Firewise Barbecue Company

Best brisket ever. Love the nachos with brisket. Takes two of us to eat it's so big. My favorite sauce is the Sweet and Spicy. Picked up a bottle for home!

Tried the brisket from the truck at the Tastes of Wisconsin festival and damn! This was some pretty good brisket. Loved the sweet and tangy BBQ sauce

I've been wanting to try Firewise for a while and saw on social media that this week was their last for the season, so I made sure to leave work earlier so I could stop and try them during their customer appreciation week. I ordered a half rack of ribs and a brisket sandwich.The brisket sandwich was on special for $6 and the menu board said it was 1/3 pound. I was given a portion cup so I could get my own barbecue sauce from the three options hanging on the side of the trailer (sweet, tangy, and sweet and spicy). I didn't care for the tangy at all when I tried it so I went with the sweet because I thought that would go better on the sandwich than sweet and spicy. I don't know if I would pay more than $6 for the same sandwich when it's not on special because the price was the only thing special about it. For the price, though, it was adequate.The half rack of ribs was $15 and I don't believe that was a special price for this week. Compared to other barbecue food trucks it's maybe a better value because the ribs were pretty loaded with fall off the bone meat. I did not like the barbecue sauce that the ribs were swimming in, though. I'm more of a smokey barbeque kind of person and the sauce was nowhere near smokey. It would have been preferable to just have ribs with a rub on them and get another portion cup to dip my choice of sauce on instead of having no choice in the sauce.Given that Wisconsin is currently a hotspot for COVID-19, I found it to be completely irresponsible that all four people in that small trailer were maskless. I don't frankly care if you don't want to wear one or aren't afraid of getting COVID-19 yourself, wear one for your customers sake. It's maybe one thing if you're in a large building and can easily spread yourselves out, but that's not exactly possible in a food truck. The carelessness alone makes me not want to stop again.

Drove by their truck when they were parked on Hwy 100 in West Allis one night and decided to stop. They were just getting ready to close, but were nice enough to take our order.We tried the ribs, pulled pork nachos and the brisket. The ribs were delicious and done correctly where the meat still stays on the bone and is not falling off. Their brisket was served shredded and had good smoke flavor to it. Their coleslaw was probably some of the best I have had. Unfortunately they ran out of beans; will have to try next time.

Finally got to try this truck at the West Allis a la Carte fest on Sunday. I ordered the 4-meat sampler, which includes 3 oz. of beef brisket, pulled pork, pulled chicken, one spare rib, and corn bread.Everything tasted pretty good. The chicken appeared chopped and was premixed with one of their house BBQ sauces. The chicken was very tender, had good flavor from the sauce, and I did not encounter any dry pieces.The pulled pork had a hint of smoky flavor and was served without a sauce, as it should be. The meat was mostly tender and with good flavor from the seasoning.The beef brisket was also served without sauce and was chopped instead of sliced, which I commonly see. With this method, they combined the fatty part of the brisket with the lean part to balance out the texture and prevent dry brisket. I thought it was clever and resulted in great flavor from the seasoning and fat mixed in. The platter included one pork spare rib and two pieces of rib tips. I was fine with the sauce on the rib tips, but would have preferred the rib served without the sauce, so I could taste the flavors of the rub and smoking process. The meat was also very tender and fell off the bone, which a lot of people like, but in the smoked BBQ world, it means the ribs were over cooked and could lead to dry meat. I did have one dry bite, but that is minor. You should have to gnaw on the rib bone a little to get the some of the meat off. Still, I liked the flavor of the sauce. I will ask for no sauce next time. The corn bread was very soft and moist (sorry to those who hate that word, but there isn't a better word to describe it, and I didn't invent it), so another hit there.Solid smoked BBQ from this food truck. I would eat their food again and recommend you try them.

I threw 80 of this in the trash. Oily, boiled ribs in whatever this sauce is supposed to be was the biggest disappointment of my bbq life. Piece of cornbread was good.

BBQ in the burbsI saw this food truck last fall in West Allis (tue/thu) and was pleased to find that they are doing days now on Wednesday. Get here early for the best selection as they seem to close early or run out on most days. I thought their sandwiches were a great deal - under 10 bucks for a sandwich, side and drink. I had the pulled pork and it was a big heap of meat on a soft bun. I liked both the Sweet and sweet/spicy sauces, I think the third option was tangy but that just wasn't as good. I'll be stopping back again to try more of their offerings, buying meat by the pound sounds like a good option too.

Ok I have finally had every meat on the menu now and the pulled chicken sandwich was today's offering with the fantastic beans and cornbread.TODAYS pulled chicken sandwich PICTURE shows a bigger than normal sandwich because Alex said he was killing off the last of the pulled chicken and piled on my sandwich.The pulled chicken chicken came on the plain white bun like all the other meats so the meat speaks for it self. Once again the pulled chicken was moist with a nice smoke flavor like all the meats, I will admit that Alex has great consistently with the quality and moistness of his BBQ.My final thoughts on Firewise BBQ and why it's my favorite local BBQ place is I really like the taste of his smoke flavor coupled with the moistness of the meats, no sauce is needed because the meats really stand on there own but on the sandwiches I like a couple splashes of the tangy BBQ sauce just a complement. Alex also does something that any one who reads my BBQ reviews knows is a pet peeve of mine, poor sides and even though Alex does not offer very many, he does have great beans and cornbread. Alex puts out great quality BBQ with consistent quality with everything he serves, he will be missed at seasons end.

I had Fire Wise Barbecue at the Red, White and Barbecue festival in Westmont, IL We had the "4-meat special" which was a sampler platter of pulled chicken, pork and beef with a rib and biscuit. Very nice platter for $19.00it's too bad there were SO many different BBQ facilities at the festival because I believe many of the locals went for "local fair"rather than trying the "out of stater".

It's probably one of the best BBQs spots in Milwaukee. If you can find one. It's worth the search.