Frank’s Backyard BBQ

Here’s the deal folks. This is REAL Barbecue You may have tried some other places that may claim to do Barbecue but this guy does it best. My girl and I travel around the Northwest Indiana region as well as Chicagoland looking for good Que. There’s nothing out there like what this guy does. We’ve done Smoque, Honkey Tonk, Bombers, Exsenators, Hog Wild, Chuck’s, Hog Haven to name a few and there’s just something about seeing the whole operation right there in front of you. They do a homemade slaw and a smoked baked bean with a few different kinds of beans. Some other places may pull something out of the cooler from a day or two prior and re-​fire it bring it up to temp. That doesn’t happen here everything is done right in front of you so you see what’s going on at all times. They don’t add so much sauce that it’s swimming in it. I want to taste the meat first then the sauce behind it. This guy gets there the night before, gets his firebox going then tends to it all night /​morning low and slow. Next time you drive by Reichert’s Tavern and see the smoker trailer out there beep as you go by but more important come back in about 12 or 14 hours for some damn good Barbecue. Staff is friendly and ready to explain or make suggestions. We did the brisket, burnt ends, and pork belly, based on their suggestions on one trip and then did the chopped brisket, burnt ends and a full slab on another trip. We were loving it and if we weren’t so full we would have ordered more. They started doing full pound and half pound portions too. Great idea to take home to a hungry crew, if it even makes it home. Like all good BBQ places when they run out they run out, you can’t just throw another brisket on the smoker and expect it to be done in an hour. Portions are good and the prices are good too. Seating limited to a couple picnic tables behind the bar. You can always go into the bar too as long as your of age. Hell I find it best to drop the tail gate to my truck and dine right there. I will be back there again and again. I highly suggest this place to anyone interested in GOOD quality Barbecue.

Check out the ribs… fantastic. If pulled pork is your thing… you won’t find any better. Southern styled brisket… all I can say is you’d think you were in Texas!
NOT TO BE MISSED! Worth the drive for sure.