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| - My girlfriend and I had a Groupon for here that we used several months ago. We went for a late lunch/early dinner on a Saturday.
Location: A bit out of the way and in an odd strip next to the Deer Valley Airport. Inside was a bit small and noisy. Location and bathrooms were clean.
Food: I had the pulled pork, brisket, and smoked sausage with coleslaw and bbq beans. The pulled pork was pretty good. Decent balance of flavor from the meat, seasoning, and smoke. The brisket is the best I've had outside of Texas. It was a bit dry but had a nice crust, a good smoky flavor, and went well with the sauces. I regretted making the sausage part of my sampler, as I felt I was gypped because there wasn't much of it. It was pretty standard restaurant sausage: better than what you buy at the grocery store but I've had better. The coleslaw was okay. The bbq beans seemed like they were canned beans that had been dressed up a bit but still tasted like they needed something added. With the addition of my favorite of their sauces to the mix, I thought the beans were pretty good. I can't recall much about their variety of sauces anymore but do recall my gf and I had a couple we both liked.
My girlfriend had the pulled pork, ribs, and chicken thigh with mac n' cheese and cornbread. She thought the pulled pork and ribs were pretty good. I ended up eating her chicken thigh because she was full and felt it was too smokey. I was actually pretty impressed with it. It wasn't dried out like a lot of smoked chicken and, while the smoke was the predominant flavor, I felt it suited the meat well. She really enjoyed her mac n' cheese and cornbread.
Staff: Friendly and helpful.
Summary: So far, this is my favorite barbecue place in the Phoenix-area. I haven't been back yet, but I do plan on going again in the near future and I always recommend it whenever anybody inquires about a good barbecue place in the valley.
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