Everything is good here! It's worth it to make a special trip or just ai stop off. The stop is…read morenot wasted !

Good was great -love the smoked ham and bacon !! Worth the…read moretrip from Heber Springs or anywhere to have the perfect smoked meat .

TEXAN here & frequent visitor to TX Top 50 BBQ (TX Monthly updates every 4 yrs), which as you know…read moreis the king of the cuisine. I'm certain I've the experience to know what good BBQ is & isn't. And, boy howdy, this IS! Without a doubt, if Old 76 were in TX, they'd easily be on that coveted list of world renowned BBQ joints. That's truthfully rare to find outside the state. Situated exactly between Branson & West Branson, is this gem that's clean cut & the BBQ, sides too, is superbly executed. I'm not saying stuff to sound good. This is L E G I T, the real deal. They're pushing TRUE barbecue as it ought to be, not like some wannabe. I dare you to try any other place & find the same superb quality for ALL aspects. Get there before opening because the line gets long fast & the ordering takes time. There's limited seating that fills up quickly. I only wish it were larger in space & had the capacity for more help in front than 1 person. But for modestly using the limited space adjacent to a gas station, it's tastefully & professionally decorated & comfortable, just right for what it is, as opposed to the tacky, out-dated & sparse, or overdone interior that one tends to see elsewhere. Waiting for BBQ is honestly an experience & you must be prepared to wait your turn. That's how it is in TX for all the joints, folks ordering FCFS after waiting patiently in line for hours until sell-out. It's worth waiting on & building camaraderie with those about you. After all, you're about to celebrate gastronomically, I promise! Best sides: ALL of them but especially the corn casserole. You'd think it's vegetable bread pudding, it's so scrumptious!! Beans are no less than fantastic with bits of brisket - so warm & comforting. Potato salad is just a massive winner of full-mouthed goodness that's not typically mayo-ed down. Don't pass up the mighty fine coleslaw for topping your pulled-pork, pickles & bread for a highlight finish. Speaking of pickles, add more as a great acidic accompaniment. The sauce here is on the sweet side. It's really not needed AT ALL except to occasionally boost the flavor kick if taking leftovers for later. The meat's simple pepper & salt crust is all you need. & speaking of the Meats: Truly the star of the show as they should be. See the platter photo for yourself. Pick of choice or prime brisket. Prime for us. We could've appreciated a little bit thicker of a smoke ring but it was there despite the fast cook it probably endured. It needed to be a little less done on the fatty side but it was awfully tender anyway. Absolutely a winner brisket done right, so I can sweat the small stuff. All said, the perfect seasoning & bark set the tone & to me for brisket, that is most important. 99% perfect. Chicken: dark meat extra peppery & almost overdone but the white meat was super tender & nice to eat. It doesn't take away from the whole goodness of the platter though. Bologna: these ain't no lame Oscar Meyer store bought flappers. Talk about thickly cut, juicy heaven! Wow is all I can say - absolutely YUMMY. Pulled Pork: P I G G Y P E R F E C T. Don't even need sauce! Use the pillowy potato bread to die & go to taste bud heaven with rivers of salivation. This is so succulent, you might keep it all for yourself in a group setting. Ribs: BEST OF SHOW. These are guaranteed to be the best ribs in MO. Perfect pull & bite. 2 stacks of the thick bone-in pig walls left me amazed after just seeing the miraculous color & cook on the exterior of these spares. Their taste & texture solidified that Old 76 Smokehouse is the most bona fide BBQ joint I've ever been to in the Midwest. These ribs aren't somewhat good enough, they are majestic. My only wish is they'd had a beef rib aka meat candy option too. Desserts: both Bread Pudding & Key Lime Pie are highlights not to be missed. Stacked tall & the absolute righteous finish to seal the deal for such an experience. I just can't say enough good things about Old 76. Loved it so much, our 5-guy party bought shirts & a hat to wear in TX & TN. If this was local for us, "O76S" would be a frequent stop. We're BIG fans now. Last but not least, the gentleman working the show & taking orders was kinder than Jesus. He treated us right, & that's a fact. Talk about hospitality to the Nth degree. Ain't nobody going to be sad about that & we'll remember this kindness in anticipation of being right back ASAP! What we couldn't stuff ourselves above the gullet, we took home & all the girls promptly & heartily finished it off exclaiming how wonderful it was. They only missed out on the experience but not the tenderness & flavor!! Visitors & locals alike, DO NOT MISS this opportunity to dine like a king!! You will have died & gone to Texas, I mean heaven! One con & warning: if you don't have a truck with ample under-carriage space, avoid the furthest drive-way next to the fence. It is too steep & you WILL run aground, as we did. Enter & exit on the gas station side only.

