Porkopolis

The girlfriend and I went here for dinner. I had read the reviews and I was not disappointed. For being a weekend we were seated fast. Our waitress was great and the food came out quickly. I had one of the skillets and it was perfect. I have to mention the moonshine and koolaid… as it was a drink she tried and very good. For after dinner we did the waffle and ice cream. It was very good

We love this place! The food is spot on & the service is outstanding. We always feel welcomed and have never once had a bad experience. Happy hour specials rock and they have a $ 2 beer special daily. Best bartenders in town! Matt & Brady know how to operate a great family business and their care shows in every aspect of the business. The catering is fantastic too! From small backyard gatherings to corporate Christmas parties, it’s always been great and everyone has been blown away by the awesome eats! Great job guys; keep up the good work!

Ok, this is going to be a long one. First we will start with the creamed corn. Big crunchy kernels, actual cream, jalapenos. It was sweet, spicy, and delicious.
The fries… instead of salted they are spicy! Spicy and incredible… but then you add the sweetened ketchup! HOLY FRIES BATMAN! Looks like there is some brown sugar in the ketchup, making the spiciness of the fries POP!
The pulled pork has a very distinct smoky flavor… some mesquite… but not overwhelming… they definitely cut it with some other wood keeping it not overpowering, but almost perfect. You could see the bark even though it was pulled. And the spices! Not too spiced that you couldn’t taste the meat, but great flavor. It didn’t need sauce, but added some sweet hot bbq sauce after the first bite. I was in heaven! This was perfect pulled pork.
The brisket was perfectly smoked with no need for sauce at all. Good bark, great seasoning, not too dry… OMG this is great brisket.
Now the ribs. They were smoked to perfection and covered in a sweet smoky sauce (not the spicy one). They were almost fall off the bone, but not quite. The meat was reconstituted and… and…perfect. This was a perfect BBQ rib.
So between the BBQ Nachos, fries, creamed corn, pulled pork, and brisket, I’d say this was an amazing BBQ Joint. But then you add the ribs. When I say they were perfect, I do know what I am talking about. This is the BEST BBQ JOINT in Arizona! I can’t wait to come back!
I give this place 5 stars, two thumbs up, and worth a drive from Tucson!

Food is amazing, 5 Stars! Ordered pickup using the eat 24 app and food was hot, fresh and ready when i arrived (10 to 15 minutes). Jalapeño Coleslaw was perfect and adds a nice flavored spice. All the salad ingredients were very fresh and went with the pulled pork and rib combo plate with a side of spicy BBQ sauce!

Friends recommended this! Burnt end hash! Delicious. The hot & sweet sauce is delicious!

Good stuff! 1^st time my girl and I had been there and they did not let us down. Brady and his friend’s restaurant lives up to the hype. Though I’m not necessarily a fan of poem I gave in and went for the brisket. Two words: DO IT!

I have been here a few times now. Food is always great. Love that I found a nice clean casual BBQ spot. Friendly service, and a reasonable price. Absolutely recommend if you are in a BBQ mood. Get the Mac and Cheese side, it’s a must. Best $ 1 add to a sandwich you can spend.

Amazing BBQ. Eat there at least once a week and the service is always excellent. Staff is pleasant and polite. This is a must stop for legit BBQ.

Casual atmosphere, friendly staff, OUTSTANDING food!!! We had (shared) the brisket, pulled pork, wings, and turkey! Loved everything and bought the sauce to take home! We will be back!

Already our favorite place! This is a carnivores heaven! Our waiter was Dan Dan the sexy old man, he was awesome suggested dishes we might like since this was our firsr time at Porkopolis. Dan didn’t let us down. DAMN! This place is awesome! When we arrived Brady from Morning Sickness on 97.9 KUPD (the sickest morning show on FM) was there and made us feel at home by welcoming us to the Pork Side. This place is a MUST if you want some of the best BBQ ever.

Been hearing the hype on the radio show for a while now. Drove an hour to try some hyped BBQ.
I really wanted to love the place. Honestly it was severely average. Let me be fair and say that if they had one closer, I would be an occasional customer, maybe once or twice per year. Since they are so far, I won’t likely be back. Don’t think it’s because of the distance. This fat boy will drive for HOURS to eat somewhere awesome. I plan my vacations around food. The food isn’t worth a long drive.
My brisket was dry and it needed a fork and knife. I think as BBQ connoisseurs we can likely all agree that brisket should NEVER need a knife. Fork tender, pull apart, what ever you want to describe as your idea of proper brisket cooking, this was none of them.
Mac n Cheese was pretty good.
Fried pickles were pretty good
Smoked wings were okay too
Maybe I went on an off day. Or maybe they have the power of a funny radio show to influence traffic.

I made a pickup order through Unilocal.Extremely easy! Quaint restaurant, the gentlemen who helped me was very nice. The redneck tacos are pretty delicious. The jalapeño slaw is awesome, I could eat a whole bowl of it. We ordered the pork salad, fresh and good dressing. I will definite come back with my family.

