Slow Hand Craft BBQ — Restaurant in Peoria Heights

As we walked in, we were greeted by Wade. Excellent service from him all around. Kept the areas clean, was pleasant, very helpful with getting us settled, and we could tell he had all things under control. We ordered the Kona Burger (2) with chips, pickles and onions, the smothered Fries for our son and had two additional sides, Coleslaw and Mac & cheese. The drinks were grabn'go style which was kind of cool, all chilled and ready to go. Our food came so fast, we named the cooks "fast hand cooks." Unfortunately, coleslaw being my favorite was the first bite I went for and I was so surprised... It was just terrible. No cream, no twang, no zing, nothing, it was as if they forgot to put everything accept the mustard seeds. Wade was super nice and apologetic and I was able to switch out my side. My son's fries covered in pulled pork were delish. The chips were perfect in every way. Highly recommend those. My Kona Burger was cold to touch, bun was not toasted and actually - colder than the room (which would not only help keep the food hot but make the experience of the first bite give a drastic difference.) Perhaps I could describe it as I feeling ike I was at a family BBQ and I pulled my meat out of a Luke warm crockpot onto a bun out of a bag slightly smashed. My husband's Kona Burger was warm to touch, and he loved his Mac'Ncheese. We both loved the flavors of the Kona and didnt want to spoil the entire experience. So we just agreed to do our best to enjoy. I requested for the Fried Cauliflower bc I knew that would definitely have to come out hot and was curious of how they would work their magic. Sure enough, it was hot! It was the hottest of anything served today and had wonderful flavor, loved that there was no breading. It was perfect! The Cavatappti pasta was refreshing to see for a change in the Mac&cheese and we loved that it had black pepper to give it a little touch. We will have to come back and try again, but hope the 10 cent buns will maybe have a reconsideration. Overall- I gotta say, location is great, atmosphere fantastic, friendly, welcoming and definitely worth the flavorful bbq. Temperature for quality control and taking time to prepare vs. speed on dishing it out, can play a huge role and I just can't pass that part up. For three people, cost was $50. Will definitely be considering the Sampler next time as it sounded...

Tried it out because we were in the area. Decided to try the sampler, a portion of all 5 of their meats, 2 cornbreads with maple butter and 3 sides for 38 bucks. A little pricey, but a lot of food. I didn't really see any other combo selections or meal deals on the menu. Saw sandwiches, a la carte items, drinks. Maybe I overlooked it. Got our food fast, but they had just run out of mac and cheese. Got coleslaw, sweet potato casserole, and baked beans. Nice place with neat atmosphere. Not a lot of dining area. 5 sauces to try, all really good with a couple unique ones. Sweet, spicy, mustard, coffee and a pineapple. Jer didn't care for the baked beans, but I really liked their tangy flavor. Bread and butter was yummy, sweet potato casserole and coleslaw really good. Meats were flavorful smoked, but the brisket was a bit salty. Pulled pork was our favorite. Chicken was a quarter, not off the bone but tasty. Sausage great, Ribs were good. Compared to other places, we felt like we really had to work for our food, getting it off the bone and such. I guess places we've been before, we've picked our meats, and we never get ribs. Just too much work! Overall, good food, pleasant experience, but we feel we've had better for less money. We did bring leftovers home, though, but a slightly smaller choice of maybe 2 meat choices would have been better I think. Glad we had the chance to try them out, we certainly weren't sorry...

so I have an Update! March 3, 2025 – so I have a serious suggestion, when customers order carry out or meat by the pound the paper/cardboard containers you use suck up all of the meat, juice and dry out the meat, you should seriously think about having some type of a foil insert or a foil tear off sheet that can be put in the tray to avoid this, I’m sure people would greatly appreciate more moist meat. Thanks .absolutely amazing, pulled pork! So I stopped by the local Trefzger’s bakery, and I could smell the meat cooking from there, I went in for a sandwich, but decided to buy a pound of their pulled pork. So, I get pulled pork everywhere we go on vacation and otherwise, and I’m very picky! Let me tell you when I got this food home. This pulled pork is absolutely scrumptious! and the price was definitely reasonable! The guy that waited on me was super nice and does his job very well! Our family will definitely be back for more and we will spread the word to everyone because when you find a place like this, it’s good to let them know how good of a job they done and to tell people so they can enjoy the good food also! Super job everybody on a scale of 1 to 10 you get 100 thank you for...