Firebrand BBQ — Restaurant in Seward

Quite easily the worst BBQ I've ever had. I've had better bbq in taste and experience during rib fests and hole-in-the-wall joints. I've been obsessed with BBQ that my wife has given up talking me out of even just sniffing a place within a 10mile radius. If there's beef ribs, pork ribs, AND brisket I will give it a try.

Service was mid so it was alright.

Now for the food: I ordered the brisket plate- the wife ordered pork plate. The beans and the potato were undercooked that my wife and I just looked at each other and without saying a word we knew something was already wrong. The meat: pulled pork looked what you expect but it tasted awful as well as the brisket. The brisket looked also like pulled pork. The taste? I've never seen my wife pour half the bottle of BBQ sauce on her food but it happened- and I did the same. Poured the sauce on the beans as well as the potato. The BBQ sauce was very watery and tasted bland.

If you look at the other lower rated reviews they pretty much echo what I talk about here. I hope they were just not on their A game but it seems like being the only BBQ joint made them complacent. Please do not pass your recipe down to future generations.

The place looked cool and very nostalgic of a BBQ joint so that was the only hook I needed to stop by and give my honest review.

Thank you for the food and service but I can't see myself going back unless they change they make the brisket, the sauce, and the...

We have traveled to Memphis, St. Louis, Kansas City, the Carolinas, Detroit, and Texas. We have had BBQ at them all. Who would have ever thought the best we have ever had would be found in Seward Alaska?! We stayed at the Gateway and when we looked out our window we saw Firebrand right across the street and were curious. When we woke up in the morning and saw a line of people waiting early in the morning we knew we had to try it. We were not disappointed. The owner Chad was very nice and pleasant to all 8 of us. We asked him the story as we could tell he was not a native Alaskan haha. He happily shared his story how he ended up on the corner and his history of being a firefighter. Our family has many firefighters thru the generations so we appreciated this. The food was even better than the conversation. We had crab legs, brisket, pork belly, the baked potato dish, and some sandwiches with extra sides of meat. We were going to share a lot of the food amongst all of us. However, one of our kids ate all of the pork belly out of his own portion and his mom's sandwich. Chad, the owner overheard this and brought out more so mom could have a taste at no charge. We really enjoyed eating here and sitting outside and chatting with the other patrons and staff it was a very nice sunny day. It was a very memorable and pleasant place to have lunch and the best meal we had while we spent our couple of days in Seward. Make sure you...

We came to Firebrand BBQ to grab some food for lunch before going to a hike in town. It was so good that we came back for dinner the same day!! We wanted to try the wagyu ribs but they were sold out. If you want to taste the wagyu ribs, come soon after 3:30 when it's ready. Even though we missed the wagyu ribs, we really enjoyed the pork belly, smoked crab legs, brisket, and pork ribs. Our son doesn't usually eat crab, but when he tasted these smoked crab legs, he was hooked!

Besides the tasty food, the best part was the owner's hospitality. It was apparent that he was being very attentive to his guests, making sure they were happy and well fed. We wanted to come back the next morning for their breakfast burrito (that would have made it 3 consecutive meals here), but the owner said they'll be closed because he's taking his staff out for a 3 day fishing trip!

Our kids had BIG SMILES while eating and continued to RAVE about Firebrand BBQ after we returned home. They said it was their favorite meal in Alaska and they want to come back if we visit Alaska again. As parents, the memories the kids carry with them are important to us, and we know it was a wonderful memory because the owner was so kind...