Carson’s child hood favorite… But for Chicago style, should have went to places with aquarium smokers. . One of my favorite places is Leon’s on Archer.
One time in my life I experienced what it's like to have no food. It was in the 80s and I messed up and my Dad kicked me out of the house. 3 days with no food. We are blessed. Great video!!
All of these are delicious, but NONE are what I'd consider Chicago style BBQ (Hecky's might be the closest, but it hasn't been the same since Hecky Powell passed away). Chicago style is aquarium smoker BBQ, difficult to find outside of the South or West Side. Appears that no one in the vid grew up with Chicago style BBQ, but rather, are bringing Memphis, Texas, Carolina etc BBQ to Chicago.
Well he came to my Villita for tacos, so he's not afraid of brown folks, but yeah he needs a South/West Side BBQ video. This was great, don't get me wrong, I love Smoque, but this video is foofoo chef BBQ, not native Chicago BBQ.
Adam and Joe, thanks guys! Lived through you both vicariously and jealous as all heck. The BBQ at all visits looks excellent. Definitely going to check out Joe's channel on youtube. Great job Adam.
If you want the best bbq in Chicago you have to be ready to go into the more sketchy neighborhoods 🤷🏾♂️ 😅 my personal favorite is Wiley’s on the westside on Madison and Springfield
Come out to palatine to the Chicago culinary kitchen. They've won awards for everything an have a super creative menu. They chage their specials every weekend. Try the pastrami. Bbq pastrami is another experience
@@CesarDelgado-fu2nd yooo! what up Cesar! Good to see you in this comment section brother. Didn't know you were an Adam fan too! I thought you only watched my videos hahaha
These are really interesting BBQ joints and a well done video for sure. Gotta say my favorite rib place was "Stewart's Family Affair", 69th and Wolcott Chicago Southside. This was in the 70's-80's and not sure they're still there? It was a Rib and Hot Link place but rib tips were to die for! Classic Chicago style authentic, French fries,tips and slathered with sauce. But here's the kicker, on top of that was 2 slices of white bread from Holsum Bread Bakery! By the time it cooled down to eat it, the sauce had sopped down to the fries on the bottom of the paper tray. Believe me when I threw the tray away it was licked clean😅 Also had tremendous Sweet Potato Pie, everything was homemade, ribs were slow smoked with wood and charcoal. Another serious shout out is Sharko's BBQ in Naperville on route 59th. All wood fired slow cooked smoke, the brisket is absolutely killer!❤
Except Joe saying that one of the ribs weren't BBQ in his opinion because it wasn't smoked which is hilarious. BBQ at its core is meat cooked over a fire. If you don't think something cooked over a grill is BBQ jsut because it wasn't sitting in a smoke over a few hours then a lot of your opinions go out the door. Rant over.
I've been following both of your channels for years (long before either of you changed your channel names). The cooking videos are my favorite to watch but this was a great collaboration! 🤙👍
Highly recommend the turkey at Green Street Meats too. I’ll usually also be eating brisket and hot links there so it’s nice change of pace after those fattier meats.
Great video! Who wouldn't want to spend the day with Mighty Joe Yim! I see others also wondered about Lem's and Leon's (I still don't understand about it closing and reopening at some point). Listen to Aug. 13th interview on BBQ Central. Rempe interviews bbq historian Robert Moss who explains the transition of Southern bbq moving up to Chicago and other Midwest cities. Keep up the great content!
Hog Wild in Midlothian ExSenators in Markham are more gritty, real and more authentic representations of REAL Chicago BBQ. The places you visited I'm sure were good. However they seemed safe. You have to go deep into the SouthSide neighborhoods to get the best Chicago BBQ.
That brisket at Smoque looked dried, fried and laid to the side. Watching Joe bend the brisket back and forth without falling apart tells me all I need to know. No rubber brisket here, man!
When people talk about Chicago, I never think of BBQ, nice to see that BBQ is alive there, seems like it’s a meld of all sorts of different styles of BBQ.
When you think about it, it's not all that surprising that Chicago would be a BBQ hot spot because it's in the heart of the Midwest and remember it used to be a huge beef distribution center with the meat packing plants.
EVERY BBQ JOINT in Chicago??? Where did Soull & Smoke come in? Or Honey One? Or Lexington Betty's? Or Lem's? I could go on, but please don't claim EVERY when you're clearly not even attempting EVERY one.
Solid video! Carson bucket of ribs tips is the way to go, and their pork chop is thicccc. Going to try Lilly’s tri-tip, also found it while serving in San Diego.
