On the search for the best BBQ in CT brings us to HooDoo Brown BBQ in Ridgefield. The smell of burning wood smoke hits you as you walk to the entrance, from the smoking pits that are in front. Let’s…
Onion Rings; Smokin’ With Chris
While searching for the best BBQ in Connecticut, we stumbled across some truly amazing onion rings at Smokin’ With Chris in Southington. We’ve tried quite a few things here, with the BBQ being mostly, okay. There are some bright spots,…
Onion rings; Cool Hand Duke’s
Came for the BBQ, which was sparse, but surprised by the onion rings at Cool Hand Duke’s in New Milford. I heard of a BBQ place in the charming village of New Milford. But it isn’t really a BBQ place.…
Ribs; Ricky D’s Rib Shack
On the search for the best BBQ in Connecticut brings us to Ricky D’s Rib Shack in New Haven. I thought I had found the best ribs in CT before, but I was wrong. Came to Ricky D’s looking for BBQ…
Brisket with Truffle Fries; The Cue
On the search for the best BBQ in Connecticut brings us to The Cue Restaurant and Catering in Danbury. There is no option here to get meats by the pound, so trying multiple meats you either need a big group…
BBQ Kielbasa; Smoke BBQ Cafe
On the search for the best BBQ in Connecticut brings us to Smoke BBQ Cafe in Enfield. This Polish butcher also seems to be home to a BBQ shop where they smoke meats. So we went traditional BBQ (pulled pork)…
Ribs; Hen House BBQ
I’m always willing to travel for good fried chicken. And not knowing anything about hen house BBQ in Southington, I was expecting…I don’t know, but not what I found. First, this is a former dirty Chinese food restaurant. In the…
Mac & Cheese; Thomas Smokey Pit Stop
Trying all the BBQ in Connecticut brings us to Thomas Smokey’s Pit Stop in Manchester. From the outside this place looks like an absolute crap shoot. It could be terrible, it could be a true hidden gem. In this kind…
Burnt Ends; Pig Rig BBQ
On the search for the best BBQ in Connecticut brings us to Pig Rig BBQ in Wallingford. Smoked Mac & Cheese This has a weird flavor. It’s heavy on smoke flavor and despite a good amount of cheese has no…
Hot Links; Chesters Barbecue
Chesters in Groton is controversial as a BBQ place. Some people swear by it, thinking its wonderful. Other people seem to think its trash. I’m going to go down the middle. As a BBQ place, it’s meh. As we’ll see,…