The Barbecue Pit
The Barbecue Pit
BBQ nachos
ribs and nachos
menu
Pork plate with mac and cheese and potato salad
What BBQ joints put mayo on their BBQ sandwiches?....This one...this one
Correct Hours
two ribs in a pan
a pulled pork sandwich with cole slaw and pickle
a sign for a restaurant
pasta, interior
Turkey "trash can"
Pulled pork plate, with Mac and cheese and tasty potato salad
Turkey BBQ nachos
pancakes, food
BBQ chicken baked potato, cornbread roll, dill pickle, sauce, and cole slaw (not pictured but good!)
menu
menu
food, ribs, bbq ribs
menu
food, dessert, cupcakes
Rachel B.
Nov 21, 2024
Lady up front didn't put any ice in my sweet tea after I said extra ice and then charges me for an extra cup of ice lmao this is someone who clearly doesn't care and shouldn't be working there.
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Rhett B.
Aug 16, 2021
Kudos to this BBQ joint for not being closed on Mondays like most other BBQ joints in the area.Overall Yelp reviews were a 4 so I thought it would be pretty good. There are things I liked but some of it need a little work. Plus when I saw that BBQ pork sandwiches on the menu had mayo on them, I started to seriously question if this was going to be serious BBQ. (Mayo ruins BBQ sandwiches - use BBQ sauce or at least the white BBQ sauce!) Rant over.First thing I liked was the price. A pork plate with a good portion was $7.99. What I didn't like...no combo plates and ribs only on Fridays and Saturdays. I had a pulled pork plate with a corn muffin, Mac and cheese, and potato salad. The best thing on my plate was the potato salad. It was just a good Ole tangy mustard base. Unfortunately, the pork is suppose to be the best thing on my plate. The 2nd best thing was also not the pork but the corn muffin. Finally the pork was the 3rd best food on my plate. The pork itself wasn't bad. It was tender but a little dry and not very flavorful. The mac and cheese was the worst on my plate. Not much flavor to it and a little too watery instead of cheesy.There are 2 sauces - a weak vinegar base on the table and a thicker, ketchup base. The ketchup base would be ok by itself but nothing special. But the 2 sauces mixed together would make a nice sauce with some zest. Sweet tea was perfectly sweet and refreshing. It was all good!So there you have it....not terrible by any means but not great either. There are some good things but a lot of average things too. But if there is one thing they can do to elevate their status as a serious BBQ joint...it's not to put mayo on BBQ sandwiches.
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Brett G.
Nov 10, 2023
Neat clean little BBQ restaurant. Great food and super fast service. I'm going to try the dumpster/trash can bowls someday:)
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Renee G.
Jul 21, 2023
All I can say is it's 20x's better than the Paula Dean restaurant. They cook it fresh and it is so good. Breakfast and lunch either one. This cozy little restaurant is one where you will meet your neighbor or a traveling through visitor and by the time you leave you've already talked to each table beside you. I just love it. It feels like you went to your grandma's house to eat.
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Abi B.
Mar 30, 2019
I was surprised by this place. It had pretty good yelp reviews but I'm extremely picky about my barbecue (I'm a Carolina girl, I got high standards!), so I didn't really think a place in Portland, TN, would do it for me. It's a tiny restaurant, bad for groups, but good for a quick sit down lunch with a couple others. The bathroom was extremely clean.The menu is overwhelming- lots of meat, plus more meat in various types and quantities. They don't have as many sides as I expected, just about 3 or 4 options. French fries and onion rings weren't on the list, so my hopes dropped even more. They do have a menu to the side with a daily combo special, and the deal of the day was a BBQ Baked Potato. Sounded good, so I got it with chicken barbecue, a side of slaw, and their lemonade.The barbecue was amazing. The chicken was cooked just right, not dry, and went really well with a baked potato. We got our food to go but they included their tomato based sauce. Wow! I loved it. I wish I had gotten just a full barbecue sandwich because the meat was so good! But I love potatoes and just needed one that day, you know how it is. The slaw was good and seemed to have a sweet vinegar sauce with cracked pepper. The container looks small but they really packed the slaw in and it was a perfect amount. I got a cornbread roll on the side too and it was delicious.My only complaints (very minor) are the cheese and the lemonade. They put cheese on my BBQ potato but it was shredded American cheese, or something processed with no flavor and a weird texture. Next time I'll get it with no cheese (FYI this cheese also comes on their salad). I expected a homemade lemonade which is why I ordered it but it tasted like Country Time, not my thing. Also, the medium sized drink is what I would consider a large anywhere else, so if you don't want a lot, get a small! Overall I was very impressed by the Barbecue Pit and if I'm ever passing through again, I'll get some more BBQ!
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Jayel E.
Sep 22, 2022
You know when you go to a barbecue restaurant and you try their pool, pork or their pool chicken by itself, it should have its own seasoning. This business is completely lackluster in terms of the demographic I'm in. I hate to be so harsh, but this place really baffles me how they stay in business. The people that have grown up with the barbecue pit who will defend them and completely disagree simply have not had decent bbq.#nocapwiththefacts
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George P.
Mar 2, 2022
Passing through Portland and decided to bypass all the fast food chains. Glad I did - got tasty shredded turkey, baked beans and yummy Cole slaw for $7.99 - and corn bread!The service was friendly and the place was clean. They also have drive through
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Joe N.
Nov 13, 2022
Had the ribs, Mac and cheese and cole slaw. Ribs were totally flavorless, Mac and cheese came from a box, coleslaw was drowned in vinegar. Service was fast, restaurant was clean. Food was terrible
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Carolyn P.
Dec 23, 2024
Very friendly staff. Delicious food. I ordered the trash can and my daughter had the rib plate since it was a Saturday.They only server them on a Friday & Saturday.
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Angie C.
Jan 18, 2024
Great service and even better food!Side portions could be bigger but all around I got full
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