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| - We headed in to Bobbee O's with a Groupon in hand on a quiet Saturday night. I had read from previous reviews that the place had limited seating, no AC, and mediocre sides so we decided to just spend all our cash on meat and bring it home with us.
Bobbee O's is a bit challenging to find, and even more tricky to locate the parking area. Bobbee O's is attached to a few other strip stores, so it definitely blends in and doesn't stand out. The inside is very tiny, with two small tables and a small standing/stool area if you want to eat inside. Not that you would, since it's cramped and without any AC it's pretty dang hot in there (especially with the heat from the semi-open kitchens right there too.) But don't let the ambiance fool you...the 'Q is pretty dang tastetacular.
We ordered half a rack of babyback ribs and a whole bbq chicken, most of which was covered by our Groupon. The guy running the register and getting our food was pretty friendly, and we only waited a few minutes until our meat was ready for the trip home.
The ribs were simply fantastic, and almost everything that bbq ribs should be. The meat was extremely tender and had that fall off the bone quality you come to expect from babybacks.The real kicker is the sauce...IT IS AMAZING!!! Being a Yankee transplant, I haven't fully fallen in love with Carolina's vinegar-based sauces yet, and prefer my sauces to be thicker and sweeter. Bobbee O has got that down pat with a great sauce that is a bit thick, a tad beet sweet, AND has a touch of heat to it. That heat is what sealed the deal for me. You don't taste it too much as you eat it, but after a couple of minutes you will start to feel a slight tingle on your lips from the residual sauce heat doing its thing. The one thing that the ribs lacked were any smoked flavoring. I like to be able to taste that smokeyness when I bite into bbq meats, and these ribs were just missing that little something.
Now it doesn't happen often, but I preferred the chicken to the pork! The bbq chicken was a full chicken split in half, so I got the tasty legs and thighs and the miss' got the white breast meat she prefers. I found the flavor of the chicken to be a tad smokier than the pork, and the sauce really complimented the chicken. It was super moist and the chicken pulled right off the bone, which made it very easy to split between us.
Bobbee O's is a bit of a hike for us to grab meat and then bring it home, but it will be a tempting thought. While the meat wasn't the best I would like it to be, the sauce more than makes up for it. Heck, I'm might even go back there one day just to snag a couple of bottles of sauce! Perhaps next time I might give some of the sides a whirl, though based on other reviews here I'm not missing much. Bobbee O's is definitely a solid bbq meat center, and I would be returning more often if it was closer to where I live in Huntersville. I would just recommend getting the food to go since the interior doesn't make for the most comfortable dining experience.
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