Wavery Apple BBQ

Waverly Apple BBQ

700 W Walnut St
Waverly, MO 64096










I often choose to take the opportunity to drive from Kansas City by a route other than  I70, particularly when I feel that the traffic is going to be a concern.  One of those alternative routes takes me north, along HWY 24.  It is a pleasant route that takes me by wineries and apple orchards.  It also goes through a little town of Waverly.  On one of these trips I noticed a sign for a BBQ restaurant, and I made note that I should come back when I had the opportunity to eat. 

That opportunity came today.  I was actually on a road trip to Bethany Missouri, which is pretty far north, near the border with Iowa.  I needed to deliver a couple of machines to a repair facility. Since my other options were Florida and California, I decided Bethany was closer.  While a 3+ hour trip, my predilection to start early had me on the road by 6:00 in the morning, and I had completed half the trip and delivered by packages by 9:30.  It was a nice trip, started in the dark and watched the sun come up as I  drove roads that I am very familiar with.  North to Macon, west to Laclede, north to Milan, west to Trenton,  north to Bethany.  I use to take these roads at 70 to 80 miles per hour.  Not so much anymore. I do not like to take the same route on both sides of a trip, so after delivering the equipment I headed south on HWY 35, and quickly saw HWY 13, and made the choice to take the path south through Gallatin and Hamilton.  I punched in BBQ in to the GPS, and saw a place in Higginsville, which was on HWY 13, so it seemed like a good choice.  While I am anything but impulsive in life, I am impulsive driving, and when I got to HWY 24 at Lexington, I remembered Waverly BBQ. 

I was very pleased.  It is a clean restaurant, so common when it is virtually the only place to eat in town outside of Casey's.  It had a comprehensive menu, but it had true BBQ.  You can always tell when  you see a wood pile next to a well used cooker outside the restaurant.  This one was obviously not just for show!

This is an interesting restaurant.  Someone once told me (or I read it) that some people are interested in quantity, and care less about presentation and quality.  Others want quality, and still other care more about how it looks on the plate.  Waverly BBQ had a range in the menu, with less expensive items that were a plate full.  The BBQ items tended to me more expensive. But the quality was very high, and no slouch on quantity!

I choose the combo plate, with ham and brisket.  The slaw came from a jar, the fries were recently in a bag frozen.  The brisket was truly worth it all.  I also liked the ham!  The brisket was cut a little thick, but it was lean and well smoked and a wonderful flavor.  It came without sauce and did not need it.  The ham did have a sauce, and was nice vinegar tangy flavor.  I would expect the ribs and other BBQ sides were equally good.  It was clear, that this is cooked by someone who understands BBQ.

 

On one of those day trips that you set out on with the wife, head down HWY 24 visit some winery's buy some fruit from the stands, and make it to Waverly for some excellent BBQ!