Renny Rays BBQ — Restaurant in East Port Orchard

Anytime I can afford to eat out, I think of Renny's first. Renny's is the best smoked meat I've had since leaving Nebraska, and we've tried ALOT of bbq and "smoked meat" places here in Washington and nothing comes even a little close to Renny's. If you go for the meat, stay a short time for some conversation because the owners and the people that help them run this are awesome lovely people. I do wish they had Texas Toast but the beans are so dang good I'll forgive them for not having the toast! The tri tip is my favorite meat here but I usually just orde the sampler thing thay has...

WOW! You'd never expect this level of quality from a truck on the side of the road. Although the view from the side of this road is the Sound. You can't find this level of quality in most brick and mortar places. Regardless of their location.

But, you've got to follow rule #1.

GET THERE EARLY or go hungry! When it's gone it's gone. And it goes fast and early. The upside is that you know that everything is made fresh. The downside is it sucks to be you if you're late.

Amazing food, friendly,...

That brisket needed at least 4-5 more hours on the smoker. It was SO tough & chewy and the fat was not rendered down at all. I feel had saying this, but we threw it all away. Maybe this chef has not eaten a lot of brisket or today he ran out of time? If he ran out of time to get the brisket actually cooked, then he shouldn't have sold it. My guess is today must have not cooked it correctly because why would this place have such...