Honey, what’s for dinner?

Black-Eyed Joe’s BBQ, that’s what!!

Oh yeah, baby!  Slow-smoked BBQ with a side serving of scrumptious baked beans, chips, and cole slaw.  And the best part?  It’s absolutely FREE!  (Wooohoo, I didn’t have to cook tonight!)

Here’s for you to salivate over…(I’m evil, yes I know!)

Brad, a friend and colleague of Steve, invited us to this event tonight.  He is a friend of Joe, who is the owner of Black-Eyed Joe’s BBQ.  From what I understand, Joe built a trailer to use for his just-starting BBQ catering business.

This trailer has all his equipment for smoking the meat so that he can prepare all the food on site for whatever event he’s catering to.  He can also feed up to 800 people at one time.  As a promo for his business, Joe told Brad that if he could come up with the people, Joe will provide the food.  That’s where we come in.

Joe is the one with the hat (too bad you can't see his face!).

Unfortunately, Paul cannot eat BBQ meat yet so I gave him green beans.  He ate it like a real sport!

The BBQ was really good – tender and moist.  Apparently, Joe started smoking them since 2:00 this morning, not afternoon, but morning.  It’s spot-on delicious meat he is using.  I like Joe’s own BBQ sauce.  I combined both the sweet and spicy variation together.  Needless to say, my BBQ sandwich was delicioso!

I also liked his bakes beans.  They were chuck full of meat too.  I don’t know if that was also smoked but I imagine it was.  The meat in it were pretty chunky which makes for a stand-out baked beans texture.  The flavor is an exquisite balance of sweet and vinaigary taste to it.  (Believe it or not, my mouth is watering as I wrote that last sentence – and it had only been a few hours since I ate it.  Mmmm…)

Over all, it was a good night with incredibly delicious food, a great warm clear weather, and lotsa friends.  Paul even made a new friend.

Paul with Steve, my husband Steve's colleague.

Thanks, Joe of Black-Eyed Joe’s BBQ and Brad for the invite, the free food, and the fun.  Consider Black-Eyed Joe’s BBQ if you’re having an event catered.  I don’t think they have a website yet but if you’re interested, leave a comment in the comments section and we’ll hook you up with right people.