Friday, March 12, 2010

Our First Review From A Local Food Critic

Chain Gang BBQ opened just a few weeks ago, and already we're getting tons of great comments, repeat customers, new faces and now our first review. Gulp!

I was visited last week by Teresa Blondo, who blogs on The Springfield Foodie. She ordered a BBQ Pulled Pork sandwich, baked beans and our sweet n' spicy pickles. Of course all of our sandwiches also come with a drink and chips. But I wanted her to try one of our unique menu items, our Pit Potato. So, I gave her one to try. Now, these spuds are from Idaho and should be licensed by the NFL because they're about a pound in weight. Hey, you gotta be known for the unique, right?

A few days went by and Teresa posted a preliminary comment about the cue she'd taken home. Teresa said something to the effect, I'll have good things to say about Chain Gang soon. Well, she had more than just "good things" to say about Chain Gang BBQ: How about a little piece of Heaven!!! Oh, yeah.

The review appears on her blog at springfieldfoodie.net  and she was gracious enough to post her entire article at christiancountysun.com and once there, click on the Chain Gang headline.

We feel blessed that people in Nixa, Christian County and Springfield enjoy the 'cue from Chain Gang. As I told Teresa, we bust our pit to bring folks the best barbeque we can.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

There's A Sign Post Up Ahead: Your Next Stop The 'Cue Zone

Hey, kids, we finally got our BBQ sign attached to the top of our trailer today. It was completed and ready for install when we opened, but the guy who built the sign and was to install it, broke his collar bone. So we had to wait a few weeks for him to get on the mend.

Well, today was the day. Finally, we can let folks know what we do in this trailer: serve the best BBQ in southwest Missouri. And I don't know if the sign brought us luck or not, but we had the busiest lunch we've ever had. I was like a one armed paper hanger in a windstorm. Yeah, I know that's old as dirt, but that's how busy it was.