Smokey Joe's Bbq - Dallas

Depending on the chef, determines the serving size and flavor of your meal. Not a fan of inconsistent tasting food from restaurants. BBQ was not bad, expected for the Trinity family meal be enough for me to share with my 2 small children. The servings were larger last time I ate here. Slightly disappointed. I 'll give it another try, eventually.

Very much enjoyed our meal here today. And the young lady taking orders could not have been nicer helping us with info to make our decisions. A couple of things to be aware of before you go. There are numerous images and details about their menu out there-Google, etc.-that are not accurate. They are no longer offering meat+sides plates or mixed meat pounds or half pounds. Or mixed meat sandwiches from what I saw. Everything sold separately. Also, daily specials have changed and on Fri. Sat. they are offering a separate menu of sides including cucumber salad, corn bread, plus others. Sorry I didn?t take note of all of these. All that being said, the food we ordered was very good with small things bringing the rating down. We ordered the following: Half pound moist brisket Pork spareribs-more on this later One Texas link Cucumber salad Potato salad One cornbread All this came with homemade pickles, pickled onions, raw onions, white bread, and sliced jalapenos. A crazy amount of food. The brisket was a generous half pound of beautiful moist beef with a close to perfect peppery bark. Light smoke ring but top notch smoky flavor. But the meat definitely could have been more tender as it needed a bit of chewing to enjoy. Took away from the enjoyment a bit but only slowed us down a little. The sweetish sauce didn't really enhance the beef much. But that was not the case with the pork ribs. This sauce and pork combo was one of the best I can remember enjoying in a long time. No leftovers on these. Tender, moist, full pink smoke ring and excellent pull. Not overly falling off the bone. Outstanding. A note on the ribs-while the menu lists s price for a half pound they only sell them by the pound. I let the counter person know this would be too much and she let me know that if I ordered the rib sandwich-with the meat set apart from the bread, it would be a smaller portion. What we got was three lovely ribs and a couple extra slices of white bread. Anyway these ribs were the best thing we ate here. The link was small but well made and had good snap and a nice peppery flavor. Enjoyable. The sides were a bit of a miss IMO. The wife liked the potato salad as she loves pickled/vinegary things but I thought it tasted like mashed potatoes with mustard and pickle juice mixed in. I enjoy a much chunkier salad. The cucumber salad was slices of cucumber and chopped tomatoes drowning in what tasted like an Italian type dressing. Veggies were decently crisp but the dressing was overwhelming. Needs to be drained a bit before serving. The cornbread muffin was nice and fresh but not very light. A bit dense for my taste. Could have used a bit of butter or honey which I chose not to ask for since the counter was very busy. All this plus one drink came to just over $50 before tip. Pretty spendy but the food world is a bit out of whack all over due to supply reasons, etc. Another example-one beef rib here costs just over $30. They know what they are doing here and this i

Was introduced and loved to this place when moving to DFW. Wanted well bbq got the ribbed plate w/sides. Mac n cheese was good; beans were pretty good; Ribs were good this time, but not the best. I had not expected the big cuts, but they were fleshy and w/out a lot of fat.

So disappointing. I spent $37 on what?? Dry? Potato mud Mac and cheese hard bread and two slices. Try it yourself. You can eat better

Smokey Joe's is Texas Monthly Top 50 for a reason. Brisket, ribs and sausage are excellent. Brisket is perfectly seasoned and so delicate. BBQ sauce is really good, but completely unnecessary. Will DEFINITELY be back!