Their hot sauce is like a mustard sauce mixed with Carolina, it's REALLY good. They give give you meaty portions and alot to eat here! The meat itself has great texture, not as flavorful as it looks, but filling brisket here. I liked it. The pinto beans are loaded with goodness, and filling. The atmosphere was well put together. Gambling video games, BBQ facts on the wall, logos. Just a great BBQ place in Plainfield read more

Stop in for our first time. Great service and good food. Loved the brisket and green beans! Husband loved pulled pork sandwich. read more

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Best BBQ pizza in town, really good service and very nice employees, helped me with my order over the phone. I got there and service was very fast definitely recommend if you want some bbq pizza, or bbq in general read more

This was one of the best smokehouses around. They then sold a couple of years ago. Usually when someone's sells it goes down, but this went from a cramped space with styrofoam plates and plastic forks to a place that knocked out a wall and has more seating. The food is just as good, but now with real silverware and trays to eat on. The staff is friendly and the food is great. They are one of the best smokehouses around. Still have pride and care about their food, but also updated. Great place that's hidden. read more

I live 20 minutes from this location. This is the best barbecue in Chicago in my opinion. I lived in Texas for half my life and Barbeque is an art down there. The brisket at baby back blues is tender juicy just the right amount of fat, perfect! I wouldn't call myself a big cornbread fan, but theirs is a 10 out of 10 for sure! read more

met up for lunch and this was the meet-up spot. Good call on this beautiful Sunday ! There was already a line forming at 11 am when they were opening. How bout that? I got the pulled chicken- no bun with fries which were a mountain- see picture and drink special. I think it was $10.95 plus $4.95 but the chicken was moist and flavorful while the fries were yummy and you get a ton of fries on the side. Choice of BBQ sauce too. Mild and Hot. Both were good. But I think I liked the Mild better for flavor alone. Overall, it was good. Check it out. Nice corner neighborhood spot. Seems busy throughout the day consistently but not packed but it is Sunday. Good quality and quantity y'all. read more

Baby Back Blues BBQ - Pulled chicken with tons of delicious fries - Barbeque Near Me - Plainfield, Illinois

This is a tuesday fav for me and our family! All the right sauces and mouth watering cornbread

Quality has gone way down. I can make better food in my backyard when I have the time. Whatever they changed they need to change it back. Brisket should be tender and juicy, not dry and taste like pot roast. 50% of the ribs were so dry it was like smoked rib jerky. Don't try it or risk going again until they fix their quality issues. read more

My first time going here. Food was ok, but nothing to rave about. Portion size was small compared to price. I ordered online thinking I can go there and pick it up at the ready time but I still had to wait . They had not started my order until I got there. Probably won't be going back. read more

So 2025 is here and new beginning right all is in the past right? So here I am sent for BBQ BabyBack my choice. I remember that I was not at all satisfied with my last visit. So, Sorry to say that nothing has changed. I ordered brisket combo X2 sides. Brisket was so dry very disappointed the amount seemed less than my many visits in the last 20 years. Coleslaw was off not as sweet very pasty texture the beans have a new taste no smoke or very little brisket if any it had a red color to it maybe a new seasoning to compensate for lack brisket. Very disappointed with my order. My wife ordered mild links and brisket and her portion of brisket was on the lean side again very dry links were satisfactory. When the cashier totaled everything up it came out to $35 and change. When he totaled it up after the computer asked for a tip my wife declined and it still tacked on a 20% tip my wife asked why this happened and cashier said that it does because of a default in settings. This is not a honest practice. Our total came out to $42 and change for two meals! This my friends is my last visit to what I had once believed to be the best bbq spot in will county. read more

This is in a little strip mall with some seating inside. Nothing fancy but oh the food !!! Tried the pulled pork moist and super yummy, chicken (which was a bit dry) and rib tips that were not too fatty and deliciously burnt. You also need to try the cucumber salad. Oh my goodness it is so good !! Coleslaw was pretty tasty with a hint of what I thought tasted like marshmallow. Only side that I was not overly impressed with was the red potato salad. It was good. Just not as good as the other two that I tried. And to top it all off fresh brewed iced tea !! The regular bbq sauce is delish and the hot is well kinda hot. You have to try this place. It is way better than some of the other bbq spots that I have been to in town in my opinion. Not a lot on the menu but it is done to perfection. And that's why I'll be back !! read more

My friend and I decided to order for delivery while trying some beer at a local brewery. We decided on the 3 meat sampler with pulled chicken, brisket, and pulled pork. Our favorite was the pulled chicken. I'm not sure if it was due to the delivery, but the pork was a little dry. It came with 2 sides. We got so many fries with the order. We also tried the green beans that were great. We decided to add on some corn bread which was also delicious. The sauce was on the side and it was a little sweet. It tasted great both with the meat and the fries. read more

