Monday, April 4, 2011

Redd's Smokehouse

     The first time I went I was refereed by one of my dad's friends and wow!  I was completely blown away. They have a little food truck in the parking lot of a jewelry store and I was a little skeptical, but once I tasted the food I had no doubts, these guys know their stuff! They do Carolina style BBQ which is something that they said is missing from this area. I now agree.
     I ordered the Sampler which came with 3 ribs, 1/4 chicken (I ordered dark meet) and an almost overwhelming amount of pulled pork. I had the tomato base sauce instead of the honey mustard base and I lack words to describe how amazing the food truly was. Never in my life have I had chicken that was as flavorful or juicy. The meat on the ribs just fell off the bone and was tender as could be. The pork had a nice flavor and was not fatty as it can sometimes be. 
     I then got 2 sides with my meal and selected the sweet potato fries and baked beans. I had never before had fresh cut sweet potato fries and I found even more amazing was that they put cinnamon and sugar on the fries (I usually just put syrup). The baked beans were nothing like our Northern baked beans but the new taste was spectacular and left me searching for more after I licked the cup clean. 
     The second time I went I got the 1/2 chicken dinner and I was not disappointed!  To my amazement the chicken was even juicier than I had remembered.  So very moist and tender as could be.  I thought about trying the honey mustard sauce, but then decided to stick with the tomato sauce because it had been so good (please forgive me for not trying the other sauce)!  Also I stuck with my baked beans and sweet potato fries (again 1,000 apologizes for not trying a new side).  The sweet potato fries this time were done a little longer and proved to be a bit more crunchy.  As before I enjoyed my meal. 
     My only complaints are that they are only open Wednesday to Sunday and there is no seating. But this food is worth waiting for and taking it home or to a friend's house to eat is more than worth it!  Please visit these guys, you won't regret it.  Their address is 728 North Hanover Street, Carlisle, PA 17013-1534, and you can call them at (717) 254-6419.  These guys really know what they are doing!
     My next post should be coming out in a few days and I plan to talk about my Primanti Brothers experience when I was out visiting friends in Pittsburgh the other week.  I apologize again for taking so to post another review!