It's rare that I'll even try Barb-B-Q outside of Kansas, Texas or Tennessee and I know there are…read moresome good spots, but I've been burned by more bad than good. The brisket was amazing, the fries and beans were also very good. I'll be heading back to try other menu options as soon as possible. 2 very enthusiastic thumbs up!!

Clean and good food - no better than that - delicious food!…read more Homemade bread that is so good and sandwiched that fill you up with goodness with ingredients that are fantastic and flavors that agree and make you want more - which is why I'm back. Yes they've changed hands and have a new management/operations team - but the food remains excellent including the pies! Today - my pie choice was coconut! Yum!!!

Cute and small roadside restaurant. Good food…read more Friendly staff. Homemade pie. What more do you need?! So when driving by, stop in a bite!

"Blue Amber Smokehouse serves up some seriously impressive barbecue. Their ribs are…read morefall-off-the-bone tender, and the sauce strikes that perfect balance of spicy, sweet, and tangy that keeps you coming back for more. The fresh lemon really brightens everything up, and the baked beans are absolutely delicious with perfectly balanced seasonings. This is definitely becoming a regular spot for me. We ordered it to go. Perfect order, quality and price point. -RB

I would suggest this place consider that when you're the high price leader in your category, not…read moreeveryone can afford your food. So, it is NOT WISE to alienate customers that have frequented your restaurant for the last 5 years! Literally, from the day you opened! :( Welp ... here we are again ordering (to go) from what was my favorite BBQ place in my hometown and I'm sad to say ...I'm so disappointed I won't be going back absent of an apology!! :( I ordered 1/2 lb. of moist brisket & a baked potato. I ate the brisket and enjoyed it ... and then I cut into the potato to find a sweet potato. (I don't eat them because I just don't like 'em). So, I called the restaurant to let them know that I ordered a baked potato and was given a sweet potato. She looked up the order and said, "You ordered a baked sweet potato" ... to which I responded, "I don't know why I would order a sweet potato because I don't eat them". That was the point she said, "If you will bring back the sweet potato back to us... we will exchange it for a baked potato". LOL! So, I giggled and asked ... you want your potato back? To which she replied, "Yes!" So, while I was asking my husband if he felt like taking the sweet potato back to the restaurant ... this lady hung up the phone on me! FOR WHAT?? She didn't even wait to find out if we were going to make the exchange. Now, I can concede that I may have made a mistake ordering ... I don't think I did... but, it certainly is possible. However, I've been going to this restaurant for 5 YEARS ... literally since the day they opened!! So, I didn't think asking to have a baked potato because I don't eat sweet potatoes was THAT BIG of an ask! (The price of which is about $4.00: $3.39+tx). Even if I ordered it by mistake, I DON'T EAT THEM ... I just wanted a whole meal for the $25.00 I paid. So, I sent my husband back to the restaurant to make the exchange. When he returned, he described the most egregious interaction I've ever heard which included the cashier telling him: This was His Wife's fault and this would only be a 1 time exchange. They aren't happy about making this exchange because they're losing money. So, we should'n't ever expect that again in the future! Now, I don't know what EXACTLY was said because I wasn't there, but I don't have to be there to understand that if anything remotely close to this happened, then I would classify that is the POOREST SERVICE EVER!! Especially considering they are a high-end smokehouse. THIS was certainly NOT HIGH END SERVICE. AGAIN! I would suggest this place consider that when you're the high price leader in your category, not everyone can afford your food. So, it is NOT WISE to alienate customers that have frequented your restaurant for the last 5 years! Especially those that live in a country club community because I will tell all my friends and neighbors about this experience and how we were treated after being a long-term customer. While I haven't had complaints about their service in the past ... the, last time I ordered, the food was disappointing. This time, the food was okay, but the service really was lacking. I didn't appreciate them hanging up the phone and I feel that if you are going to sell High Priced food ($25.00, inc. tx {for single plate of 2 items} is pricey) then you should also have a HIGHER STANDARD OF SERVICE! It was overall ... THE WORST!!