Hecky's sauce is amazing. It also has this weird property where the sauce straight out of the jar tastes completely different than if you baste it on and let it tack up.
Anyone wondering they ordered " The Mutt " at Hecky's. It used to be better around 6 years ago but I still stop in for fries covered in BBQ when out there
No I-57 y’all tripping, what do look through google, all those barbecue joints y’all went I wouldn’t take my enemy to. I-57 you better call your order in and you still might have to wait an hour or 2. But I get it safe place safe space
Aquarium style BBQ is literally unique to Chicago and no one talks about it because of terminally online northsiders. Go to the south side.
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Carson’s child hood favorite… But for Chicago style, should have went to places with aquarium smokers. . One of my favorite places is Leon’s on Archer.
The very first place they went had aquarium smokers.
Leon’s on Archer, rib tips BOMB!!!
That was my '90s Friday nights...a rack of Carson's Ribs, Au Gratin potatoes, couple tokes, and Michael Jordan with the Chicago Bulls on the TV.
Didn't even know that there were any still open, I remember the buckets of rib tips we would have every so often as a kid
No bulletproof glass, not a Chicago barbecue place.
Black Neighborhoods👀👀
All the best barbecue spots in Chicago are in places where you feel your life is slightly in danger. Come to the South, and West side.
Facts 💯
Leon’s BBQ!! On 79th and Stony was a great spot now it’s located on 106th
One time in my life I experienced what it's like to have no food. It was in the 80s and I messed up and my Dad kicked me out of the house. 3 days with no food. We are blessed. Great video!!
All of these are delicious, but NONE are what I'd consider Chicago style BBQ (Hecky's might be the closest, but it hasn't been the same since Hecky Powell passed away). Chicago style is aquarium smoker BBQ, difficult to find outside of the South or West Side. Appears that no one in the vid grew up with Chicago style BBQ, but rather, are bringing Memphis, Texas, Carolina etc BBQ to Chicago.
Perfectly said!! IMO 100% correct!!!!!
Also Chicago BBQ features rib tips and hot links.
Hecky’s is in Evanston quit claiming Chicago.
How did Lem's not make the list!????
Joe yim, joe yim, joe yim, joooe yiiiiim (sing it like Jolene)
I’m begging you to be my husk of corn
Chud is that you?
I read that in Brad's voice.
Lem’s on the south side of
No Lem's?
Scared to go to the southside huh 😅😂
😂 I was thinking the same thing. All the really good spots are on the South, and West side.
Well he came to my Villita for tacos, so he's not afraid of brown folks, but yeah he needs a South/West Side BBQ video. This was great, don't get me wrong, I love Smoque, but this video is foofoo chef BBQ, not native Chicago BBQ.
Lem's is on the south side, though it seems like they avoided most of the south, I hear there's a great place by 65th and western
Leon’s BBQ on Archer
Been watching both of you forever & this is the coolest video to see drop. AWESOME CINEMATICS y’all 👏👏👏
😊😊
Thank you dude!
Adam and Joe, thanks guys! Lived through you both vicariously and jealous as all heck. The BBQ at all visits looks excellent. Definitely going to check out Joe's channel on youtube. Great job Adam.
Thanks so much for showing the love to Hecky’s!
Some of the best tips in the city fsho.
If you want the best bbq in Chicago you have to be ready to go into the more sketchy neighborhoods 🤷🏾♂️ 😅 my personal favorite is Wiley’s on the westside on Madison and Springfield
Come out to palatine to the Chicago culinary kitchen. They've won awards for everything an have a super creative menu. They chage their specials every weekend. Try the pastrami. Bbq pastrami is another experience
Came here just to say this! That place is dangerous to be so close!
Love when I see an Adam Witt video drop! Such a Chicago legend!
My g.
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@@CesarDelgado-fu2nd yooo! what up Cesar! Good to see you in this comment section brother. Didn't know you were an Adam fan too! I thought you only watched my videos hahaha
@@CoreyWagnerChicago I did watch video 📹 too 😊 lol😂
@@CoreyWagnerChicago 😊
Those Hecky's rib tips looked 🔥🔥🔥
These are really interesting BBQ joints and a well done video for sure. Gotta say my favorite rib place was "Stewart's Family Affair", 69th and Wolcott Chicago Southside. This was in the 70's-80's and not sure they're still there? It was a Rib and Hot Link place but rib tips were to die for! Classic Chicago style authentic, French fries,tips and slathered with sauce. But here's the kicker, on top of that was 2 slices of white bread from Holsum Bread Bakery! By the time it cooled down to eat it, the sauce had sopped down to the fries on the bottom of the paper tray. Believe me when I threw the tray away it was licked clean😅 Also had tremendous Sweet Potato Pie, everything was homemade, ribs were slow smoked with wood and charcoal. Another serious shout out is Sharko's BBQ in Naperville on route 59th. All wood fired slow cooked smoke, the brisket is absolutely killer!❤
Carson's was our go to back in the 70s.
