Buckingham Smokehouse Bar-B-Q

I have been going to Buckinghams somewhat infrequently for the past 4 or 5 years. I suspect they have changed hands at some point because the quality and portion size has drastically dropped. LIke Mona C. I had gotten the combo place once and everything on it was dry. Not just overcooked dry, but turkey jerky dry. I liked the Bruswick Stew, but I have no idea if it was good or not having never had it before. With chains like Famous Daves and Memphis around, I wanted to give the ‘little guy’ a chance, but they have really disappointed me. The food isn’t terrible, but it’s not good. If you do find yourself there, try the fried pickles, you’ll feel like Elvis.

After a long rainy day stuck inside I had worked up an appetite and it was time for another BBQ run.
Being closest to my house Buckingham’s made it 1^st on my list.
This place is in a great location right next door to the movie theater.
As you enter you are greeted by a very friendly asian lady and a large dining area with boothes along the walls and western décor on the walls.
They have quite a deisplay of trophies & plaques touting their accomplishments & merits.
I ordered a pulled pork sandwich w/​2 sides for $ 8– I also got horseradish cole slaw and mustard potato salad.
This place is for real. Great smoky taste, the pork was slightly crunchy but very moist & tender. The BBQ sauce was spicy with some real zip to it.
The cole slaw was the biggest surprise. Horseradish-​very spicy but crunchy and delightful. The potato salad was incredible too.
I saw an order of ribs and they looked like some of the best I’ve seen. I will be back to give them a try.
For now I’m off to my next BBQ destination…

I got the combo plate, which included a little bit of everything. The ribs and links were edible, but the ham and turkey tasted like smoked lunch meat. The texture of the pulled pork was not bad, but it could have been more flavorful. The waitress recommended we get the sweet potato fries because they were oh-​so delicious and we shouldn’t come to Buckingham’s without having them. OK, I was sold. The «sweet potato fries» they serve has got to be one of the nastiest things on earth: The texture was all wrong, almost like they cut and fried the sweet potato a week ago, let it sit around for a week, soak it in water to prevent it from drying out, then refried it when I ordered it. It was served with a «dipping sauce» (the little black container in the picture) which tasted like they took pancake syrup and cinnamon, and reduced it to the consistency of snot. Literally.
I do give them props for serving actual barbecue, and not being one of those places that boil their meat. But, I really don’t think I would go back to Buckingham’s. Unless I felt like having lunch meat and snot, which doesn’t happen very often.