FireforTheLordbbq — Restaurant in Greenville

Small place that stays busy. My first time here and def will not be my last. I ordered a lot since it was my first time as I like to get an overview of the restaurant in general so here how it went sown. Ordered: jalapeno,cheese sausage, rib basket, brisket, a stuffed bacon cream cheese pepper, some ham, turkey, and a riblet basket. Tried the Mac and cheese , french fries, and a loaded potato casserole thing. Tried the spicy and non spicy sauce. Here is my take on it.

Brisket has a decent smoke ring but not overly smoked and a good pull to it. Flavor was good as well. I liked it Stuffed Jalapeno was good but had better but by no means a bad jalapeno. I ate the thing and would order it again. ( Would like a little stronger smoke on the bacon is all). Jalapeno cheese sausage was good and while not a stand out still good and would order it again. Ribs I tried was something I think for me I did not like the spice profile of it and was a little hard on the pull. This I think while was decent I personally would not order it again. Ham at first I thought this does not look like it was smoked but after trying it, it was smoked and actually much better than I anticipated. Would order again Smoked turkey, this was really good the flavor on it was on point. Def order again. Riblets, a clear surprise of my meal and this is something that this alone would keep me coming back for. For the price it's hard not to add this as a side to my plate of whatever I'm ordering. (Hats off on this one, it was way above my anticipation and my runaway favorite). Mac and cheese. Tasted homade and was really good. The tater casserole thing. Yup I liked it more than I thought and definitely would order again .

Requests to owners. May I ask you think about either burnt ends, or pork belly burnt ends. I feel if you did them in the spice profile of the riblets they would be a huge success. Just my two cents.

If you have not been here, please go try them out. There is a reason it says since 1948.

Thanks for the meal and...

We got in late and they did not have anything left, so I was upset and heartbroken. The employees could see my frustration and I left. I left a bad review, but changed it because the owner reach out to me. That goes a long way for me as well, be in his shoes!

This is what he said

Hello Tony, I’m a taking a shot in the dark here but my name is Josh, I’m the owner of Ernie’s Pit Barbeque in Greenville Tx. There was a gentleman by your name, I hope it’s you, that came into today & had a terrible experience in our restaurant. I apologize for the poor service you were met with. We were sold out of quite a few options but that’s still no excuse for the service. I cook a certain amount daily for lunch service & when it’s gone it’s gone. We do this to limit our wastes & make sure our product is fresh daily. I hope we can make it up to you somehow possibly by sending you a gift certificate for the next time you’re in this area so we can try & redeem ourselves. I was gone to pick up my kids from school & i’m assuming my afternoon employees were lacking. Anyway thank you bringing this to our attention & I hope we can redeem ourself in the future. I’ll be going back to...

As soon as I walked in I was welcomed, being my first time in there I wasn’t sure what to expect. Upon deciding what I wanted to order a staff member (I think he may have actually been the owner), made a recommendation that the loaded potatoes are good, and they are big, I did proceed with the potato with pulled pork and hot link on it.

The customers there seemed almost like family with the staff, knew each other, asked how everything is going, etc.

Every interaction I had with staff and even some other customers was positive.

They asked my name for when my order was ready, and just a few minutes here it came. A loaded baked potato that justifies the saying “everything is bigger in Texas”, and it was fantastic.

In a lot of restaurants they do whatever they can to get your order in, to your table, and get you out the door as quick as possible. This place here, genuinely cared about my experience, all the way from the minute I walked in, until the moment I walked out. I highly recommend and from this point forward I know where I’m getting lunch when I’m...