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Wicked Hickory

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Ed P.

The Wicked Hickory food truck has been serving up smoked meats for at least a couple of years. Their menu is unique in the way that their meats (pork, brisket, and chicken) are served. Once you settle on your meat you pick the style from the choice of bun, tacos, pita, BBQ bowl, or nachos. And then you pick the toppings with choices like southern slaw, picnic slaw, island slaw, wicked style, or Texas style. I ordered the pork BBQ bowl style ($9), which means the pork was served over red beans and rice. I also picked island slaw for the topping, which combines pineapple, jalapenos, cabbage, and cilantro. This was really good and even with all of the toppings I could still taste a bit of a nice smoky flavor in the pork. The beans, rice, and pineapple all worked really well together. I also ordered the chicken tacos for my wife ($9 for 2). This was ordered topped with southern slaw that featured cider vinegar, cabbage, and carrot. This was also a solid choice, but overall I preferred the pork to the chicken. Smoked chicken tends to be a little dryer, so the wet cider vinegar was a good topping to compliment and the flavors combined well. This one needed a little extra sauce to truly bring it all together. Wicked Hickory has solid smoked meats, which are essential for any BBQ spot. And the creativity they have put into their menu offerings helps to distinguish them from other BBQ restaurants.

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Tom J.

The best thing a business can do, in my mind, is offer a good product, but near equally important to me is that it offer decent value as well. Wicked Hickory - a bbq-focused food truck - mostly succeeds at the former, but not so much with the latter I like how they have the menu laid out, and like many other new places, there is an easy comparison to Chipotle in that you pick a meat, then a style (sandwich, tacos, nachos, etc) and a topping (slaw, cheese sauce, onions/pickles, etc). This makes ordering fairly easy, which is important in a food truck to keep lines moving The meats I tried (chopped brisket and pulled pork) were fairly good, with a mild smokey flavor and plenty moist and tender. I would not go so far as to say that they were as good as the best of either I have had in Cincinnati, but I did enjoy them. However, the 2 dollar upcharge to add brisket to mac and cheese got me only 3 marble sized pieces, and there was maybe 2 ounces of pork on the 7 dollar pulled pork nachos, which were themselves not all that big of a serving. Further, the nachos were made with grocery store round chips and did not include many toppings, which is one of the hallmarks of any good serving of nachos. They spruce up a very mediocre (and tiny) mac and cheese with some dry rub, but it isn't enough to overcome the fact that this side is very dry and lacking in flavor, though the macaronis themselves were cooked perfectly with just a tiny bit of chew. I like how the bbq sauces are outside, so the customer can choose whatever sauce(s) and in whatever amount they like. There are about a half dozen varieties. Of these, unless you are the type that drinks hot sauce and likes it, avoid the 'Wicked' sauce - I took a chance with just a couple of drops to try. Since I'm a guy, I probably shouldn't mention the tears that formed in my eyes initially, right? My mouth was burning for a good hour or so afterward. If you like that sort of thing - and I know some of you do :-) - go for it!

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I was at a wedding these guys catered and the food was fantastic! Service was great too--they're super nice! 10/10 would recommend!

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This spot is legit. My family and I were visiting the Cincinnati area for the first time and came…read moreacross Pendleton Lucius Q as a good BBQ spot recommended by DDD. It was so good the first time, we hit it again this afternoon. Cool, relaxed feel inside, great service and great food. Jameela served us on both visits and she was awesome. Everything we tried was good, but my favorite was the Pendleton Porker and the banana pudding for dessert. If we're ever back in town, Lucius Q is on the top of our list!

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