Ate at Earls last night and wasn't impressed. It was just average. Service was okay, but food could've been better. I've definitely tasted better BBQ. Oklahoma Station BBQ beats Earls hands down.

I've heard the same thing, Jack.

I can also recommend Lone Star BBQ on 36th and Shartel. My school gets their food for teacher luncheons sometimes, splendid stuff.

I've heard the same thing, Jack.

I can also recommend Lone Star BBQ on 36th and Shartel. My school gets their food for teacher luncheons sometimes, splendid stuff.

I agree with the above poster.

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Are we talking about Iron Starr???? If so, they're hands down the best.

Yes, yes it is. Thank you for making the correction. Wouldn't want people looking for a non-existant bbq place.

Good eye.

Earl's has great burgers and curley fries. Maybe the best in the city. I know that's a bold statement, but their bacon cheddar burger with the hot bbq sauce is unstopable.

Their BBQ is good, but not even in the same league as Van's Pig Stand in Norman. Try "The Smoke Stack" sandwich. It is a chopped beef and hot link sandwhich topped with cole slaw. I know that may sound gross, but just try it. Their cole slaw doesn't have mayonaise in it.

Iron Starr is awesome! I love their bbq pulled pork sandwiches. Yummy!
I like Earl's buffalo wings. Those are some pretty good wings and...they aren't little dinky wings either. Nice and meaty!

Do they sell Marboro Lights?

I don't care for their fries much, or anyone elses for that matter, but I agree with Fizzy about the Burgers: they are excellent.

If you like Hot Wings I suggest giving theirs a try: they have their own take on the Buffalo Wing, something different than the "Frank's Hot Sauce"-based derivative that's so common.

But their burger, especially the Cheddar Burger, is the star attraction.

Haha Everytime I hear that commercial "If you can find better Bar-B-Que, go ahead and eat it" I think to myself "that won't be hard, and I will!".
I don't consider it to be real BBQ at all, it's more like Kraft, compared to Sweet Baby Ray's.

I like Iron Starr, we eat there quite a bit, but it's also a little on the upscale side, and not really traditional.

I'll head to the East side to a BBQ stand in a shopping center to get the fatty, sauce-laden stuff I'm used to if I don't make it myself.

Should you really use the word 'upscale' when referring to a BBQ joint? Do you mean that it has metal chairs instead of plastic patio chairs?

What sort of sauce do you use?

I've heard many people say Iron Starr is good. Where is it located? I'd like to try it with my wife sometime.

36th and Shartel, right across from the Gazette office.

HFK, If you like, I will start PMing you so you can pick apart every post I make, I think you've missed a couple. . .


And yes, when a meal for one person can cost $20 at a BBQ place, I say upscale.

And as far as the sauce comment, I most likely meant fat-laden. excuse me.

Actually, Iron Starr is kinda upscale (for BBQ)...that's why I like it....they have a pretty good wine list (with half priced wine!!!!) They bill themselves as "Urban BBQ"...

Please don't misunderstand, we're not talking the Ranch here, but it's a decidedly better atmosphere than any other barbeque place in OKC-just for a frame of reference...Iron Starr is owned by the same people who run Cheevers.

I've never been impressed with any of the Earl's locations. They're food is subpar. Now that Jack's is closed. I recommend Swadley's on 39th and Rockwell.

Oklahoma Station BBQ used to be good, until about a year or two ago...seems like they changed either a) owners or b) accountants, and whomever was running the controls started thinning down, well, everything. After the realization was made that it wasn't an accident (my mom and her brother used to go there virtually every week, if not more frequently, and it was no small drive for either of them), they finally gave up.

Earl's brisket is pretty good, their sauce doesn't do much for me, but I *do* love their burgers...

No one around here probably remembers Hans BBQ...best BBQ sandwich ever around here...

-SoonerDave

Absolutely I remember Hans. It was a sad day when that place closed.

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Vans in Norman is by far the best! The new one in Moore sucks. County line is good also!

I'd forgotten about County Line. Very yummy stuff.

County Line is definitely underrated... maybe they just need a bit more publicity, or a better location.... maybe put one in bricktown lol