Como Inn Italian restaurant had really good ribs too.
Como Inn was the best!
@@meatrocket1 Joe's son, JP, runs Galleria Marchetti on Erie as a wedding venue.
Who remembers DD&S on Stony Island
A couple of legends doing legendary things! Love the video and Chicago BBQ love
Love how they clarified different types of bbq 💯
Except Joe saying that one of the ribs weren't BBQ in his opinion because it wasn't smoked which is hilarious. BBQ at its core is meat cooked over a fire. If you don't think something cooked over a grill is BBQ jsut because it wasn't sitting in a smoke over a few hours then a lot of your opinions go out the door.
Rant over.
Thanks for stopping by at DBY to eat Lillies Q BBQ! Best of the best! 🍻🍗🍖
I've been following both of your channels for years (long before either of you changed your channel names). The cooking videos are my favorite to watch but this was a great collaboration! 🤙👍
Thank you! That's dope.
Lillies gold is my favorite bbq sauce.
Highly recommend the turkey at Green Street Meats too. I’ll usually also be eating brisket and hot links there so it’s nice change of pace after those fattier meats.
Their pork belly is outstanding as well.
Pastrami there is great!
first time viewer here, love the vids man! Keep up the good stuff!
@@xxGamerToadxx welcome! Thanks dood.
Great video and a great comparison of different styles…and JY is a rockstar.
Wish you would do the suburbs bar be que spots, one place in Palos hills, The Pit, has very good bbq
I love right by there and have yet to try it. What do you recommend?
@@Drumfool-ei4sx brisket, ribs, chicken, you can't go wrong
MISSION BBQ pretty dang good. Several locations in the burbs.
Great video! Who wouldn't want to spend the day with Mighty Joe Yim! I see others also wondered about Lem's and Leon's (I still don't understand about it closing and reopening at some point). Listen to Aug. 13th interview on BBQ Central. Rempe interviews bbq historian Robert Moss who explains the transition of Southern bbq moving up to Chicago and other Midwest cities. Keep up the great content!
Yes Leon's has 2 or 3 locations. The one on Archer is the best. Don't go to Lem's.
LEON'S BBQ ( 4550 S Archer Ave) 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Hog Wild in Midlothian ExSenators in Markham are more gritty, real and more authentic representations of REAL Chicago BBQ. The places you visited I'm sure were good. However they seemed safe. You have to go deep into the SouthSide neighborhoods to get the best Chicago BBQ.
You guys didn’t go back of the yards.
The long awaited return of the legend Joe Yim!!🎉
Hell yeah love joe!!
That brisket at Smoque looked dried, fried and laid to the side. Watching Joe bend the brisket back and forth without falling apart tells me all I need to know. No rubber brisket here, man!
Aight Adam. You been a roll lately. Nice work sir 🫡
ty m8
Please re-create Carson's au gratin potatoes!
Maybe because it's not actually in Chicago, but I really wish you had checked out Chicago Culinary Kitchen.
I still need to make it over there. I hear good things.
@@AdamWitt It's top notch. I have gone half a dozen times and get the daily specials every time, and you should too.
Good bbq doesn’t need sauce you should check out Chicago culinary kitchen in palatine
When people talk about Chicago, I never think of BBQ, nice to see that BBQ is alive there, seems like it’s a meld of all sorts of different styles of BBQ.
Chicago is a huge food town, I think we have some of everything here.
DUDE!
Come up to Waukegan and get your butt to Big Eds! Seriously you will NOT regret it,
My dad loves it. We're going to go.
Yes! The real deal tips and links!
Joe's been popping up all over the place lately. Good to see!
Missing lem's might be a criminal offense actually
Probably because they’ve already made a video on them.
@@jesusm59 ^^^
Green Street, Smoque, Hecky's in that order and from personal experience. 😋
When you think about it, it's not all that surprising that Chicago would be a BBQ hot spot because it's in the heart of the Midwest and remember it used to be a huge beef distribution center with the meat packing plants.
