A1 and I are big fans of ribs. He was off work one random
day and we decided to meet (or meat) for lunch at ChuckWagon Charlie’s. I knew
of its existence, but hadn’t ever been there, although A1 had been there a
number of times in the past. Since it was in a strip mall, I knew it had a shot
of being decent BBQ.
I had to go with a half slab of ribs and a couple of sides –
BBQ baked beans and also Mac n Cheese. A1 got the rib tips and some fried potatoes.
I had a good feeling about these.
The ribs were pretty good. Not Top 10 in the world good, but
I was happy with them. They had a ice bark on them without being burnt and the
dry rub on them was really good. Not much gristle on these and the meat had
good flavor without a hint of liquid smoke on them. Great work, Charlie. The
mac and cheese was decent, but at the very least, it didn’t taste like
cafeteria mac n cheese. The baked beans were also slightly above average, so
overall, this was a pretty good plate of food.
A1 gave me a couple bites of his rib tips and I was really
impressed with them. I usually steer away (pun intended) from rib tips because
you kind of never know what you’re going to end up with. Sometimes, you get
some fatty bits, sometimes you get some gristle, sometimes, you get all burnt
cinders. These were all meat and had wonderful flavor. If this is their usual
showing of rib tips, then I’d for sure get these next time. The fried taters
were also really good – obviously not as good as my Alabama grandma made, but
still pretty good.
This place was kind of a sleeper surprise for me. And now
that I know that I’ll get really good bbq here, I’ll be back with some friends.
Not enough for a Top 5 list, but everything was above
average, so it would have gotten a more positive than negative list.
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