Smokehouse Barbecue - Independence

Reviews

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  Steven Adkins

  1 day ago
  2.0
  The wait hostess and server were wonderful, very helpful and accommodating. The only miserable person there was the so called manager with pink/red in her hair, she just looked unhappy the whole time and can't say I saw her even check on anyone. The food... lackluster at best. We had pickle fries as an appetizer and it was loaded with grease and very salty, so much we stop eating them. When we received the food all of us were wondering, what is this they put in front of us. So now in our family coined this place as Applebee's of BBQ!
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  Philip Carlson

  3 days ago
  2.0
  This food I could not eat, had a 2 meat 2 side platter and a house salad. the bbq sauce exploded upon opening so I assumed it had gone bad. The meat was too smoky, as if they poured liquid smoke on it or something, really bitter. The beans also tasted like heavy liquid smoke. The potato salad was also gross. The salad had big chunks of eggs in it which made the whole thing taste like eggs. I wont be back im eating a can of chicken soup as I write this because my $40 worth of their food is in the trash.
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  Susan Holley

  Apr 1, 2026
  5.0
  Excellent burnt ends, baby back ribs and sauce. Being from out of town we ate a lot of BBQ this week. Smokehouse in the restaurant category was excellent. Sarah B was our server. She was friendly, knowledgeable and shared some great stories about BBQ and sports. Great experience!
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  jessica trowbridge

  Mar 29, 2026
  3.0
  I go here for the ranch hands down their salads are the best. Not as big as i remember but definitely ah...mazing. tonight i ordered a $35 steak from there the first time asked for Med well but it was med. Rare and fatty. My son ordered the 2 pork chops plain but they put bbq sauce on it. It wasnt what we were used to. The service got a pitty tip they weren't even busy but still dropped 35$ just for the tip.
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  Kellie Enloe

  Mar 28, 2026
  1.0
  Last night we ordered pickup, I've seen they had pork belly and they are the most wonderful things in the world. Absolutely not here, it was nothing besides hunks of pork with pepper jack cheese. There was no fat on them at all and the pork was so dried out it wouldn't even go down your throat. It is more than clear that this place has no clue what pork belly is or how it is to be served. Also ordered the dried-out wings which were also horrible. Absolute last time I spend a penny of my money there!