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| - I had lunch at Fort Mill BBQ on a Saturday. The restaurant was about 1/3 to 1/2 full. You order at the counter and they bring your food out to you. I ordered the three meat combo as I wanted to try all the meats, pork, brisket, and ribs. Combo plates also come with two sides. I got the mac n cheese and baked beans. It was pretty pricey at $18.50, but not out of line with other BBQ restaurants. My food came out pretty quickly.
There was a good size portion of pork & ribs (3 bones), but the brisket portion was pretty skimpy, only two slices of brisket. Also the ribs had a mustard based sauce brushed on them and were sitting on top of the brisket so that the sauce dripped down on the brisket. I'm not too picky, but I do like to choose which sauce goes on which meat. The ribs were very disappointing. They were cooked enough to be done, but nowhere near long enough to be any good. I couldn't really taste any smoke flavor and there was no smoke ring visible. Eating these ribs was like eating a pork chop.
The brisket was tender and moist with a nice smoke ring. The flavor was also pretty good. I just wished they had given me more than two slices. Also the mustard BBQ sauce that had dripped on them was also not the best. The pulled pork was a good sized portion and looked good with visible pieces of bark. It was a little dry, but just barely. The flavor was pretty good. They had several types of sauces on the table, a thin vinegar based sauce, a mustard based sauce, what looked to be a mustard/tomato combo and a tomato based sauce. All of the sauces were pretty good, I liked the mustard/tomato combo the best.
The mac n cheese was very good. It is homemade and baked in an oven. The serving I got had a lot of the melted brown cheese from the top in it and was great. The baked beans looked and tasted like they had just been spooned out of a can. I could see that they had tried to spice them up a little, but that attempt failed.
Overall my visit was OK. If I came back I would skip the ribs and brisket and just get a pulled pork sandwich. But I probably won't be back as there are much better BBQ places to go to.
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