We knew we were going to get the food to go, there’s a nice park\/town square in Huntley, and it was a great day for a picnic lunch.<\/p>\n
I’ve been lucky to have been to some of the great BBQ centers in the US, including five of the restaurants in Lockhart, TX<\/a>, and a number of them along the Historic NC BBQ Trai<\/a>l, including BBQ Center in Lexington<\/a>, as well as stops in Memphis, St Louis and the rest.<\/p>\n I’m not comparing this place to any of those.<\/p>\n I started with the oversized pretzel for $6, “glazed with butter and salt” and a side of “our house-made cheese sauce.”\u00a0 It was the doughy type of pretzel, no exterior crispness. The cheese has some bite to it. The pretzel served me was devoid of any salt.<\/p>\n I ordered a hamburger, with bacon, cheddar, lettuce, tomato, and onion.\u00a0 Each “topping” was 75 cents, so that added nearly $4.00 to an $11 burger. Included with sandwiches are fries and a couple of bites of slaw.<\/p>\n The burger patty itself was good enough, “100% beef brisket” the menu claims. The bun was bakery soft, but ample enough to hold the toppings.<\/p>\n The fries are the extruded variety, and if you’re a regular reader, you already know those aren’t my favorites. I can’t imagine why any restaurant uses them. Price? Speed of cooking?<\/p>\n My coleslaw was non-descript, neither sweet, tangy, or creamy.\u00a0 Curiously, the dressing on mine was white, the dressing on my friend’s serving was yellow.\u00a0 There’s a “Q” place in the Mississippi delta, Abe’s<\/a>, I swear has the best slaw on the planet, and he swears the only ingredients are sugar and vinegar.\u00a0 I don’t believe him.\u00a0 (Abe’s has been open since 1924 and is located in Clarksdale, MS at the famous “Crossroads” where Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil in exchange for becoming a guitar virtuoso). (So the story goes).\u00a0 It’s only a ten-hour drive if you feel the urge.<\/p>\n On to the brisket.\u00a0 Sandwich came with fries, slaw, and cornbread. In my experience, brisket should be the star of any BBQ joint.\u00a0 It’s what some people work for years to perfect.<\/p>\n This shredded beef lacked much smoke flavor and was relatively sauceless.\u00a0 The texture was good, it was a nice cut of meat.<\/p>\n Finally, our “to-go bag” was missing the following:\u00a0 cutlery, salt\/pepper, napkins, sauce, butter, or honey for the cornbread.<\/p>\n There were two tables in use when we walked in, and one server. She did a good enough job and was very pleasant.<\/p>\n Why a burger for me?\u00a0 I like to see how restaurants do with menu items that aren’t their specialty.<\/p>\n I have friends who swear by this place, they just love it.\u00a0 You probably will too.\u00a0 All restaurants are having a tough time during the “difficulty,” but especially local mom and pops.\u00a0 Give them your biz, whether you choose to dine in, carry out, or have delivery.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Menu<\/a>.<\/p>\n Catering Menu<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n BBQ King Smokehouse Review<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BBQ King Smokehouse Review A friend wanted to check this place out, had never had brisket before and wanted to see what all the hubbub was about.\u00a0 So we drove out to the Huntley edition of the BBQ King Smokehouse, we could have opted for his other location, in Woodstock IL, as well.\u00a0 This… Continue reading BBQ King Smokehouse Review – Huntley, IL<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24247,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,12,16,25,1],"tags":[592,916,1841],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24248"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Salad Anyone?<\/h3>\n
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