EVERY BBQ JOINT in Chicago??? Where did Soull & Smoke come in? Or Honey One? Or Lexington Betty's? Or Lem's? I could go on, but please don't claim EVERY when you're clearly not even attempting EVERY one.
mighty joe is the man
Solid video! Carson bucket of ribs tips is the way to go, and their pork chop is thicccc. Going to try Lilly’s tri-tip, also found it while serving in San Diego.
Green street is a must every time we visit Chicago.
Go to the Original Hog wild in Pulaski in Midlothian.
I wanna visit Chicago
Really love this amazing video. I hope one day my channel will grow up like your channel
Lem’s Bar-B-Q is a must try spot
They fell off. When's the last time you had it?
@@only1colione they have been good to me but I've been hearing this... I must go on the good days lol
Yes! Lem's has fallen off. Not what they used to be. The tips are greasy and small.
Nah not anymore
Lems is terrible and I hate they make their customers wait outside for so long in rain, cold temperatures and snow.
Adam, you make wonderful videos about our city. These are well-researched and do Chicago justice. Thank you!
thank you!
Hell yeah, Green Street! Love that place!
Do you think you got the treatment via Green Street? My personal experience has been as about as consistent as walking into a Chipotle.
Definitely, but I've only had good experiences there.
No hate on the place. I was surprised is all. I do think the time of day matters. Let’s be real the best bbq is in your back yard 😉
You should try Firewater BBQ in Cresthill, Geneva or Elmhurst IL delicious
Firewater sucks
No way bro! Don’t piss down my back and tell me it’s raining! No way Chicago competes with Texas
You went to Smoque and didn't order their best item: St Louis ribs
Right? Everybody goes on about their brisket, but their St Louis ribs are where it's at!
Missed all the BBQ emblematic of Chicago style BBQ; Joe's, Lem's, Leon's, Gale Street, Bub City, Wilson's, Coleman's.
Brother. Seriously.
Coleman's still exist? They had some good BBQ!
Hecky's sauce is amazing. It also has this weird property where the sauce straight out of the jar tastes completely different than if you baste it on and let it tack up.
Loved seeing these!
Chicago style ribs.... And Gale Street isn't on the list? 😮
Can't get more Chicago than Leon's, great video though!
Lovely and yummy. I like this video a lot, guys.
I hope this channel blows up!! You're rocking this dude ❤
gracias!
Anyone wondering they ordered " The Mutt " at Hecky's. It used to be better around 6 years ago but I still stop in for fries covered in BBQ when out there
The Carson’s disrespect will not be tolerated here in Chicago. They do smoke the ribs then finish them in the broiler. Used to work there.
"that's a good ass tip"
☠️
u shoulda went to twin anchors
Appreciate you guys, but you forgot Honey One!!
Umamicue is what I want when I’m in Chicago!!
Bro you missed out on Leon’s chicken and bbq on archer ave in Brighton park ,you missed out on chucks bbq on 79
Adam brings the best co hostess ever! People that has legit true actual knowledge in the field ! Love this channel !
Glad you dig it dude. Thanks for keeping up with the vids.
Mighty Joe!
We always went to Russel’s for bbq. Not in Chicago proper but shout out Russel’s
Was hoping to see Offset BBQ! Their smoked wings are awesome!!!
He didn’t show Chicago Pit Stop 65th & western
Looks like they steered clear of the South, and West side.
Alice's BBQ is 🔥
No Heffer?
Should hit the smoked fish/shrimp shacks
love that idea.
You guys missed Leon’s it’s the spot on the southside for tips and hot links!
Leon’s on archer ave!
BBQ hellz yeah! 🤤
Gotta hit all these places now
No I-57 y’all tripping, what do look through google, all those barbecue joints y’all went I wouldn’t take my enemy to. I-57 you better call your order in and you still might have to wait an hour or 2. But I get it safe place safe space
"Wouldn't take my enemy to" goood one! They don't know man, let them enjoy the fancy BBQ while we eatin the real Chicago BBQ!
You gotta try I-57 BBQ on the south side bro 👍🏾
Thank You!
They call that a Chip butty sandwich in England. White bread butter ketchup and fries/Chips.
Great video. Why not Lems bbq review?
Heckeys looked like my type of joint
I'm in Pa near Philly
Gracias ❤️
Great vid as always
7:05 you should try a pizza foldover i call it..... a calzone 😏
My Dad also loved Carsons ribs
Great video. 🍻
It’s crazy living in a bubble. To mention Chicago bbq but not to feature a single restaurant that has an aquarium smoker is crazy.