After all the praise I've heard about this place, I left very disappointed and won't be returning.

First the good - The line moves very quickly and the food is already prepared so you're served quickly. I love that they have the bar right when you enter the door so you can start having a beer while you finish your time in line. Great planning! They also have a great beer selection. The baked potato casserole was fantastic. I highly recommend it. The beef polish sausage was very good. The spicy sauce was very good, though not a standout.

The disappointing - My first clue that I wasn't going to enjoy the meal was the lack of smoke aroma in the air. This was reflected in the lack of smoke flavor in the meat, particularly the sliced brisket which was dry and had just a faint smoke ring and very bland flavor - almost like it was steamed. I didn't care for the brisket AT ALL. Slaps is also pretty stingy on the brisket. I got all of three slices. The burnt ends were ok, but nothing special. They were undercooked (they call them "burnt ends" for a reason) and needed the spicy sauce to make them better. At least there was more smoke flavor in those. The regular sauce is extremely sweet. Sickly sweet. I'm glad I tried it before pouring it on my meat. I can't believe this is what is normally served. Awful. Every time I get barbecue, I order beans as a side. This was the FIRST time I couldn't finish the beans. Just like the sauce, they were sickly sweet. I was able to manage eating half of them just because I hate wasting food, but really, I was done after two bites. The gal behind the counter taking orders skipped my wife and I and took the order of the person behind us. We let her know she skipped us, but that just confused the rest of the crew behind the counter and when we tried to explain what was going on, they acted like we were bothering them and didn't want to listen. Amazingly we did get what we ordered, as did the couple behind us, but not without much confusion on their part.

Perhaps I expected too much but between the nasty sweet sauce and beans, and the lack of smoke flavor I won't be returning. My wife was left equally unimpressed.