BBQ Fiends — Restaurant in Hutto

10/10. Stop reading this and just go.

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I visited on 9/7/2024 and I think I tried everything on the menu for the day save the banana pudding because it’s an hour drive and I want it cold.

Ribs: Outstanding. A+ flavor, A texture

Turkey: Phenomenal. Flavor goes beyond just salt and pepper and has some depth to it.

Brisket: Absolute show stopper. Perfect on the bend test, perfectly balanced flavor between rub and smoke, extremely juicy, fork tender but does not fall apart until your teeth sink through.

Sausage: Jalapeno Cheddar is fantastic. Jalapeno flavor indicates fresh not pickled and both flavors come through individually but transition between one another rather than just tasting like sausage grease.

Chorizo - Cheddar: could be wrong on the cheese, but absolutely revolutionary. Flavor combination works beautifully and is unlike anything I’ve had from a BBQ joint.

Sides time:

Street Corn: Corn messes with my stomach so I admittedly don’t care for it, but this had amazing flavor.

Chili: incredible. Definitely a must try. Don’t judge them for the sour cream, it works here. Will definitely go back for a Frito pie. Brisket, chili, a little sweetness and acidity from the tomatoes.

Spanish Rice: THE BEST RICE IVE EVER HAD IN MY LIFE. I am typically aggressively indifferent to rice. It has its place and its purpose and that’s about it. This is not that. This is an explosion of flavor that is addicting. It is what you would expect from the best Mexican restaurants in the state. If a single dish could earn a Michelin Star, this would. I typically consider rice a waste of space, but I want more of this in my life.

Potato Salad: Turning a loaded baked potato into potato salad was genius, and I really enjoyed it. Incredibly unique.

Specialty:

The brisket Cheeseburger. Ordered plain and dry for my 7 year old. He could not wait the hour drive home and broke into it in the car. Definitely a two fister, with a hefty brisket patty. The flavor is unreal.

Burger: Top 5 all time, with no exceptions.

If this is the last meal I ever eat, I am okay with that.

Big sads: Charro Beans were not available today. I am feverishly excited to try them.

The Churro cheesecake was also unavailable but the pictures look incredible.

Final note: The food looks exactly like it does in the pictures on the site. No heavy editing needed....

Visited BBQ Fiends at the BBQ Fest in Lockhart and ordered the Sampler which included The Texican, Queso Sausage, and Fideo. It sounded delicious, however it was not. The Spanish rice was mooshy almost like a paste, the meat was salty, dry, and unidentifiable, I'm not sure if it was brisket or barbacoa. The sausage was okay. The fideo was definitely not a traditional fideo, which would be okay if it tasted good. The fideo noodles did not look to be fried first, tasted like they were just boiled in water, then mixed with potato and ground meat, in some sort of flavorless sauce. 2hrs. after eating and my stomach is still upset. From all the rave reviews Im going to assume the poor food quality was due to this specific event, but based on this experience I cannot recommend. The service was great and the salsa Verde...

My father asked me tonight if I wanted a brisket smash burger from a food truck at a local distillery here in Pflugerville. I said, “hey, why not!”, not knowing that when he came home with my smash burger, I was about to eat the best burger I’ve ever had in my entire 25 years of living.

I’m not joking you guys. The smash burger I had from this place was nothing short of life changing, and I’ve tried a lot of burgers. The beef was seasoned incredibly well. It is such a pet peeve of mine to have an under seasoned flavorless burger. This burger is not that. It also comes with this amazing sauce and a buttery bun. Everything tasted perfect with the crispy edges of the beef patties! Let this review be your sign to order from this place!! Get. The. Smash....