Outlaw BBQ & Catering Market — Restaurant in Spokane

This place is the best BBQ in Spokane but it's far from being on par with the style of BBQ it claims to serve. Ribs were okay, really quite edible. I would have liked to see more rub on them but the smoke flavor was good and the doneness was perfect. The brisket was such a disappointment. Not because it was bad but because it was so close to being great. First issue was there's no "moist" slices of the brisket which makes me think they're only smoking flats instead of full packer briskets. This might be because they can't get the full briskets up in Washington. I don't know. But at any rate, no point cuts available. The second issue is that it's clear that they are smoking the brisket on some sort of tray because there's no smoke ring on the bottom of the meat. This was sad to see because that prevents half of the potential smoke flavor from getting into the meat. Which brings me to the 3rd thing, they're using mesquite instead of post oak, a more traditional Texas flavor for brisket. The smoke flavor was lacking acrossthe board, which was very disappointing because the brisket was cooked very well. It had nicely rendered fat and passed the pull test. AND if they were serving the point (moist) muscles then that fat would have been deliciously rendered into the whole brisket. So they're really just so close to making great brisket with a few minor changes. Aside from that, they're cooking on a homemade pellet smoker. Which is an awesome accomplishment to build but I just can't seem to understand the logic behind the decision to go out of your way to build a pellet smoker. If you have the ability to build a complex pellet smoker, why wouldn't you just build a stick burner and smoke with actual wood? It's way better and you'll get better bark on your briskets. Just a few things to think about. But they had Shiner bock on tap! That was awesome to see. Thanks for the...

Me and my boyfriend Went to the valley location yesterday and while the food was good and so was the music we were not impressed with our server at all. I can’t remember his name however he has tattoos all the way down his arms and he wears more rings than Johnny Depp. The issue that I have was that he was up selling us on freaking everything and being in my opinion rude about it he talk down to me several times especially when I asked him what desserts he had. He hardly gave us any time to look at the menu before he rushed over and was being rude about us ordering then once we ordered we hardly saw him and had to stop the food runner to get things that we needed I’ve been a bartender for a very long time so of course I’m gonna be a little bit more judge mental but the way that he talk to us and the way that he up sold every little thing and when we didn’t do the upsell he was rude that’s enough to make me not want to come back to that location I think we will stick to the north side . Also one of our friends came with us and my boyfriend was paying for his meal but he literally didn’t feel comfortable because the server was up selling so much that he went over there while he was ordering just to make sure the server wasn’t up selling everything and making the bills super high as a server I understand this is a common practice but he went overboard and it’s enough for us never to come back especially with two locations so I can get the same food at a different location and Not have to deal with a...

Let me start by saying I typically don't like BBQ places in the PNW. Most of them the meat is dry and massively overpriced. But we saw this was one of the highest rated BBQ places in Spokane and the pasta salad on their menu sounded great so I figured why not. The reviews were not wrong, this restaurant was amazing! To start, when you walk in you are met by the most gorgeous bakery cases I have ever seen. I ordered the brisket with macaroni and the aforementioned pasta salad. My husband also ordered the brisket and the ribs, with the macaroni and fried okra. We both upgraded from the bread to the cheesy cornbread. The food came out quickly. The brisket was so tender that it was hard to keep it on the fork! The pasta salad, which is a cilantro corn jalapeno pasta salad was amazing. My husband liked the ribs, I found the sauce a little sweet but the ribs were so tender they fell off the bone. As far as sauce goes, we tried all of them and while they were all delicious, The MOP sauce was by far the best one. On first taste it is sweet but then the spice creeps in and it is perfect. The cheesy cornbread had a lump of cheese in the middle and the bread was so soft, not dry at all. You know the food is good when the macaroni is a side note, but this was also delicious. It looks baked but it was not even slightly dry. I honestly have nothing bad to say about any of the food, even the pickles were amazing. We will definitely be coming back as well as taking home quite a bit of...