M & E BBQ

My wife and I stopped here for lunch today while driving to Juniper Springs.  It's a little local place that operates out of a trailer but has places to park and covered picnic tables.  All the meat is cooked on-site with hardwood.  We'd never heard of the place, but we saw lots of pickup trucks outside during lunch, always a good sign.

The pulled pork sandwich was huge, and I would probably give it three stars -- a bit sweet, and with a more uniform texture than I like.

The real crown jewel here is the ribs, which go for nine bucks with two sides and a drink and get five stars by my measure.  The rub is mainly coarse-ground pepper, and there's no sauce -- you can add sweet, hot, or mustard sauce to your taste.  The texture and flavor were fantastic -- tender and meaty on the thicker parts, and something like peppered beef jerky on the thinner, crispier parts.

The sides were good but not standout, and the tea was tasty and not too sweet.

Recommended if you're in the area and want some good local Q!