Quest Log No 64 – O Taste and See BBQ
Madison, Madison County
To name a mobile BBQ stand after a
Bible verse (Psalm 34:8, “O taste and see that the LORD is good”) is probably
one of those things you have to expect here in the Bible belt. But that kind of
commits you to serve a most righteous BBQ, too. Well, their motto “Experience
Real Smoke Taste” is certainly a step in the right direction. Actually, if they
would add the word “Strong” after “Real”, that statement would be the absolute
truth. I never had any BBQ were there was such an intense and prominent smoke
flavor in the meat. Not that this is a bad thing, not at all. But it makes you
think – either the guys have found the holy grail of BBQ and developed a
smoking process that is much superior over everything else, or … well, they
found other means to infuse their meat with that kind of overwhelming smoke
aroma. The pulled pork I had also tasted as if mixed with some BBQ sauce. All
in all very flavorful, and very, very smoky. The meat was succulent, although
with some big blotches of fat in it. But those were easy to spot and I could
remove them right away. The pork plate I had came with two sauces, a mild one
and a spicy one that was more like a more sour version of the former, instead
of real hot. The thick red mild sauce was a very nicely balanced sweet’n’sour affair
with a nice round aroma, and it was so good that I scooped the rest up with the
slice of toast that came with the meal.
Also, the potato salad and the cole
slaw I choose as the two sides were top notch. The potato salad had a very nice
mustardy tang to it, and the slaw came with sour crème dressing and with just
the right amount of vinegar and salt and pepper so that the cabbage aroma was
still noticeable. The whole meal, with a can of soda, was not really cheap – I
paid about eleven bucks for it. And although the portion size was not that big,
the quality of the food kind of justified the price. My wife had the brisket
plate with BBQ beans and green beans, and she had quite the same experience –
the brisket had a lot of fat on it on the outside, which was easily removed,
the taste of the meat was very smoky and very flavorful, it was succulent, and
the sides were top notch.
The stand is really mobile, setting
up at the East Madison Shopping Center
on Hughes Road
from Tuesday through Thursday, at Jordan
Lane in front of Trees n Trends on Friday, and at
the Corner of Winchester Road & Naugher in the Sunoco Parking Lot on
Saturdays. That is certainly a lot of work for the really nice folks who own
this business, and I hope they can establish a good customer base and make a
good living with that nomadic life style. But they seem to love what they are
doing, and it shows in their quality food. It is righteous BBQ, after all.
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