one near me for years and I decided why not. The ribs are absolutely fall of the bone and incredibly tender. They're really good. Their mac and cheese was the saddest, wettest side I'd ever had. There are a ton of sauces on the table that you can pick from, which was also pretty good. Finally, do you like white people? I mean, do you enjoy staring at white people no matter where you turn your head? Good news! It's wall to wall pictures of troops from all of the wars! Hundreds and hundreds of troops. The only non-white people I saw among them was a Black cop (and I had to look for him) and Colin Powell.
_The world is full of rubes, and conservative rubes are the best._ --- Unknown con man
the "Highway of Death" is a flight of bottom-shelf whiskeys
My parents insist on getting BBQ from mission because its the closest to their house and it sucks. But to be fair its Maryland so the BBQ is all mid anyways
Firemen still get killed in my country, France. I don't know about the US, but I'm willing to bet it happens too.
lmao, 14:10:
"well, one of the things to give [Kerry] credit for is he got destroyed and said 'I'm not going to run again... He didn't go into the woods and come out and be like 'well lets talk about everyone who betrayed me"
Braised Blackwater Fish?
If I went to a restaurant and saw a wall of "remember the fallen", my first thought would be about the food quality or worker safety there. =P
The thing is... their food is actually pretty good!
Benghazi was on 9/11 in 2012, not 2011. Romney had just started talking about it around the time of the 2012 presidential debates, which were in September 2012.
I have to say, I live in an area in NY with lots of fentanyl overdoses. I’m glad to say we don’t have a mission BBQ
"The Benghazi Connection" - isn't that one of those spy/special ops thrillers? ;)
The Unit I was in had a deal with a mission bbq that they would bring us lunch once a month and we would volunteer at their restaurant to do some Drills and Ceremony. It was just okay.
Very funny the way you capitalize operator speak vs just typing normally like a human would
Sir we have tactically ascertained the barbecue sauce
Oh how I do enjoy jalapeñoed poppers
"Location, Location, Location" 🍖🇺🇸
Waiting for BBQ-Anon
idk why they don't have the king of prussia, PA location listed but I drive by it all the time so who the fuck knows how many locations they actually have
Not gonna lie. Its pretty good for a bbq place in mentor ohio. They personally dont have troop or military tchotchkes in your face. Or none that i noticed
Mission bbq creator was co owner of Under Armor.
Mission BBQ is catering at my State Democratic Party fundraiser (in Maryland - home of Mission BBQ)
It's a knock off of Rudy's, but to be honest I like the food from both. Rudy's just isn't ad cheesy.
I’ll have the Twin Tower Special and the waterboard with a lemon squeeze 🤔🧐
I’ve been to the exact place in the thumbnail, food goes hard unfortunately
setting aside the MURICA aspect, I went to one of these once, bbq so dry it was like fucking sawdust.
This place is in the city where I go to college in Murfreesboro TN. I had only heard about it from overhearing a conversation between to guys who had a frat meeting there. So much makes sense now.
We have a knockoff called Warrior Wings. Have not been in, but I believe the vibe is similar.
They opened one of these by my house in Tampa. Horrible food overpriced too
The whole website is blocked in New Zealand, the fuck.
Got a Mission BBQ here in Peoria, IL. Just saw it yesterday.
Call it Latzo Matzo because we fought that war for Israel.
Patriotic theme restaurant isn’t new or surprising
"bush era culture fucking ruled" a+ way to end the edit
Every day at noon they all stop and listen to the national anthem