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| - Being the owner of two Big Green Eggs, I usually make these meats at home, but seeing it is summer here (enough said), it is really nice to be able to go out for this instead of doing it myself all day.
Hubby had the outlaw burger and I shared my meat plate with him. We also had sides of mac and cheese, yams and corn nuggets. First off, hubby loved his burger. I had one bite and it was good, but too much like meatloaf for me both in taste and texture. I like that they smoked the burger. We do that at home as well and there is nothing better. Next visit hubby is getting the meatloaf he said. Something about loaded mashed potatoes.......yum.
I really enjoyed the brisket, it was moist and had just the right amount of smoke infused into it. Some of it was cut too thick for my liking and as such, didn't have that tug and pull apart you expect, but thankfully, it wasn't served drenched in sauce, that is a no-no in my book.
The pulled pork was good, but not great. It lacked that smoky flavor but it was very moist. I have the same problem making this at home. It is difficult to get that smoke all the way into the deepest part of the meat. Their BBQ sauce was very nice, not too sweet or just tasting like spiced-up ketchup. The two together were nice and next time on a sandwich it is.
The chicken was also good, but my favorite for flavor was the homemade sausage. It was nice and smokey and had a great kick at the end. I would like the grind a bit finer though. The sides were all tasty. You could taste the cheese in the mac and cheese and it was not greasy at all. The yams were nice and chunky and sweet but not too sweet. The corn nuggets were perfect, nice and crunchy on the outside, tender and sweet on the inside. H&J on Eastern, take some lessons from this place on how to cook these.
We shared a banana pudding for dessert and it was creamy good, but I would have liked to see some banana slices in it. The vanilla wafers were nice and soaked with pudding goodness. I am not sure how we had room to eat it all, but we did. We took plenty of meat home for leftovers.
Will we be back? Yes, of course. This is by far the best BBQ we have had in Las Vegas so far. Just wish they were closer to home.
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