Double Smoked BBQ
469 Booneslick Road, New
Florence, MO 63363
Not really a free day, but as close as they come any
more. I saw Friday on the calendar with
no significant activities, and decided it was a good day to go out and about,
looking for a new BBQ restaurant. I
first considered going toward the Lake of the Ozarks. Wobbly Boot has moved to a new location, and
there is a new BBQ that I had been told about. Since it was going to be a nice day, I could
even go to Ozark BBQ and eat out on the dock and look at the lake. But as usual work intervened. I needed to observe a student teacher. Luckily it was to be first hour of the day
and some distanced from Jefferson City.
I thought that I might just go on and swing by the lake after the visit.
The weather has been
hot and humid, typical for Missouri, but not typical of this summer. For the most part it has been cooler and very
nice. I have even been able to ride my
bike several times in August! But the
last three weeks have been the hottest of the summer. I hold to the fact that in Missouri we need
three weeks of hot summer. Now that we
have had it, it can cool off.
After the observation I started to turn toward the lake, and
instead turned north and east. I found
myself traveling through the back roads toward Frankenstein…..
I had never taken the time to drive along the river on the
south side. I had driven the north side
many times, often associated with riding my bike along the Katy trail. I had driven HWY 50, but never HWY 100 on the
south side. So I found my self driving
east toward Herman. I intended to eat at
one of my favorite BBQ restaurants, Montague’s.
My timing was off and I was too early, a common problem of mine.
So I continued north, and ended up at Double Smoked BBQ at
the intersection of HWY 19 and I70. I
had eaten there once before, on my birthday a few years ago. I decided it was time to try it again.
I had the combo plate with pulled pork and brisket. They did not have French fries, so I had the
potato salad and cole slaw. Double
Smoked is a nice place. Certainly not
fancy, but it has “country charm.” The
people are nice, friendly. I wish I
liked the meal more. It is a certain
statement when the potato salad was the
best part of the meal. The meat is good,
and I expect it is well received by most people. It just is cooked with a hotter sauce
than I find enjoyable. I guess it is part of the “Double Smoked.” The pulled pork was ok, the brisket a little
tough. You do not get tough brisket very
often. It is priced very well, and it is
certainly a place you should try for yourself.
