Backyard Bar BQ — Restaurant in Alaiedon Township

It was definitely a lot of meat for the price, but I have to admit to being a little disappointed when I opened the lid.

For starters it’s 2019 and no one should be serving in styrofoam; moreover, I didn’t get this to-go and it came on a food tray. I figured if I got some smoked meats it’d come out on a platter / tray and I’d actually be able to see all the effort that goes into truly making great smoked meats.

But I opened the lid and it was just three big piles of meat, each doused in bbq sauce. My guess is the meat was reheated on the flat top and rather than drying it out they heated it with sauce. But with brisket, I was hoping to see a nice smoke ring around the beef. It just resembled pulled beef. The chicken was by far the most disappointing. This was straight baked chicken breast (extremely dry) that had been cubes up and tossed in bbq sauce.

As another commenter mentioned, the sauce is a little too sweet. That in itself isn’t bad if you had other sauce options to counter the one offering. Perhaps a Carolina style mustard bbq or a sauce with some heat.

I don’t like giving a place a poor rating because it is someone trying to make a living. I think a little more attention to food detail and this place goes from OK to great. The space was cozy and clean, the staff was friendly enough.

I’ll come back again soon to see if...

I really hate leaving terrible reviews like this, especially when there's nothing actually WRONG with the food.

However, this is legitimately one of the few restaurants I've ever been to that I didn't finish my meal. The food was so bland, poorly cooked, and just outright terrible, that I ate a few bites, and just left. I didn't finish my Mac & Cheese, or pulled pork. I actually left and went across the street to get something else to eat because it was that bad.

The interior of the store is fine, and clean, the staff was friendly, but the quality of the food was one of the worst iterations of a BBQ place I've seen. I don't know if they are microwaving their food and using cheap Gordon Food services BBQ sauce or something, but this seriously doesn't even deserve the label "BBQ".

If the owner is reading these, please heavily look into what you're doing with your meats and how you're cooking them, and remember to properly season every item you make. Something needs to change.

If I had to summarize Backyard BBQ in one word: Edible. Because that's about all it has...

Most of the time the food is good, I would say one out of six times the pulled pork is 50% fat scraps. Just depends on who’s serving up the product and it’s not cheap for lunch. The other item of concern is their rewards points program. Unless you use the same card every time it doesn’t allow you to use your accrued points. If you’re fortunate and you get someone who is very good on the register they can look it up through your email address, Assuming you have the Carnivores Club scan code on your phone. But all in all it’s a lot of hoops to jump through and can be very aggravating for the customer. Between the hit or miss quality and the carnivores club rewards points only working about 40% of the time,I give it...