Tangy barbecue sauce slathered over pork, chicken or beef is always in season, but there's something about a scorching hot day that can send you straight to a platter of finger-licking barbecue. Here are some neighborhood barbecue spots where there's plenty of sauce and extra napkins.
This long-time Phoenix barbecue spot specializes in the Chicago-style sauce that's thinner and more tart than its sweeter and thicker cousins. The eatery serves pork spare ribs, beef brisket and pork butt sliced or whole along with chicken and wings.
They bottle and sell the barbecue sauce here that covers everything from an 18-hour smoked beef brisket to chicken, pork, beef and ribs. This upscale barbecue and steakhouse offers a variety of combo plates plus the “whole hog” platter that has a sampling of everything. Try the pecan coleslaw. You leave with a sack of fresh mini beignets.
Stacy Phipps makes his own barbecue sauce and smokes his roasts in deep pits. Get barbecue pork and beef ribs, and chicken with sides like homemade cornbread and hush puppies.
Chopped beef and pork brisket slathered in your choice of a vinegar-based barbecue sauce or the traditional sweet, thicker sauce is a house favorite. Collard greens and hush puppies are the sides of choice.
A West Valley favorite, Dillon's serves St. Louis-style spare ribs and slow-smoked pulled pork, smoked chicken, turkey and beef brisket with a choice of Cajun, sweet or mild barbecue sauces.
This restaurant in downtown Gilbert is housed in a building that's more than 70 years old. Its homespun feeling is only enhanced by the menu, which is dominated by delicious meats cooked in a barbecue pit fired with pecan wood. Choose from barbecue sandwiches and combination plates with side dishes such as macaroni and cheese, potato salad and applesauce.
The restaurant has the best sports memorabilia in town and first rate baby back ribs. Hearty eaters can opt for the barbecue platters that combine ribs and chicken. You have a choice of the traditional barbecue sauce or a sauce with a Southwestern kick.
It's a chain based in Minnesota, but it goes to a lot of trouble to look like an authentic joint. You'll find barbecue sandwiches slathered with sauce; baby-back barbecue and St. Louis-style ribs, and barbecue chicken. The sides won't let you down.
Satisfy your craving for barbecue, with brisket, Southern pulled pork and smoked ham. Offers family-size platters and sides such as coleslaw, potato salad, jalapeño beans and waffle fries. Sandwiches and a kids menu also are available.
Serves a popular pulled pork and coleslaw sandwich. Eatery also specializes in barbecue chicken and a signature brisket sandwich served with grilled onions, sweet peppers, mushrooms, cheese and bordelaise sauce.
Here's where you can try the barbecued duck with its moist, meaty and fragrantly seasoned sauce. Barbecued pork comes three ways: crispy spareribs, honey-glazed pork and suckling roast pork.
Order the barbecue platter with chicken, pork and beef. Also serves sandwiches and sides such as corn-on-the-cob and coleslaw. Takeout is available.
