Al's -b-q N - Temple

BBQ in Texas is a tough gig. There are so many good ones and a few great ones around. I really wanted to like this one. The staff is friendly, the place is convenient, but the BBQ was disappointing. I am hoping it was the BBQ sauce I made the mistake of telling them, Sure put some on. But even the meat I ate that wasn 't covered in sauce, just wasn 't good. Not horrible but any means, but come on, it 's brisket! And by the way, the brisket was moist seemed to have a decent bark, and the ribs fell off the bone, it just wasn 't that good. The sides were good enough and the people were pleasant enough for me to give this place another shot though. Maybe it was just a bad day. They do have a small brewery on site limited hours , for those who like to support local breweries. Call for hours.

The place looked good and the BBQ smell when I got out of my truck was great . The brisket was tough, dry and salty. If it had a grill flavor you couldn't tell because of the salt. From reading reviews this maybe just a single bad day, I hope. Oh, no pork!?!

We ordered sausage wraps and chopped beef sandwiches with potato salad. The potato salad was ok, the sausage was a bit dry but ok tasting. However....now, I was severely disappointed in the chopped beef sandwiches. There was enough grease to lube an engine, which in turn soaked the thin buns. There were extremely thin pickles placed on only one side of the bun. So, we basically ate soggy buns with greasy meat, with a BBQ sauce taste. My husband and I were both very disappointed. I can remember eating at this place as a child, and the food definitely is not even comparable to what is used to be. I'm sorry I could only give 1 star for the fairly decent potato salad.

They have just started selling bark and this product is amazing! also stop them and get them a nice cold czech camp from tanglefoot brewing!

Great place for good and simple bbq. not like many places. the flesh is the star. and the side was also good. black eyebrows we highly recommend. the food was great and the service was even better. brisket was very tasty and had large bbq sauce. the size of the portion is also sufficient to make two meal times. we will definitely come back.