Located in a strip mall. Manager is pleasant. Owners were working hard in the open kitchen during a light lunch rush. Decor is modern with several tables if you want to dine in. Pick Two $14 comes with 2 sides. Pick Three $16 comes with 2 sides. Each additional side is $2 and they come in 4oz? containers. They also have sandwich combos with one side or 1/2lbs of meat and 2 sides. I would say the portions sizes and prices are reasonable and roughly in-line with places like Mission BBQ, Proper Pig, and Woodstock.
Pulled Pork - Excellent. Moist, tender and I enjoyed the BBQ sauce with it. Good even when reheated the next day!
Beef Brisket - Moist and tender. Served in two long slices. Would have been great if it was not 2/3 fat. I mean, fat adds flavor, but this was just way too much. Just need to trim up their slices and it would be perfect.
Ribs - Tender, pulled off the bone easily, but not my favorite.
Kielbasa - Seemed okay, I don't care for kielbasa in general so no opinion on this.
Burnt Ends - I was expecting burnt ends like how Oak and Embers serves them, these leaned more towards little chunks of jerky. Not bad, but I would not get them again.
Coleslaw - Nice crunch. Has a taste of citrus to it. Really enjoyed this, and was disappointed that they only filled the container up half way.
Bread Pudding - Really enjoyed this even without the raisins. Very tasty!
Mac & Cheese - Great idea, not executed well enough though. It's saucy and has a crushed cracker topping but the cheese they use is bright orange and if I had to guess it's the kind you find in a bag at the convenience store that you pump into a tray for pretzels or nachos.
Cheesy Grits - Okay, but unfortunately they used that fake cheese sauce again.
Baked Beans - Not bad, but nothing special about these.
BBQ Sauce - Regular or Spicy. Nothing too crazy so don't expect potent smokey, sweet, vinegar, whatever notes. It's pretty simple but works well!
Cookie $1 - Normal sized and actually a really good chocolate chip cookie but super dry burnt ends that are baked into it did not work. Would not buy again unless they take out the burnt ends.
I was torn between a 3 and 4 star rating for Ribsticks. The texture of their pulled pork and brisket is perfect, but there is not a lot of flavor to it so don't expect to see much of a rub or smoke ring on the meats. Just add some of their BBQ sauce though and you'll be fine. I was happy to see that they did not over price their sides and I really enjoyed the coleslaw and bread pudding a lot. If they could make their cheese sauce from scratch I think that would make their mac & cheese phenomenal. Kick up their baked beans a notch with some more flavor and they would be really great too. I was told they were working on making corn bread which is something I always love to see at BBQ places.
Overall I think they have a pretty good start to things in the BBQ world. They are new so they do have some tweaking to do if they really want to rank high amongst their competitors, but I would definitely give them another try!