This is one of my current favorite BBQ places in Illinois. The pulled pork and brisket sandwiches are excellent. Sausages have a great flavor to them as well. I prefer the hot sauce over the mild but both are good. They have a touch of sweetness to them. The fries, cucumber salad, and green beans are good, the Mac n cheese is ok. read more

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This has been my favorite rib place for years. I live an hour away, so I'm not here often. But whenever I'm on I-55 and passing exit 257 during business hours, I have to stop for ribs and fries. My criteria for a great rib place includes the ribs, the sauce, and the fries...and the value. I was there 2-days ago, and I think some things changed in subtle ways. It was great, but my memory of the sauce was it used to be more flavorful and the ribs had more fat trimmed off and the meat had more texture (not falling off the bone with no effort). Fries remained great. As with everything 'food', it got pricier. They're at the threshold of my personal price tolerance for a slab, 2-sides, and a drink, meaning I'm not complaining, yet. I will continue to go there every time I'm in the area. But they're now tied with what used to be my 2nd place in the 'City' where I live. I'll now call them my "top 2", with an asterisk. If you've never tried them, I'd still recommend that you try them. They're still very good. read more

Very disappointed in this establishment. We ordered chicken, brisket, and pork. The chicken and the pork were fine, but the brisket was not slow cooked. That sucker was boiled til tender and then finished off on the smoker. You can tell despite there being a nice black bark to disguise it. We paid extra for brisket, and it's not cheap. Do better. You can't fool people who know REAL BBQ. read more

The food was exceptional! My son just moved to Plainfield so we picked up food for lunch. BRISKET!!!! PULLED PORK!!!! Let's not even talk about how many different side choices! Pinto beans, cucumber salad, mac and cheese just to name a few. All delicious! We all totally recommend and my husband can't wait to go Saturday! Oh yes, the service was amazing. So helpful. Very lovely man helped us. He told us how everything worked as I ordered a family meal. Like I said, many choices. You can sit inside and eat or they deliver too. Lots of smoky delicious meats. It smells great when you walk in and they chop up your meat right in front of you. Their bbq sauce is delish! Mild or spicy! You can't lose going to this place! Can't wait to return!!! read more

Used to love the food here. The quality and caring about if the food is cooked has pretty much become non existent. The quality of the meat has changed drastically and received pinto beans that were not cooked. Completely hard!!! I called to tell them the beans are not cooked and the person on the phone said, "Oh I understand you probably like your beans a little softer". Really?!! . Ummm well cooked would be good. read more

Good food! Had the pulled pork sandwich, Mac n cheese and fresh cut fries. BBQ sauce made the sandwich even better. read more

Baby Back Blues BBQ - Pulled pork sandwich, Mac n cheese and fresh cut fries. The food was pretty good, the BBQ sauce made the sandwich better. - Barbeque Near Me - Plainfield, Illinois

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Yes! This place is wonderful. Big portions, great prices and fantastic bbq. This is our favorite bbq in the area. My entire family loves it & we Don't break the bank ordering carry out. read more

Used to come here years ago. Stopped coming when they changed the bbq sauce. We were in the area and decided to stop back in. Pulled pork was still good. Sauce was better this time. Cucumber salad was really good. Ordered chicken tenders because our kids don't eat bbq. They couldn't cook them. They did and they were burnt. Said they would put another order in and cook it in less time. Still was burnt. They had mentioned that they were new style chicken tenders and that's how they were cooking. Our kids were starving. Just told them to give us the sides we ordered and refund us accordingly. Mac n cheese was just okay, my son didn't really eat it. My kids ate some fries and then we headed to the nearest Chick-Fil-A. While I understand this is a bbq place, they did have chicken tenders on the menu which was why we went there anyways, since we could feed our kids as well. Kinda disappointed in that. They did partially refund us $10. Being in the service industry for many years, they should've refunded us for both orders of chicken tenders fully, in my opinion. Would we go here again? Probably not. Would we recommend this place? Only if you're ordering bbq and don't have picky kids...so maybe not a fully kid/family friendly restaurant to go to. To the owner Ken...maybe take the chicken tenders off the menu. read more

The food was excellent. We will be returning! Very soon. We are new to the area, read a yelp review. We just looked at the food and were like "yep! that's the place!" I'm so glad we took the chance. The man who helped us told us helped told us how they cooked everything daily and they have many sides. Something for everyone! It's a small place with a few tables. Cute little joint. My son said the cucumber saiad and the Mac and cheese Wes great. Pulled pork was excellent we watched them chop it right in front of us. The brisket...... all I can say is WOWSA read more

