[Blackburn]

Just moved to Peoria 3 weeks ago from Indiana. Went from a nice grill and home to an apartment. I used to grill out atleast 3 nights a week back home hopefully my new apartments provided gas grills have enough fuel in them to last me ha.

So far Bobby Q's is my Favorite Phoenix BBQ joint so far. (only 3 weeks in)
Tried Shanes Rib Shack all there BBQ sucked( tried the sampler), also tried Dickey's also was very unimpressed.

I used to have a hometown fav that was not a chain, best pulled pork around and I am in need of one of those in the Phoenix area, hopefully close to Peoria.

One question? Back home it's a sin for a restaurant to serve pulled pork with sauce on it or cooked with it.( you add it yourself) Unless it's a place serving cheap pork, is it just a western thing the places do out here ? Or is there some decent BBQ places that will stand by there pulled pork without any sauce needed. If you know of a place please let me know, I am already getting withdraws.

[Mark]

Welcome to the Valley and to the Club, Indy!

Check out these two quality BBQ spots in your neck of the woods. They're owned and run by great AZ Barbecue members that are competitors on the BBQ circuit. At both you'll enjoy really good pulled pork that stands on its own. No sauce needed.

David & Karyn Rosol's Q-to-U-BBQ:
http://www.q-to-u-bbq.com/

Roger Wagner's Thee Pitts Again:
http://www.theepittsagain.com/

[route66]

Indy, You did find a good place in Bobby Q's. Seems we never hear too much about them but I have always enjoyed their Q. I have to agree with Mark that another good place is Q2U in Anthem which has consistency and above average quality, Dave and Karyn supervise and cook everything which helps them with quality. I tried another new place in Glendale on Peoria and 57th Avenue using a Groupon called Woody's BBQ and was pleasantly surprised. I had their brisket and smoked sausage platter which their brisket was very good and moist and the sausage a 7 out of 10. I might have just been lucky as I did not see any other patrons dining during the dinner hour and the help was anything but professional giving me the idea they won't be in business long, but what I was served was as good as I have had in Phoenix for some time. Another in Downtown is the Arizona BBQ Company which has good pork and ribs, they are in the warehouse district and are only open for lunch but have good BBQ. Enjoy

[PAT YOUNG]

Welcome to the site PATRICK, I'm an INDIANA boy myself (WINCHESTER, RICHMOND, LYNN, areas) If you ever get up on the mountain we'll make you some killer pulled pork the "right way" !

[azkitch]

Welcome to the forum, and to west Phoenix, Patrick.  As well as the aforementioned places, a nice place in a unique area, not very close, but somewhere to go for an evening out, might be Bryan's Black Mountain, on Cave Creek Road way out in Cave Creek. They've gotten rave reviews here and other places. And 19th Avenue and Deer Valley Road, Pork on a Fork, has some righteous pulled pork!
Otherwise, Q2U and Roger's Thee Pitts Again would have been my first 2 suggestions.