Overall Rating: 8/10 – Good but not amazing. I liked it and it’s probably one of the “best” southern BBQ restaurants in Boston, MA …but I wouldn’t go back anytime soon due to the steep prices. Really impressed with their biscuits, pork belly, and pork ribs. But didn't blow my mind.

Trays are very filling and food satisfied our BBQ craving. (Also allegedly better than Smoke House in Boston – the ribs/meat at Smoke House were way too dry).

1)    Biscuit – appetizer ($4 each) – comes with Honey Butter. Their homemade strawberry jam is $3 extra and it’s nothing special. Would not recommend getting the jam. But omg, their honey butter is amazing – whipped, light, and with a lingering hint of honey (that’s not over-powering but you can definitely taste it). I would buy a jar of that butter if they sold it. Biscuit is large, warm, fresh, fluffy & tall (vs. dense & squished), with several layers. It’s really good by itself but especially heavenly with the honey butter. I would come back JUST for the biscuit and honey butter. Best I ever had and this is coming from someone who does not like southern biscuits at all. (10/10).

2)    Ginger Beer ($3.50) – Thought it was a light alcohol beverage but it’s just a soda which was a HUGE disappointment. Note that it has an absurd amount of sugar (49g) as well. Tastes just like ginger ale. As of July 2019, Barritts Bermuda Stone is their new ginger beer provider. They rotate providers once in a while.

For the Big & Fat Trays, you can only choose between 7 meat options (vs. the 11 meat options for the one-meat trays).

3)    Big Cheeks Tray – choice of 2 meats with a choice of 1 hot scoop & 1 cold scoop ($24) – Meats: Pork Belly & Pork Ribs. Sides: Potato Salad (cold) and Mac-n-Cheese (hot). The Pork Belly was melt in your mouth delicious. A good ratio of fat and meat and not too oily. Would recommend. The Pork Ribs were surprisingly one of the best I’ve had at any BBQ place. Usually, the pork ribs at BBQ places are dry and then smothered in sauce to cover the fact that it’s so dry. But here, the skin is perfectly crispy (not burnt, black, and cracked) and rubbed with the perfect amount of spices. The meat is REALLY tender that once you bite into it, the meat falls off the bone. The Potato Salad was nothing special and wouldn’t get it again. The Mac-n-Cheese was decent. The crumb topping was good once it was mixed in with the pasta. Meat: (9/10). Sides: (7/10).

4)    Fat Cheeks Tray – choice of 3 meats with a choice of 1 hot scoop & 1 cold scoop ($26) – Meats: BBQ Chopped Brisket, Pork Ribs, and Pulled Chicken. Sides: Potato Salad (cold) and Mac-n-Cheese (hot). The sauce for the brisket was really good. Had a nice kick to it and it wasn’t too salty. It was a bit dry underneath all that sauce – was expecting more melt in your mouth. Pulled Chicken was okay – the bbq sauce was decent but the chicken was dry. Wouldn’t get it again. Meat: (8/10). Sides: (7/10).