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First time @Baby Back Blues BBQ I did an online order. I ordered the 2 meat platter with Rib tips & Smoked Hot Link and my husband had 1/2 Slab of Ribs with cucumber salad. Sam & his brother gave the best customer service. Sam even let me try a rib tip which was hot, moist, tender to the touch & seasoned wellSam & his brother were very friendly & da food was off da chainyummy to my tummy!!.. highly recommend this place!!..Will definitely be back read more

In the parking lot at 8:35 says right on the door open till 9:00 places locked up NO ONE anywhere around good thing I don't make the effort to come every often!! Website also advertised as open!!!! Saturday night closed early...... Need to correct those hours and your website! read more

Definitely recommend this spot if you are in the mood for some good smoked Ribs. We love the flavor of the ribs and their sauces to go with are amazing. They have a mild and Spicy sauce as well. We personally get both and mix it up. The ribs have a lot of meat compare to other places I have gone to. Their spicy Hot link is way too good! Spicy that's for sure. Now only negative thing about this place, I have to say their sides are not that great. They are pretty dry tbh. So we stop getting them. But we still go for the ribs, we like them a lot! read more

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We grabbed lunch today (Saturday) to go after the lunch rush. I've never been there & my bf hadn't been there in 13 yrs or so. We read recent reviews & figured we'd get something smaller to try & see for ourselves. It was fairly quick to get our food, so can't speak on busier times. It smelled so good when we walked in as rockabilly music played overhead. The young man who took our order was friendly. I got a small brisket sandwich & my bf got a large pulled pork sandwich with 2 sides. Our sandwiches were delicious. Good amount of meat, very flavorful. The buns were so soft & tasty as well. They give you sauce of choice for each sandwich. Hot/spicy bbq or regular mild sauce. Both great. There's also self serve canisters of onions, jalapeños & pickles where you can add them to your sandwiches or food if you like on the side. My bf's pinto beans were okay, he probably wouldn't get them again. He said he used to get them from there long ago & they were just pinto beans & pulled pork with some seasonings so they used to be delicious. Now they mix in chunks of potato & they are somewhat watery & lack flavor. The cornbread was more like a sweet cake, the size of a small biscuit. He said it was tasty, but not very traditional cornbread, like he had expected. We were going to sit & eat, but most tables were taken & the atmosphere wasn't very welcoming. The food was good though & we would definitely get food to go with the sandwiches/meat again & try different sides to see if they were better. Overall, would recommend for the meats which is really the main reason to go to a bbq place anyway. read more

Great food! The sides are very tasty! The smoke flavor is very tasty! I would highly recommend anything on the menu!

Paid $92.00, and not even a thank you. Never again. This place is history. My favorite BBQ joint, for many many years, even going back to their previous (albeit farther away) location. This time, I placed my order online. And although it seemed much more expensive than what I paid in the past, that's happening everywhere these days (we can thank Brandon for that). I even threw in a 15% tip. Way too much for carryout, which should be 0% IMHO, but I was in a good mood (it was Friday and I was soon to have ribs from my favorite BBQ joint). But when I got there, there were 3 guys behind the counter. One at the register, and 2 further down near the food. I told the register guy that I was there for a pre-pay pickup and gave my name. He nodded to the other two, who pushed my two bags forward without a word. They seemed creepy. It seemed something like how a drug deal might go down (though I have no experience with that). No smile, no "Thank you," no "Have a good day." I used to work at a restaurant and ALWAYS said thank you. And if anybody would have tipped me 15% for a carryout (of course, that never happened, but I'm going back 45 years), I'd have even thrown in a polite "sir" and a genuine smile. This place will never see my business again. read more

So been coming to this location since 2001. It was by far my favorite BBQ and I would compare all other competitors to here. Fast forward and haven't been here in 5 plus years. Extremely extremely disappointed. Let's start with price: definitely went up but that's expected, but what I didn't expect is the original smoking deal came with two sides. Now you must pay for each side. Kind of bogus but I get it. Pulled pork sandwich was on the small side and honestly a little dry and underwhelming smoke flavor. I got the Mac and cheese for one of my sides and it was AWFUL. Tasted like complete MUSH. I honestly would of rather givin this visit a 1 star review but for nostalgic purposes I went with a 2. You guys can do better. Don't be lazy and please go back to the quality I always expected from you. read more

It's been a minute since we've been to BBBlues. There are other BBQ places we have been trying. First.... Bbblues sauce beats all of the ones we've tried by far. However: Today the brisket was horrible dry and the sausage was luke warm. Fries and green beans were good as always but I still cannot get over how the beef brisket tasted like dry pot roast. Their brisket was always the best in the past. read more

