oklahoma joe's bbq

the beans. as i write this, i am eating some of their beans cold they are so good. we had family in from out of state. i had to go back twice to get another quart of the beans, they ate them like no tomorrow. they also loved the spicy cole slaw and niether of them really were cole slaw lovers. the chopped brisket was great this time and not dry at all. perfect. their hot bbqsauceis the bomb. hide some of the beans, or there will be none for you left. ha


-----10 feb, 2014-----

good stuff. we got ribs, chopped brisket and pulled chicken. the ribs were excellent, meaty, hardly any fat and just the right amount of smoke. the chicken was a tad dry but had good flavor and with a littlesauceon it, was good. same for the chopped brisket, good flavor, a tad dry but over all, good withsauceon it. try the hotter bbqsauce,it's so good. steer clear of the fried okra, it was tough and fried whole. good beans with chopped brisket in them. mmm. i liked the twist on the spicy cole slaw. there's a tad of spicy bbqsauceflavor in there, no goopiness. great flavor. my only complaint is their lack in the number of sides to pick from. there's 3. that's it. oh you can get fries instead with a .50 upcharge which i guess is ok. but where's the corn on the cob, and other choices? we'll try them again, if nothing more than the hot bbqsauceand ribs, good enough to go back. friendly and efficient the day i went.

very disappointed. food was so-so, bbqsaucesucked, overpriced and i did not like the potatoe salad(i prefer mustard kind). big let down. so many more bbq places that are way better. won't be returning thats for sure

kind of a letdown :-/. the 4 of us showed up @ 5:30 on a tues. eve, ordered a bit of everything, and was amazed (!) that all of it (except the unique slaw & beans....) was very,very bland! pulled pork was the "best" of the bunch, sausage & hotlink were even bland we all agreed....weird...expecting more, i'd ordered a extra 1/2 rack of ribs, and was surprised that they were bland too....and the hotsauceat least threw some flavor their way, but that regularsauceis boring ! i spent $38 for 2 people and left very disappointed....."...as someone said here, there's better bbq in the tulsa area ( and fyi mr. joe : maybe look into the great local sauces too & mountain view hotlinks are a step up towards flavor-town ! always learning, right ?) can you tell the $38 burnt my end !? ( w/ waters !)

it was amazing!!! the ribs we so tasty and tender! the beans were the best i've ever eaten. ( took home a quart) the hot bbqsaucewas legendary!! ( i bought a bottle to bring home) i loved the atmosphere of the place!! friendly and has a great aura about it. i loved everything about it. i'll be going back often to broken arrow! and i live in arkansas!

i visited ok joes a couple days ago and the food as usual is always good. there is a older lady who is fairly new i believe and not that friendly. i asked for a couple of bbq sauces for my sandwich and while she was pouring thesauceshe got it on her fingers and then kicked her fingers and put the lid on the sauce. i was a little disgusted by this , then after she does that she walks up to me and another customer ands says" wow i shouldn't have licked thatsauceoff my fingers it is hot". i love the food and the place as a whole but this lady needs some food handling skills.


-----10 apr, 2013-----

great bbq. burnt ends and pulled pork is awesome.


-----28 mar, 2013-----

the new loco bbqsauceis awesome. the new hot links from siegis not as good as the old ones were, they seem a little tough to me. now the locosauceon burnt ends = :)


-----19 jan, 2012-----

not as good as kc. first time we ate there our food was cold. the second time was better but i think back alley bbq downtown is better. joes needs to have mustard potato salad instead of mayo in my opinion. prices are pretty high too.

pulled pork was amazing, thesaucewas exactly how i like it, and the beans were the best i ever had. best white people bbq ive had in a long time. puts other locals to shame!!

this single, solitary point in time when oklahoma joe’s bbqsaucehit the tip of my tongue tonight for the first time since 1998 was, perhaps, my single greatest moment as a foodie so far. it was a moment that reminds me why i take pictures of the food i eat.

i have had their "burnt ends" and found them dry and tasteless. i just had the smoked 1/2 chicken. again tasteless. no smoke flavour in the chicken meat and if there was nosauceon the skin there would be no flavour. my son had one of the sandwiches. the meat was tough and dry. i am holding off from a final review until i try the ribs. however, if the ribs live up to the quality of the rest of the food i would run away from this restaurant.

don't even bother.. against all the negative reviews, we decided to give this place a try...and absolutely hated it. it was kind of confusing to order our food and the staff was less than helpful when we asked for suggestions. the only good thing about our food is that it was hot. we tried the ribs and pulled pork and chicken sandwiches. they were dry (barely any bbqsauceon them to begin with). also, you definitely don't get your money's worth here. we left incredibly dissatisfied.

great ribs, great burnt ends, okay everything else. i've been back here a few times since they opened. i typically come for a late lunch to avoid the rush.

i've narrowed down my favorite meats to their burnt ends and their ribs. everything else i find average or a little below average. however, the burnt ends and ribs are very good. i never order sandwiches either. if i want a sandwich i'll go to subway. when i'm at a bbq restaurant i want barbecued meat and lots of it.

i'm not a coleslaw eater so i cannot and will not try and comment on how theirs tastes. their beans are good. not great, but good. i did have a friend say their beans tasted like wendy's chili with brown sugar added. i found that description rather amusing.

their hot bbqsauceisn't even remotely hot. i'm not one of those guys that loves super hot food and so label everything as tasting mild so i can appear manly. it's seriously not hot. of all of the hot/spicy bbq sauces i've had at the various bbq restaurants in tulsa, ok joe's has to be the most mild of them all.

the location of their drink machine is terrible. anytime the place is remotely busy there's a human traffic jam at the drink machine. on the plus side, they have diet mountain dew in their soda fountain machine and that's awesome!

service is always very friendly and their staff are pretty knowledgeable and helpful.

order ribs and/or burnt ends and you won't be disappointed. in fact, skip the side dishes altogether and load up on ribs and burnt ends.

