Ben's Bar-B-Que

OKLAHOMA: Ben's Bar-B-Que
8146 US Hwy 70 W
Mead, OK 73449
580-924-5853
Open Tues-Thur 11-8, F-Sat 11-9, Sun 11-2

I was out tooling around the Oklahoma side of Lake Texoma when I came across Ben's BBQ between Mead and Durant. A small parking lot had just a few cars at lunch time on a Saturday during prime lake season, but I was hoping the crowds had already come and gone. I placed and order for a three meat plate, one of which would be ham for my wife. She hates barbecue sauce, and ironically they covered only the ham in a layer of thick sweet sauce.



The other meats could have used a similar sauce bath. Brisket had that dried up look of yesterday's meat. The fat was chewy and the meat had little smokiness. It was thick sliced but still falling apart from being so overdone. Spare ribs were huge and meaty, but tough and also lacking smokiness. Not even a dunk in the sauce could save them. I didn't even bother with the ham.

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