Let me say this first I only got to try 1/2 lb of brisket at Big Ern's today but I am looking foward to my next stop in here. I would have ordered more but this was my second BBQ stop in an hour and was not expecting to cross paths with the place.
I ordered 1/2 lb of brisket I did ask for it to be .25 moist and .25 lean. I didn't get that but what I did get was the best brisket I have had in Vegas. I seemed to only get the brisket from the moist cut. No lean was to be found on my plate. As well the 1st plate came out with sauce. Yikes such a no no. They replaced it and we go from there. The 1st taste was really good. I have had better else where but not in Vegas. I will say am not sure they are trimming the briskets correctly though. Even though the taste is there and the smoke ring. It was lacking a great bark and it had a lot of fat the should have been trimmed. With my knowlegde of brisket I am pretty sure this was not trimmed down enough. Either that or the smoker they are using is not rendering down the fat enough. I will be back and look foward to trying more things at Big Ern's. Maybe even bump this up to a 4 on a rereview.
Didn't want to do complete update. It is staying a 3 lack of bark and to much fat. Best brisket in Vegas but that is not hard to do. For the ribs they are really good prob the best I have had in Vegas as well. The side, well just stay away from them. The mac is dry and lacks everything and the bbq beans well just wasn't a fan.
Just make sure to order without sauce or they will cover it.