We tried Maxey a few months ago (delivery, via DoorDash). We ordered sliced brisket and pork ribs. I don't recall what the sides were on that order. The brisket was nearly flavorless, and both meats were bone-dry. Brisket is easy to get wrong if you're not experienced, but unless you overcook pork ribs to a ridiculous extent they're difficult to dry out that much. At the time we chalked it up to the possibility of a single off day, and resolved to give them another chance at some point.
That point was yesterday, when we ordered (again, via DoorDash) the pork ribs again, smoked ham, collard greens, pinto beans and coleslaw. Well past the original estimated delivery time I received a call from our DoorDasher and Maxey informing me that they were out of pinto beans, so I opted to substitute more coleslaw. When the food finally arrived both meats were, once again, just as dry as they could possibly have been. It was actually difficult to tell where the rib meat ended and the bones began. Not even the BBQ sauce could save it. The ham was in a similar condition, though not quite as bad as the ribs, which were actually burnt (I'm not talking about bark, I'm talking about charcoal). The coleslaw was nearly flavorless, and while the collard greens were a little better, they were clumped into dense balls of leaves, making for a very unappetizing texture.
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