Buck’s Grill & Crafts

Interesting place. The owner smokes his own meat out front and is sold inside a small café setting that also sells crafts. With that out of the way, let’s get to the meat.
Not good. We sampled their brisket and a half rack of ribs on a Saturday afternoon. The brisket sandwich, two thin slices of fatty brisket on a bun for $ 5 is not worth $ 5. I say fatty not to discourage, for fat is good in this case and added a nice flavor to the smokiness, but again, not worth the money. There was a slight witness of smoke ring on the meat but not much.
The ribs had an okay dry rub on them. Use the house made BBQ sauce on the table to make them wet. You know that taste and texture of leftover meat, from a day or possibly two days after the cook? That’s what I had, for $ 9. Plus, they still had the membrane on them. Do you HAVE to take the membrane off before cooking any type of ribs? Not really. Does it show unprofessional if an establishment doesn’t do it? Very.
Drinks are cans and bottles only-​Pepsi and Coke products. No alcohol. They also have a cake (Red Velvet when I was there) on the counter and misc. desserts in a case under the register, including transparent tarts.
Either a labor of love or experience, or both, is definitely missing here. It’s a shame for Maysville, KY has no other options for smoked meat and if this grill could better it’s daily quality, quantity and then reevaluate pricing based on such it might be a BBQ destination.