Tjs Backyard Bbq - Roanoke

PHENOMENAL! The ribs and hush puppies were our favorite. Simply fantastic!

I was so excited to try this place- mostly because of all the 5star reviews, but also... I was starving for ribs.Let me first say, this place and its menu is def authentic backyard BBQ! I could smell the love and time that goes into cooking their food long before I got there. Service was great- dude was polite and helpful- prices were what I expected.My reason for 3stars is this: I ordered a half rack. There was barely any sauce at all on the ribs....like, VERY minimal. Meat did not fall off the bone like I had expected- actually, the meat was way more dry than juicy. Also,there was quite a bit of dry rub or seasoning...I might even say excessive-which, in turn, obviously caused the ribs to be super salty. The rub was very, very, very hot...spicy hot. I can 't remember a time when I 've had to grab a drink in the middle of eating ribs because my mouth was uncomfortably burning. They were out of Mac and cheese...and this was around 2pm. Perhaps that 's normal,as I hear it 's awesome. I ordered green beans instead and they were phenomenal. As for the ribs...I was truly disappointed. Im no Rib Expert, nor do I claim to be, so maybe super salty hot n spicy with minimal sauce is how they 're supposed to be.?...idk.Perhaps I just got a funky batch or it was just an off day....I will most definitely try this place again because I want to be fair, but I also wanted to be honest in my review.

Man that cool-aid though???????????I'm going to need a gal of that fam!!

The food is awesome I would recommend and the young people are awesome as well I would recommend this to anyone go there you won't be disappointed

When the smoker sits outside the front door you have arrived at heaven! Tj’s was welcoming and felt like family. Food was over the top good. Had pulled pork and pulled chicken sandwiches. We will drive to tj’s from md again