Stringer's Lufkin Bar B Q — Restaurant in Lufkin

I hv traded from Stringer s lufkin bbq since it open. When I was 9 yrs old we lived on timberland dr when it had a row of houses with built in screen porches on front of houses. My mom would get me to walk blocks to buy our dinner of chip bbq sandwitches. The food was great. I would go once a wk n the sandwitches we looked forward to. I m 77 now n I hv traded with lufkin bbq all these yrs. I ate a half chicken plate a wk ago. It was so good. My girlfriend had ordered a brisket plate n had to send it bk. It was so hard n dried out. N the waitress brought her a real good fresh meat out n made it good. Today I went through the dr through window. Ordered a pint of beans. N half chicken. I stressed I wanted it fresh n not dried out. They said the owner said we mk it fresh every day. I stressed I m getting parshals n I need it real tender. Well n behold. When I went to eat it it was so dry. N over cooked or had been under a light n dried out. I had to throw most of the leg n theighs away. It was so hard n dried out. I only ate a part of the theigh n part of the breast which was dry also. What a waste.of my money. N who ever pk that chicken knew it was dry. The beans r wonderful. N yesterday I ordered a pint of beans n a raisen pie n apple pie. N got to my aunts a ross town. N only had i raisen pie. They left out the apple pie. I called n I got it today They made it good. N I can’t eat the chip beef sandwitch. They changed it. It was so salty n must hv msg in the seasoning. It swelled me up all over. I wish they hadn’t changed the chip beef. So what is wrong with stringers...

Went to school at SFA and worked in Lufkin in college and hadn't ever been to this place.

Was driving through and decided, today's my day.

The restaurant itself is older, but cute. I love all the natural wood, and the smoked smell that bbq places have.

Ordered the classic combo (brisket, sausage, and pork ribs). The lean brisket wasn't all that great, and the moist piece i got wasn't anything to write home about. The sausage however was pretty good. Pork rib was fall off the bone and probably what I enjoyed most from the platter. Their Cole slaw wasn't great, and the potato salad was good. What I disliked most about this place was their bbq sauce. Just wasn't good. Reminded me of spiced campbells tomatoe soup. There's a restaurant near me in Houston that has the exact same flavor profile sauce and I don't go there either.

Now that doesn't mean other folks love it. This is just an old man reviewing places to help other folks.

That being said, I'd come back for the ribs and sausage. But might smuggle in my own...

Okay, so I was craving BBQ and my friend being FROM Lufkin and knows all the good spots. First off, those are NOT rolls, they're freaking donuts.... let's be clear, but they are super good.Also the fried pie's are the same dough just w/ a few different pie fillings(probably canned) smeared inside. Not bad though. My only complaint was the old white guy still using very outdated racist slang in which young men of color were in fact employees there and I did not feel comfortable wondering if they heard the man use the term he did, and I know a lot of folks that age are "stuck in their ways" but come on, we know good and well if we don't make the effort to correct people when they use language like that, it just perpetuates and continues into the future which we DON'T WANT! We're in East Texas and I have family who are equally as guilty of using similar language and I know you can tell them over and over again not to say it in front of you and it's like they enjoy watching you cringe at...