Muck n Dave's

For the second installment of the Trailer tour, the expert panel sampled BBQ from Muck n Dave’s Texas BBQ at the South Congress Trailer Park. Although we hadn’t firmly decided on what trailer to visit, the delicious scent of smoky beef persuaded us that to visit any eateries other than Muck n Dave’s would be pure folly. There’s nothing like the smell of Texas BBQ wafting through the air to motivate a person to action! This fact may give Muck n Dave’s a leg up on surrounding eateries.

I tried the chopped brisket sandwich, which was decent. Let me qualify by saying that, having tried some amazing BBQ from different parts of Texas, I have a high standard for beef brisket. It should be tender, smoky, and should have a lot of flavor before adding even a drop of sauce. This sandwich was pretty good but was by no means in the “best I’ve ever had” category. My expert panel companions had similar feelings about their sandwiches. It wasn’t that the sandwiches were bad – they just didn’t have that “wow” factor.

One thing I did enjoy about the sandwich is that it had just a smathering of sauce on top of the beef, allowing for the flavor of the beef to stand on its own. I’ve had many sandwiches where the chopped beef is doused in enough sauce to fill a silo, hiding all traces of the meat underneath. Even so, I ended up adding more to the sandwich as I ate, because to be frank, the sandwich needed more flavor. The sauce was sweet and mustard-y, and reminded me of the Salt Lick’s, although it wasn’t as good (it’d be pretty hard to top the Salt Lick’s, to be fair).

Muck n Dave’s does offer sides, which I can’t comment on because I didn’t try. Those will have to wait for another day. All in all, Muck n Dave’s was good but not great.