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| - Smoky's House is a welcome addition to the area, my only complaints are that their about the same price point as Hickory River BBQ, but then they have table service, which means you have to tip in addition to the meal you receive; this is something I take into consideration when going out to eat. If I'm paying to tip someone, I'm expecting another notch up on the experience, it should be a really special meal and I don't think this quite makes it. As a result this will cause me to dine here less. Also, they bring your your meat without the sauce, the sauce is offered in a variety of flavors and hotness, the problem is that the sauce is room-temperature cool, which I don't like on my hot meat. The particular day that I was there, it was fairly busy and I wasn't able to get my refill very quickly, in fact she told me she was going to get it and became distracted with other customers and didn't get my refill to me until my food was gone; I don't like eating without having something to drink, I almost didn't leave a tip, but thanks to my guilty conscience I left one anyway even though it's supposed to be based on performance. As far as I'm concerned, the wait staff doesn't do that much, the refill drink is the most crucial thing to me, if you're not going to let me get up to get it myself. The food was standard, but different than what you'll find in the area, so a nice addition to the variety. The meat (I had pulled pork) was very smokey flavored, I liked the texture, it was just about perfect really, I guess I would use a pasta term and call it al dente. The steak fries were fantastic, almost as good as the ones I miss from Pickles; crispy on the outside, fluffy on the inside and a nice natural flavor. I'll definitely go back, just not as often as I would like due to the additional costs. I hope they find a way to warm up their sauces or just add them to the meat to order.
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