1^st timer and they met all my expectations. The atmosphere was casual which is great if you have kids. Staff was friendly and attentive the entire duration of our visit. Can’t recall the name if our hist because we had so many lol. When she was busy there were several others who checked in with us and even played with my boys. Terrific food, friendly people, and the check wasn’t bad either (2 adult entrées + drinks, 2 kids plates, an appetizer and a drink from the bar less than $ 55 not including tip)… … 10 stars!

Been hearing about this place for a while. Finally got to show up.
So, as I always do in a new place, I get the pulled pork. That is my measurement standard for BBQ places. My wife got a platter that had pork and brisket. So «how was it?» you ask…
My sandwich was pretty good. The pork was very tender (as it should be), and the sauce was OK. I would have liked a bit more of a smoke to the meat, maybe a bit more rub too. But it was pretty good. My wife’s brisket was fall-​apart tender, but again needed a bit more smoke and rub flavor. To their credit they go light on the sauce. You want to add to the flavor of the meat, but not cover it up. They were successful there as I could taste the meat very clearly. Which is how I know it needed a better rub and some more smoke.
I got beans as my side. The quantity was a joke. Seriously. Not much bigger than a shot glass. Maybe two regular shot glasses. And that’s it. Why even bother? I also got to try their french fries. Lightly seasoned, but heavily salted. Too much salt (and I LIKE salt!). The dirty rice was very nice (I got to sample that also).
So Joe’s Real BBQ has nothing to worry about. They stomp this place into the ground. Dave’s also beats them (by a bit in terms of flavor, but by a LOT in portion size). And Rudy’s is probably better too. So I don’t really have any reason to come here. They are «pretty good», but nothing to get excited about. There are several better choices in the east valley that I could go to first.

I’ll go with three stars because the service was very prompt, friendly and efficient. This place is also very cute and comfortable inside. It really has a nice ambiance, contrary to the exterior of the strip mall location. That said, other than the delicious macaroni and cheese and green beans, the food was just okay. The pulled pork was tender, but not full of flavor. The ribs were okay, except it was a challenge getting the meat off of the bones. The chicken was good, but again, nothing extraordinary. This won’t be on our return list, but you still might give them a try. Just maybe we caught the kitchen on an off night.

I had fried pickles, the meat platter, and a peach moonshine drink. The fried pickles were average. The meat platter (brisket, turkey, coleslaw, and mashed potatoes) was below average… how do you mess up mashed potatoes?
The drink was excellent. Service was excellent! If I came here again, it would be because someone is holding me hostage and forcing me to. Even then, I would just have drinks.

I had really high hopes for this place based off of my boyfriends professed love of the location when he visited… (4 years ago that is). Unfortunately I was a bit disappointed at what came out from the kitchen. We placed our order and no joke it was at our table in less than 5 minutes. Most people would be excited about this but to me that means «food all stored in heated containers on the line». Meh.
The 2 item platter we ordered was abysmal. Chicken was dry, pork was weirdly hard and dry, cole slaw tasted like nothing and the beans were a depressing mixture of beans coated in salt. We also ordered the Nachos which were actually not bad.
I don’t think I would come back but I do have to say that everyone’s taste in BBQ is different so try it out and formulate your own opinion.

I wanted to try a little of everything so I had the sampler… pork bbq, brisket, and ribs. Everything was very good. my favorite was the brisket. Ribs had lots of tender meat. The bbq sauce was delicious as well.
The sides I had were mac and cheese and fries. The mac and cheese was very bland and I would not order that again. Fries were nothing special at all either. Next time I’ll try different sides.
One last thing, this place is way better than Joe’s BBQ in gilbert.

Ok, so I am biased on my bbq. I have a particular sauce I like, that you can’t get in Phoenix, so there’s that. But anyway, decided to try this place out with some coworkers.
I ordered the 2 meat plate. Ok. Not bad. Not awesome. The brisket was really dry and not much flavor — so I added the smokey sauce. The smokey sauce is ok — a little too sweet for my liking. The turkey however was good and moist, but I do have to say more salty than any real bbq flavor. I kind of left with the impression that the sauce had to be added to everything to make it «bbq». Warning — the macaroni and cheese has jalapenos or something in it. I would also call this a bit flavorless — maybe that is why the jalapenos are in it — to add something.
Overall, it was ok. I wouldn’t make a special trip to come here in the future.

About eight of us came here for lunch this past week. It was a group outing to reminisce over a friend who had just passed away.
Porkopoist was one of his favorite places and we thought this would be a good place to go and remember him. So needless to say, the food is really very good here. We all ordered something different off the menu: brisket, sandwiches, ribs, salads and of course their jalapeño cole slaw. All were wonderful!
I had the Pulled Pork Sandwich. As you can see from the photo I took, this isn’t one of those BBQ places that drenches the food with sauce. It was moist and incredibly flavorful. No need to kill the taste with too much sauce!
My tab with taxes and gratuities of 18% included (we were a large group of eight), came to $ 12. My friend would have loved being there with us. I only wish he was there to enjoy our Irish Wake.
Enjoy!