BBQ King Smokehouse

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What do you get when a love of BBQ and a passion for fresh, never frozen, food get together? An award-winning restaurant serving delicious meals - BBQ King Smokehouse to be exact. It’s no surprise that the restaurant  won first place in June 2016  at  Ribfest   Chicago , among 15 contestants, in the  Best Ribs  category. So what sets BBQ King Smokehouse apart from other BBQ restaurants? Original Recipes BBQ King’s style of barbecue is described as a mix of Texas and Kansas City, offering baby-back and St. Louis ribs, among many other BBQ meat options and sides. All of the sauces and dry rubs used at BBQ King Smokehouse are original recipes created and perfected over the years. Natural Wood & Charcoal The BBQ King Smokehouse philosophy is simple: take a good cut of meat and smoke it with all natural wood and charcoal. The hickory smoker used at BBQ King Smokehouse adds aroma and flavor that is noticeable, and pleasantly different fro...

If there’s one thing BBQ King Smokehouse knows, its meat. Racks of ribs, chicken cuts, sausages and beef are cooked low and slow everyday to achieve the feel and flavor of real, authentic barbeque. A taste so sought after that, from the words of the BBQ King himself, “when it’s gone, it’s gone.”  Customers constantly come to BBQ King Smokehouse with questions on how to perfect barbeque. The man behind BBQ King Smokehouse recently sat down to give some quickfire words of wisdom on the art of smoking meats.  What type of wood do I use? “Mainly hickory because it’s a middle of the road wood and has great versatility. Oak is a spicy wood and can be used with beef, but we have not had much luck with this wood on fish or poultry. Applewood and cherrywood are pretty much the same - they are from the same species of tree so they smoke very similar. They are a great wood for lighter meats. I generally don’t use it because it’s hard to obtain in large quantities but is great ...