bkarau's Review of Cripple Creek BBQ

 Super nice staff and a cool pork shank appetizer.

dbarrow's Review of Cripple Creek BBQ

Main Fare:

• Ribs - heavy creosote flavor and gray in color, this is an awful looking and tasting product 
• Brisket - No flavor or rub to speak of, stand-up style brisket
• Pulled Pork - decent flavor, small smoke ring
• Pork Wing - this is the bomb, falls off the bone and pink all the way through. Black pepper spice rub but wish there was more of it.
• Sausage - store bought Hillshires/Eckridge with heavy maple flavor, slightly tough casing
• Hot Link - good heat but has an odd flavor - maybe tobacco, very tender

Other Fare:

• Potato Salad - nice flavor with lots of pickels and mustard overtones
• Cole Slaw - mushy finely shredded slaw with sugar and vinegar flavors
• Beans - texas style pinto beans but not doctored up enough for my liking
• Spicey Sauce - nice heat with heavy black pepper, this is the sauce to use here
• Regular Sauce - KC masterpiece

Atmosphere:

• Small smoking pit in front of the joint is a nice touch to bring in the drive-bys. Nice decorations with Texas pictures and cows/cowboys on the wall. Bill and Debbie are very friendly and accommodating and even picked up the tab. They've been in this location for just over 6 years. Seats 125 people and I like the multi-room layout including a smoking section.

ssweeney's Review of Cripple Creek BBQ

Main Fare:

• Lean, stand-up style brisket.  It is tough to chew with a bit of creosote, especially on the crust.
• This is a big rib that is trimmed St Louis style.  It also has a 'tang' associated with a dirty (smothered) fire.  This rib is chewy and tough... not fully rendered.  
• Sausage - Hillshire Farms product.
• Hot Link has an odd flavor that nobody is able to identify.  Good texture and heat.  Tabasco peppers?  There are two different spice profiles inside that are working against each other.
• Hog Wing... I am torn on this because we learn that this is a commercial product that comes pre-cooked, and are just warmed on the smoker.  Even so, this may be the best thing on the menu (we didn't try the buffalo burger).  This is a tasty start to our day.

Other Fare:

• Potato salad is mashed and mustard-based... I like it.
• Slaw has a thin creamy sauce with some vinegar tang.  I like the flavor, but there is no crunch.
• Texas Beans are a version of Ranch Style beans.
• Sauce is a traditional style sauce
• Spicy sauce is dominated by yellow mustard
• Mae Poy dipping sauce for the hog wings contains too much salt/soy sauce to go well with the wings

Atmosphere:

• Wildman arrives early, and we are greeted with a warm and pleasant welcome.  These are very nice folks with a service-oriented attitude.  Service was excellent throughout the meal, and the owner comps our meal!
• Clean lines to the building; There is a drive-through, and even a mini-pit smoking away out front
• The inside is comfortable and has a nice banquet room, where we are seated.
• Owner proudly offers that it takes only two sticks of hickory to smoke 20 briskets in his Ole Hickory pit.