Our travels and research took us to the deep woods of Texas through Austin & Mesquite, from the infamous Salt Lick BBQ to the fabulous Rudy’s. We ventured through the entire state of Tennessee and learned their style from the World Famous Calhoun’s Ribs, and even headed way up to to upstate New York to learn from the infamous Dinosaur BBQ.
After years of travel, experimentation, and research (it was delicious), we have developed our own unique barbecue. Dare we call it Delmarva Barbecue!
Our huge smoker, which we call Lil’ Reggie, was built for us by J & R Manufacturing of Mesquite, Texas. We literally had to tear off the front of our building to get it in and build the kitchen around this thing! It is completely 100% heated by wood fire, no gas or electric heat! Many barbecue places use gas ovens and add a few wood chips for flavor. This may be fine for them, but we found that when you smoke your meats for 12-16 hours, gas ovens impart a noticeable gas flavor to the meat that true barbecue lovers cannot tolerate!
Our standard cooking temperature is 200 degrees, this means that all of our meats cook for anywhere from 4-16 hours so that they develop tenderness and a delicious smokey flavor that can only come from this patient cooking method.
We use a blend of woods in our smoking process. Fresh hickory is our primary wood. Unseasoned (green) wood is best in the smoking process because it burns slow and the moisture in the wood creates more smoke. We also add a small amount of Jack Daniels barrel wood. These oak sticks are from barrels that have seasoned for years with Jack Daniels Sour Mash. We found a source for them in Tennessee and have them shipped in for us from there.
St. Louis Ribs are definitely our signature rib. They are full spare ribs with the ends trimmed. This leaves just the meaty center cut of the ribs. We use our house rub on them, then smoke them for 3 1/2 to 4 hours. They come out of the smoker and are served with incredible flavor. The smoke and slow cooking make the St. Louis ribs the most flavorful and meaty ribs you will find. They are a bit pink inside, trust us, that is a good thing.
The pink lining that you will find on our tender beef brisket, as well as the ribs is the sign that the meats were cooked in a smoker for a long time. This is truly the mark of authentic barbecue, so dig in, and enjoy the flavors that come from authentic slow cooking.
Recent Reviews
Bethany Blues BBQ
Sara Last Wheat : 2 on 10/12/2024 8:08 pm
Disappointing for a $30 plate of barbecue. The mac n cheese was clearly made with cheese sauce and the coleslaw was wilted. The turkey did not taste fresh, but the brisket was good (for an extra $3 per plate). Restaurant had live music on Saturday night which was pleasant, and the mule I ordered was strong. Decent for a tourist destination right on the beach but I wouldn’t go again.
Sara Last Wheat
1728763722
2
5
Bethany Blues BBQ
Charles : 3 on 9/19/2024 3:44 am
We enjoyed our time at this location, which we have never been to. We were not aware of the popularity of this area and stumbled on it as we were hungry from a day of going to other places. We were happy to see how clean this place is. We were seated right away and waited a short while for someone to come to our table who brought us fresh cornbread and butter. Yumm. Our server was friendly and took our orders. Our drinks were tasty. I liked my wife's more than mine. And her meal tasted better than mine. She had their Angus burger, and I had their ribs. Her burger was very nice and tender and tasty. I thought I would very much enjoy the St. Louis ribs, but I wasn't thrilled. They were tasty but not as much as I hoped for since this is a bbq place. And I found myself adding bbq sauce from the condiment rack. Anytime I eat bbq ribs, I really don't want to add something. I wasn't to enjoy them as they are. If we were to cine here again, I'd order the burger. The beans were okay, as well as the bbq potato salad, but nothing to brag about. The food gets a 4 star rating because the cornbread was a nice unexpected starter that was fresh and had good texture and flavor, especially with the butter. And of course, how good the burger was. And they have a very good mac & cheese. We also enjoyed our drinks.
Charles
1726717495
3
5
Bethany Blues BBQ
Steven Farrell : 5 on 10/20/2024 12:42 am
Ordered take out dinners for my wife and myself. I had the chopped brisket sandwich with a side of fries, my wife had a salad, and we shared cornbread and Mac and cheese. We also got some take-out crushes. We were very happy with how all of the food tasted and definitely plan to order from this place again next time we are in the area. The chopped brisket tasted so good I didn't bother using the included BBQ sauces (smoky and spicy). We both said we would order the same things next time.
As a note to management, I'd suggest placing a note on the curbside pick up window to go inside to pick up the order in the off-season. The website said to go to that outside window but after standing there a while an employee asked us to go inside to get the food.
As a note to management, I'd suggest placing a note on the curbside pick up window to go inside to pick up the order in the off-season. The website said to go to that outside window but after standing there a while an employee asked us to go inside to get the food.
Steven Farrell
1729384921
5
5
Bethany Blues BBQ
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