Smoke House Pit Beef

I noticed this place is listed under different locations on Yelp, so I'll share my experience for both.To start, I was disappointed to find no pit, no open flames -- not even a grill in sight. The kitchen area looked clean, but that's not what I came for.I ordered a medium pit beef and a ham sandwich, both on Kaiser rolls. To my surprise, the food was heated up on a griddle. If I hadn't already paid, I would have left right then and there.The woman who took my order was polite, but frankly, service and friendliness aren't why I visited. I came expecting authentic pit meats, and this place falls short. It's not a smokehouse, nor does it resemble a proper pit beef stand. If you're looking for genuine pit beef, save your money and go elsewhere.I will add this.... The secret sauce is probably really good on some wings!

I go out to lunch almost every week with my mother and boyfriend. We thought we would take advantage of the weather cooling a bit and eat outside this week. There are loads of places where we could have gone to eat on a patio somewhere, but places on the water tend to be pricier and not as abundant. So I thought, why not pick up something to go and enjoy one of the zillion amazing public parks we have in the area?We stopped into SmokeHouse Pit Beef and ordered quite a bit of food, and took it to Miami Beach, in Bowley's Quarters. Would completely recommend this park, with a small beach, on Bay Drive (zip 21220). They have a couple picnic tables overlooking the water. You couldn't ask for a better spot for lunch - and you don't have to tip your waiter or deal with other diners. Just clean up after yourself when you leave.I've driven past SmokeHouse PitBeef like a gazillion times in my life, but the poor reviews kept putting it on the backburner for me. But when my mother passed along some coupon flyer she received in the mail I figured what the heck? I like a good meat sandwich. Let's roll the dice.I stayed in the van while my boyfriend and my mom went in to order. They came out with SO MUCH food, claiming that they had gotten buy one get one free sandwiches, and free potato salad. Can't argue with free. They weren't in the store long, about 15 minutes, probably less. Some eerie alarm went off for the neighborhood while they were inside, but they didn't hear it. One of those "this is a test..." but LOUD, throughout the neighborhood, which is near the air guard base... with the klaxon noise, and the not-quite-clear mechanical voice telling you... something... thank God this is only a test... I still don't know what I should do if there's some kind of enemy strike, or the zombies are attacking... It was vaguely like a bad indie horror film.I had the pit beef sandwich with potato salad (Homemade with my mama's recipe!). The sandwich is no Chaps. Tolerable, but I had a difficult time cutting through the meat with my plastic knife. Now before you go getting all riled up about 'who eats pit beef with the fork and knife?' please keep in mind that I am severely disabled and both my hands do not reach my mouth. Holding a big sandwich together and raising it to my mouth is impossible, so I do what I can to get the food into my mouth. But I do think my difficulty cutting through the meat does speak towards its tenderness, or lack thereof. I dressed it with horseradish (which had no kick), barbecue sauce, and raw onions. As for the potato salad, my mama makes better. MUCH better. This was basically potatoes in mayo. Not much flavor, definitely needs at least some boiled egg or sweet relish. Personally I would also add onion, and maybe some celery seed. But then again, I think my mom makes the best potato salad EVER.My mom had Pulled Pork BBQ (Homemade, tender pulled pork with a little Hickory BBQ sauce) with fries. She didn't share or offer a taste (except to the bee that kept buzzing around her at the park), and she finished everything. She must have enjoyed it all, to have kept it all to herself, especially knowing that I think french fries are life.My boyfriend had the pit ham (buy one get one free), which he really enjoyed and some wings - which he said were "hammered" and were thrown away. His favorite was the 8" Pit Beef Hoagie (Cooked to your preference: Rare, medium rare, medium, medium well and well done) which he said was "A-MAZ-ING."It was a really delicious meal, and we had a great afternoon until I got my wheelchair stuck in the sand - ugh, I'm an idiot. Check out their menu here:https://www.smokehousepitbeefmd.com/menus/Would recommend

This was a delivery order.First it wouldn't let me substitute potato salad for fries and beans for coleslaw. Second they make the delivery and I have to sign the receipt but the driver who I believe was also the order taker forgot a pen. Open the bag start pulling everything out no Pepsi. Call the store say where's my Pepsi the driver says sorry I forgot to grab it on my way out can I give you a credit I said no I want my drink I need something to drink and he said it's raining outside it's not safe. In other words f****** won't bring me my drink that I paid for that I don't want credit for I want something to drink and I'm f****** tired of this s*** You bring me what I f****** ordered!!!! Suffice to say I never ordered from here again even if they bring my Pepsi. Almost forgot the fries look and taste horrible!

Stopped here on the way home from Kayaking, we were standing in the front of the store waiting for quite a few minutes before someone in the back noticed us... another customer left right before we went in, without anything in hand so I guess they lost patience. It was super weird as if the store was closed, and we were inconveniencing them.Anyway, this place is a dive through and through. I can usually look past the clutter and dirtiness, but some other things kind of bothered me here... I noticed the fries were all already cooked so we ordered two things of fries that just got fried again before being bagged for us, they weren't great. Everyone was wearing masks and gloves which I appreciate but one lady who clearly was working in the office or something walked up to the stove and touched some of the meat with her hands.... I worked in the industry so I don't expect my food to not be touched, but there was something about here that it rubbed me the wrong way. Maybe because the sink was right behind the cashier counter and not clearly in the kitchen? Idk, it just felt dirty.They also were selling art on the counter where beverages should be, that was awkward and felt out of place.While we waited for quite a while to get our food, an unusually long time, I saw a sign that said free dog scraps, so we asked for that and we got a really good size thing of meats for our dog in the car! It actually was pretty great. This in itself gets five star review from us!The sandwiches were pretty good too, I enjoyed the turkey and the pit beef was rare, just how my husband likes it. Overall, it really wasn't too bad and this is why it gets three stars which is average, so not amazing, not terrible. Last thought, why do places still use styrofoam? Loose the styrofoam cups please! I cringe every time I see it.

Sad. Customer service is non existent. COLD Meat is sliced when ordered and then heated on top on the oven ALL HANDLED WITH NO GLOVES. Save your money.

Now that Under new management this is a very clean and excellent place to stop!!The Pit Beef and add fresh cut fries is their signature meal but they have more then just that! Try the Maryland Crab soup or chili and don't forget the corn bread!! Sooo good! Thank you we will be back again!

Service with a smile. Clean and inviting. Ordered the Pit Turkey sandwich, Pit Ham sandwich, fries and onion rings for sides, delicious. The Pit Ham was my favorite and the onion rings were so good. Light badder and cooked well.

We stopped in while visiting family and had such a lovely meal! The staff was so friendly and helpful and the food was delicious! The fish and chips was perfectly cooked... super crispy coating and perfect flaky white on the inside! The ham and bean soup was super yummy and my *super* picky kids gave major compliments to the chef for the chicken tenders and Mac and cheese.

Under new ownership in 2023. Had a great lunch there today, pit beef sandwich cooked medium, it was great. Place looks great, clean and staff was friendly. I will be back.

Homemade everything made to order. Food is always good. I do have a suggestion, though. That they put a few normal height chairs for short old people like me who can't climb the barstool ones they have.