Starnes Bar-B-Q

Our group at work brought in several pounds of pulled-prok BBQ and a ham from Starnes along with some side dishes. The BBQ was ok at best in that it didn't have a lot of taste to it and the sauce is far from the best I have ever had, the Ham was good. Another time, my wife and I picked up some pulled-pork BBQ, directly from the restaurant, to take back to our apartment (wanted to give a second chance) again, very little taste/flavor. I can not recommend this if you have ever had good pulled-pork BBQ, which is surprising considering this is pretty close to Owensboro where they have some of the best BBQ you can get. I have been to BBQ places all over the country and this is my least favorite so far.

I live in Burbank CA now,but I've been eating bbq here since I was a Kid. Good stuff. I eat here whenever I'm in Paducah.

STARNES MANAGEMENT NEEDS TO ADDRESS A DOWNWARD SPIRAL IN THEIR PORK BBQ...THE SANDWICHES ARE STILL GREAT...BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE PURCHASE BY THE POUND HAS GONE DOWN HILL...I HAVE BEEN BUYING FROM THEM FOR YEARS AND BRING IT BACK TO FLORIDA...WHILE VISITING KENTUCKY RELATIVES...ONE TOLD ME THAT A RECENT PURCHASE WAS NOT UP TO PAR...LOTS OF FAT AND CHUNKY WITH BURNED PARTS...BLACK AS COAL....I SAID IT MUST HAVE BEEN A BAD BATCH....WELL...YESTERDAY 04-08-09, I HAD A GREAT SANDWICH...THEN PURCHASED 13 POUNDS TO TAKE BACK TO FLORIDA. IMAGINE MY SURPRISE THIS MORNING WHEN I OPENED IT...IT WAS TERRIBLE....VERY CHUNKY AND MANY BURNT PIECES AND LOTS OF FAT AND SOME BONES & GRISEL. THE MANAGEMENT NEEDS TO TALK TO THE PREPARERS IN THE BACK...SOMETHING IS CERTAINLY WRONG...AND WITH THE PRICES AT $ 8.45 A POUND...IT WAS A SHOCK....IF THIS IS PULLED PORK...WELL SOMETHING IS TERRIBLY WRONG...A NEW BBQ STAND IN BARLOW HAS BBQ THE WAY STARNES USED TO PREPARE IT...AND ONLY $6.50 A POUND...I CERTAINLY HOPE THEY FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM....GOING FROM A+ TO D MINUS...I NEVER EXPECTED THAT...SANDWICHES ARE STILL GREAT...THEY JUST NEED TO ADDRESS THE BULK SALES...I WILL SEND A LETTER TO THE MANAGEMENT...BJ IN SARASOTA, FL BJS382@AOL.COM

Comments (2)

native paducah, now louisvillian - 05/02/09
I just grabbed a pound to bring home yesterday 5/1/09 and it was perfect, plus we had a family get together with probably 6 pounds and it was excellent as always. You had some bad luck.

B.J.S - 06/09/09
IT MAY HAVE BEEN LUCK....BUT WAS ALSO BAD LUCK FOR MY SISTER...SHE HAD WARNED ME ABOUT IT NOW BEING BAD...PLUS I WROTE A LETTER TO THE OWNERSHIP...THEY DID NOT EVEN BOTHER TO RESPOND...I WILL NOT GO THERE AGAIN.