Food is OK, biscuit and gravy was exceptional We've always…read moreliked this for a lunch or dinner - a bit crowded and maybe slow but you get what you pay for Warning - they insist on splitting tips this could be the problem

Great chicken n dumplings. Excellent strawberry cake. Breakfast is awesome, can't beat their hash…read morebrowns!!! Staff was friendly, place was clean!!

This place is awesome. People are great to talk with and the…read moremeat products are excellent. Better quality and lower prices!

You folks threw me all the way off with this 4.5 rating here…read more How can you have that many relatives that have Yelp accounts! Pretty baffling. First.... They are as sweet as can be here. All of the ladies we encountered were great. They were so very nice. They pulled this from a 1 star review, if I am being totally real. They have a cat sanctuary outside. That helped too. Here, kitty, kitty! Our server was "filling in" and was a little "off, and trying to catch up". Inside is a hodgepodge of country type decor. It's homey and I really like the different types of salt and pepper shakers that's they had on each table. Some of them were really cute. The other star is earned by this creativity... I dared the kid to steal them, glad she is better than me. LOL She didn't. Everything else for me basically sucked. We had a sausage cheese board. Just no. Sausage looked to be soaked in water???? Why was it so white? Tiny thin slices of cheese and water crackers. Another smoked or processed meat would help. Well, I was wrong.... except for the kids sandwich, she really liked it. I think it was a ham sandwich. She had ruffles. C had the Hash and it looked awful. She confirmed that it was. Look at the pics and you will see. Kids boyfriend had a bacon cheeseburger. He said the bacon was the best thing. I didn't even take a picture. I had a two meat platter. I asked when I ordered if I could request "fatty brisket" . Her response was, "no, she already has it all cut and portioned out". I said "no brisket please, I will have pulled pork then. I want that and a sausage link. " Well, I received brisket and a sausage link. I am a forgiving man, so I just ate it. Beans were the best thing. This is getting long so I'll just finish up. That's the worst brisket I have ever tried to eat. I am certain it never saw any smoke. I almost question that it may have come to them as precooked, pre-sliced brisket. Check out my pic. It's as white. C said "that's not brisket, that's turkey". Nope. It was beef in fact. Sausage was low quality and also never had heard of smoke. I question if anything is really smoked here. I done now. '26 - 86

Food was delicious!! We had North of the river nachos, Jermey burger, brisket sandwich. Emmy did an…read moreexcellent job serving us as well as the entire restaurant. Small and cozy with trivial pursuit on the table that made the short wait for food enjoyable! Even a cute little store with some interesting things including funny saying, honey, many bakery desserts (need to come back to try since we were too full) that looked amazing

Great food and the staff are amazing and they will make your visit great the food is excellent and…read morethe staff are friendly and I will recommend KT smokehouse bbq to everyone

Food was outstanding Service was outstanding…read morePrice was very fair Godd food pleasant atmosphere Really enjoyed my birthday dinner!!!!

But your boys is a great value with excellent meat and other food items. We shop there and enjoy…read morethe high-quality of both service and the food product. They also offer lunch and dinner specials when they're open and you can drop in and purchase food off of their fresh food bar or purchase a freshly made sandwich. Are you wait. They offer great drink options dessert options inside items such as chips as well as the hot bar side items.

Picked up 3 Baby Back rib slabs last weekend. After a good BBQ rub we cooked all 3 in the oven for…read more3hrs. on 300*. Then we brushed on the barbecue sauce. Left two racks in the oven and the third on the top rack of the grill in a foil pan. An hour later we ate the BEST ribs we ever had. All turned out amazing and delicious! The rack on the grill just fell right off the bone. Butcher Boys = Quality+ Thanks to Adam and crew for a great family gathering to remember!