Consistently good BBQ. The beef brisket is tender and juicy. The coleslaw is weird to me. It is so sweet it tastes like marshmallows, hard to describe. The pork and sausage is really good along with the mac & cheese. What also makes this place is the BBQ sauce. Not vinegary. Just tasty! The guys working here are super friendly and quick service. They have good music in the background that gets you in that BBQ mood. I use their app all the time, building up points for some freebies. read more

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Glad to come across a local BBQ place that I would anticipate going back to. We walked in just as they were opening, so they were still getting ready for the day. I opted for the 2 meat platter with pulled pork, and rib tips. I had fries and coleslaw as a side. The pulled pork was better then average, served without being covered in sauce. The rib tips were a tad dry but it was probably just part of the portion that selected for my plate. The fries were fresh, hand cut, and you get a generous amount. The coleslaw was fresh long cut cabbage, with a sweet creamy dressing. They have both hot and sweet bbq sauce. There is a spicy and sweet vinegar like sauce in there too. I will be passing through there for lunch once in a while so I plan on becoming a regular. Get in there and try it out! read more

What happened to this place?? It used to be our favorite place for pulled pork--for years. We hadn't been there for a while, and ordered take-out over the weekend. What a disappointment! The pork sandwich was generously portioned, but the meat was dry and flavorless. No seasoning, no crispy "bark" to be found, no smoke. I was just a large lump of flavorless meat. It's as if they just don't care anymore. I know that I don't care to go there again. There are too many other BBQ places nearby who do it better: Station One and Sharko's (yes!) come to mind. read more

BBB catered my event at Bronkberry Farm last night. It was flawless! The server set up on his own and hardly any questions or anything. Very nice! The food arrived on time and all was very good. read more

We catered for our party and everyone loved the pulled pork! It was such a hit! The price was great too! We will cater from them again!

Haven't been here in probably close to 15 yrs. Ordered carry out. Got there and they were confused. Asking me if I was Kim and repeated my pick up time. Wore a mask in, and the employees did the same. The customers? Well, no social distancing slills there, as some guy was repeatedly up my ass. I asked him to step back till they straightened out my order, and the guy glared at me. Not the restaurants fault. On to the food, the Smoked hot links were very spicy, and we all enjoyed that. Sauce was boss and had some kick. Again, at my house , heat is king. Pulled pork, and pulled chicken were decent, not great. Could have used slight moisture but the sauce cured that. Ribs tips were excellent. I should have traded with my son as he ordered that. The beef brisket was tasty, but lacking something. As for the sides? Mixed bag here. Mac & cheese was good but didnt blow us away. Pinto beans good. The coleslaw was completely disappointing and bland, ( mayo anyone?) and the cucumber salad? Dont know if the cucumbers were bad, or they had something weird for a spice additive but they were totally inedible. Spent over $50 for three- two meat platters and a pulled pork sandwich. That felt kind of high. Id like to come back and do the ribs. Everything is dry rub so, you need a kick ass sauce for those who feel its too dry. Which they pull off. I do love their sauce. In conclusion: place is above avg, and worth a stop, but need to put a lil more product on the plate, and straighten out the issue with the side dishes, and Id bump up another star. read more

Yeah, this place is good. Great tender and moist pulled pork sandwich, and the slab had a nice, smoky but not overbearing flavor and fall-off-the-bone tenderness. They have 3 sauces - mild, hot, and Carolina (light and vinegary), and I really liked the mild sauce. Their meats are served sans the sauce, so you add on more or less at your preference, and mine was with a fair amount of the mild sauce. The mac n cheese was ok, but not as rich as you might find at other good rib places. The only real draw back, besides the kinda out of the way location, is that as the nice BBQ smell pervades the place, you also leave with all your clothes smelling the same way unless you choose to eat outside of this corner shop and staring at the parking lot. This is a very casual and laid back place. The patrons we saw reminded me of those I see in a KFC - when there, they are amongst the happiest people in the world because they know what they like, and they're not caring what you think. Same here - the customers know there's good BBQ here and they're seriously enjoying it. So, despite a few of the little negatives, I've got to go with 5 stars for what matters here and that's the BBQ. read more

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Baby Back Blues is my gold standard for BBQ. I've never had a bad meal. Great portions and fair prices. Cant beat this place! read more

Good food & also met Matt Hughes there!!!! I will definitely be going back. Nice atmosphere

No.....just no. Greasy and Bland. Everything tasted like it came out of a can. Nothing tasted fresh

The beef brisket is lean but too lean, tender but not too tender. They have their own bbq sauce on the tables - hot & mild. Both are good. The sandwich buns are fresh baked (and delicious). People are friendly. Service was quick. Food was very good. Great smells. We will be back. Maybe we will even use their catering service. read more

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