-----22 dec, 2011-----

good. ate here for lunch on a sunday. it was only the third day they were open for business, so they were understandably busy..

my wife had the "burnt ends" sandwich (which is not a regular menu item, but is available wednesdays and saturdays and was this sunday's special). she loved it.

i ordered the rib & chicken bbq dinner. in my opinion, if you want to assess a place's bbq then you need to order the dinner entrées and not a sandwich. honestly, how hard is it to get a pulled pork sandwich correct? so, if you want to know if a bbq place has good meat then order a dinner entrée with 2 or 3 meats on it.

my ribs were good. great flavor. i would have liked more of them. in my mind, when you order ribs at a bbq restaurant you should get a half-rack at a minimum.

my chicken tasted chewy. i'm not sure if that's because it was borderline undercooked or what. it was moist and had a good flavor, but was chewy.

the bbqsauceis good. it's a bit tangier than others. my only complaint with theirsauceis that the hotsauceisn't even remotely hot. on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the hottest, their regularsauceis a 2 and their hotsauceis maybe a 3. kick it up a notch, joe!

i really liked the beans. they have a good flavor and great texture, the right amount of meat added, and i like that they use more than one kind of bean. however, a friend of mine described the beans as, "wendy's chili with brown sugar added." so, opinions vary.

from speaking with others, it seams the portions, especially for the sandwiches, really vary from person to person. i've seen photos and heard from people that say their pulled pork sandwich was piled full and i've heard from other people that said they felt they were ripped off and the portions were skimpy. so, the people assembling sandwiches here may need to learn some portion control and standardization.

prices were on par for most bbq restaurants. restaurant was very clean and well-maintained (but it just opened for business, so that's to be expected).

it was good. not great. i'll definitely eat here again, but as of right now it's not my favorite bbq place in tulsa.

oklahoma joes is an awesome place. i love thesauceand never had dried out meat and i've ate there over 10 times. if the people who had a problem would have let someone know (if it was bad in the first place) joes is the type of place to bend over backward to fix it! every one is friendly, clean, and keep the place in great shape. you couldn't ask for a better restaurant. keep doing great things joe! we will always be coming back!

not great..not terrible, good if you are in the area.. i agree with barbecue aficieanado, oj's would not be in the 3 best bbq places in muskogee, i had the pulled pork and my wife had the briskit, the pulled pork was too sweet the sides were worse than terrible beans and potato salad, tasted the slaw which was far from impressive. i did not have any issue with the wait staff the folks behind the bar were short and not overly friendly but i can live with that , i think as far as white guy barbecue goes it was pretty good. if i were to list oj's in order of rank i would put oklahoma joe a little worse than van's pig stand in shawnee and a little better than fat jacks in coweta. i really cannot judge thesaucewith a neutral eye, i get mine from a guy who made his own for the talons tailgates, his is 20 times better.

oklahoma joe = oklahoma no. the good: the ribs were pretty good, while overpriced. the fries were very nicely seasoned and hot and fresh. thesauceis also pretty good.

the bad: the sausage was inedibly bad and that was the consensus of all four of us at the table. the brisket had no smoke flavor and no bark. basically bland roast beef, but thesauceallowed us to pretend we were eating bbq. the kids taking the order didn't know what i was asking when i asked if we could order moist or lean. he said "it's all moist and lean". yet, it wasn't. it was lean with the fat cut off before it had a chance to make the meat tender and moist. oh, and horror of all horrors, the brisket was pre-sliced and sitting in a warming tray. any bbq competitor should know the meat starts losing juices once sliced and should be sliced to order. the price for the mediocrity was $60 for four people. none of us would return.

i'm editing my review to add a private message sent to me by "joe". this is a direct quote and is in its entirety: "you are a food expert.... for sure... really...thanks for your really hard work...."

sorry but..... anyone who states that thissauceis great has not ate too much barbecue. i think barbecue aficionado was crude but about spot on, the wait staff did act like jerks when i was there as well, and that has been stated by several post on here. i think you might be a plant.
anyway...i was very disappointed i think what it comes down to here is that we in ok hold our barbecue to a standard that oklahoma joe has not had to live up to, looking through these post it seems like anyone who has ate barbecue anywhere else seems to feel the same as i do.
overpriced and average is the best way to describe my experience i will give it one more chance, maybe it will be better, nice looking building though.
i also think he should take down all those banners about how great he thinks he is because based on what i had he is not. not even in the top 10 in this area.

barely average.... from the banners and plaques on his wall i thik old joe is his own greatest fan. i kind of wonder what kind of swill they are feeding those ppl up in kc for this to pass as the best.
the service and staff sucked, the ribs were covered in what i could best describe as a ketchup like substance, thesauceand sides were atrocious
i do not think this place rates any higher than rib crib (another overpriced atrociousness eatery in the area). joe needs to go on back to kc, we know real barbecue here in oklahoma.


-----14 feb, 2012-----

average joes would be 3rd best in muskogee!. if he is the world champion, they should name the trophy after smokehouse bob, i think average joe is more impressed with building his i love me wall then producing real bbq. he would barely be the third best in muskogee. go on back to kc you poser, here we know real bbq.
suace sucks, meat: ok (not great) sides :epic fail change your name to average joes and take down the i love me wall around here you will be exposed as the fraud you are. i have had to amend this, i did not realize that runt is back in business in muskogee now average joe would officially be 4th best in muskogee! is there a trophy for 4th best in muskogee he can put on his wall?