Ii got the $21 brisket dinner incl two sides takeout here on March 10, for my first meal in Jackson, after arriving at the airport at 10 pm the previous night. I love smoked BBQ brisket and Bubbas was 3 blocks from where I was staying in town. I asked for extra fatty. I asked what kind of BBQ sauce they have, and I told John the manager, that I do not like SOUR BBQ sauce. I like sweet. He told someone to get me something, but i did not hear what it was.
What I didn't know was if I had arrived an ouhour earlier just before 4 pm, I coulda ordered same 8 oz brisket with 2 sides for only $15 in the "lunch" section of the menu, served till 4 pm. I was told the amt is the same 8 oz as dinner. 1 hour difference woulda saved me $6 for same sides and meat.
I did not eat my takeout until 4 hours later, at 9 pm. When I opened the BBQ sauce container, I saw it was ketchup and tasted just like ketsup! Wow someone made a mistake! Ketchup is kinda sour, cos it has vinegar in it. I did not want to walk the three blocks back in 4 degree temps, but I called John and told him I was so blown away that they put ketchup in my brisket takeout box! John said that I said that I didn't want spicy, and ketchup is not spicy. I said I never said anything about the word "spicy", what I said was I don't like SOUR, like a lot of vinegar. He did say that the BBQ sauce for the baby back ribs was mostly catsup. I would think that a BBQ specialty restaurant can come up with a more original and creative BBQ sauce than catsup!
Anyhow, we debated the ketchup and "sour" vs "spicy" for quite a while, till John finally said he was working the next day, and if i came in, he would make it up to me. So i went there Fri and he gave me another brisket dininer including the two sides. This time I picked mac and cheese. Last time I picked coleslaw, but they only give you 2 tablespoons in a sauce container, same aas BBQ sauce round container. I thought the cole slaw amt was kinda stingy, especially when cabbage isn't that expensive. But the mac and cheese was put in a larger 6 oz plastic container, like chip dips come in. The mac and cheese was soooo delicious, like it was made with evaaporated milk or butter.
If it weren't for the catsup BBQ sauce, I would give Bubbas a 5 star, because the brisket meat itself was really soft and smokey The sides were pretty tasty, too, beans were good! The lunch prices for same quanity as dinner items, give extra value.
If it weren't for me staying in a timeshare unit, I woulda had my own sweet KFC Original BBQ sauce in my home cupboard. Really didn't wanna ruin my meat that I paid $23+ for by putting ketchup on it. I even went back to Bubbas a forth time to get more of the BBQ sauce they didn't give me the first time, which was sweet enough, they use it on the pulled pork. read more