One of the first BBQ restaurants I remember eating at was Dickie-Doo BBQ in Sedalia. It goes back more than thirty years. At the time I was a principal in a rural district near Sedalia. Frequently on the way home from a ball game I would stop at Dickie-Doo more for the beer than for the sandwich. The principals, coaches, referees would all congregate for some lies and replays of the evening games. It was a fun time.
The years have gone by. The restaurant and lounge remain the same as in my memory. I stopped there a couple of years ago, and again yesterday. It is a nice friendly atmosphere. Nice waitress, reasonable service. I liked the decor....the BBQ not so much. I don't know what it was but it was not BBQ from my perspective. I got the three meat plate, beef, ham, and pork. I did not think the pork and ham had been smoked. I did not use sauce, and I did not taste any flavor associated with the bbq process. It was ok, it was what it was slab of ham and a pork chop. It tasted ok, but it was not BBQ. The brisket was more like an old piece of shoe leather. It had no flavor, was stiff as the sole of a shoe, dry and hard, and only one piece.
Work had taken me close to Sedalia and I decided to go on over for some BBQ. There are at least five BBQ restaurants in Sedalia....
Dickie-Doo,
Kehde's Barbeque,
Bar-B-Que Pit Stop, Bandana’s BBQ, and a new place
Little Big Horn Cattle Company.
In my biking of the Katy trail a few years back I used Sedalia as a staging point. It gave me the opportunity to try several restaurants. I really liked the Little Big Horn Cattle Company, it had the best food. Kehde's Barbeque had the most unique atmosphere with the regular restaurant as well as the old railroad car. The food at Kehde's was ok, hampered by the fact the place was very busy and the service was slow. Once again Dickie-Doo had not done much for me, I was frankly disappointed. So in this trip I knew I had several choices. I choose Dickie-Doo for the nostalgia factor...a mistake. Next time I will go for the quality of the BBQ, not reliving my youth....
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