Introducing BBQ Shack

[RickRS]

Wow, would you know it, I've got a friend that needs to know about this place! He's looking for BBQ ribs everytime he comes to the States and here he is working just up the road at Crawley.

Love that "man on meat action" line in the review

[keith157]

Well the food taster and I made a trip to Brighton, sadly there was no Brisket as the butcher hadn't delivered any. The pub is what you would expect for a local "boozer" and the lad behind the bar was very polite and attentive. Unable to sample the brisket we ordered the Pulled Pork sarnie and the Chicken & Ribs combo for us both to share. The Pulled Pork was very tasty and quite a good portion, topped with a home made slaw giving a good contrast of texture and taste. The chicken was the moistestest (and if that isn't a proper word it SHOULD BE) that I've had in any restaurant, regardless of stars!!! The Hickory & Apple sauce was plentiful and delicious. The rib portion was a fair size and certainly lived up to our hopes. The meat pulled clean off the bones with a gentle tug, and took very little chewing. I'm not a fan of "slurpy ribs" and what I mean by that is I feel you should have to slightly chew the meat (which releases delightful juices across the palate) rather than just "suck" it off the bones. A mistake I made when I last did my own ribs.
In one respect I’m glad we don’t live too close to Brighton, we are in Hertfordshire, as we would probably have it as a local and be eating there weekly if not daily, rather than a treat which it definitively was. We will be back, and I’ve looked at elastically waisted trousers ready for that day .
Sorry if this seems a bit of a wordy ramble but that's me.

[Smoky Joe]

Great review and it is nice to have you here as who knows i might learn a thing or two from you about BBQ. Well after that review maybe a lot at the events.

Gav

[Big_Fat_Dan]

I feel a trip to Brighton coming on, the missus can go shopping and i will put on half a stone in the World's End. It needs to be done.