Skip it. Go to Stanley's and Sunbird. Sorry, @TXSooner518. Or go. I mean, it's a rib joint. It's a'ight.
So, Y'all's BBQ. It's a little shack near a house off of 31E near Tyler. A really friendly African-American family owns it. The sides are made from whatever is fresh in their backyard-garden. Homemade desserts. I think I paid $7 for a brisket-loaded baked potato and some sausage. I ate it over three days. So, yeah. This place fucks.
I suck and never have eaten at Pat Gee's. But Nick Pencis, who has owned Stanley's since 2004, used to be in a funk band called Greyhounds (an Austin band now). They released an album while they all were living in Tyler in the early 2000s, and one of the songs on the album was about Pat Gee's. Nick was one of the first few people I met when I moved to Tyler. I remember Stanley's when they first built the deck (no roof). I used to get calls to help supply mics and mic stands when they'd try to have live music in the early days.
This is my older son. He ended up working for Stanley's for two years when he was in high school. His first concert and past his bedtime.