red hot & blue

red hot & blue is a memphis stylebbqjoint in laurel, maryland. my grandfather loves this place and says it has consistently good food. for starters we ordered the house nachos - a choice of chili, pulled chicken or pulled pork topped with a crazy amount of jack & cheddar cheeses, green onions, tomatoes and jalapeños. there wasn't a single spot that was not covered in cheese, plus the flour tortilla chips were sturdy and held up nice & crispy under the weigh of the cheese.  while my grandparents, brother charles and mom looked over the menu, the restaurant played some pretty cool jazz over the speaker system. we choose to put three of the toppings on the side instead of adding them to the nachos cheesy mix. that way each of us could take a little or a lot on each bite.  the weekday lunch special was the best buy at $6.99 that includes a variety of lunch size sandwiches, salad and soup entrees. however, since charles and i both wanted to try the pulled pork sandwich and ribs, we ordere

i've had better, i've had worse. this place honestly is stuck right in the mundane middle of the road.
ambiance is a typical chain look, kinda like a southern themed chili's. 
i'll give credit to the service staff. i noticed the bus boys getting to a table almost immediately after the patrons left. the hostess was friendly without being obnoxious. my waiter was pleasant and never let my tea get down past halfway. so props to the staff, well run/managed. 
the menu initially looks good having a wide variety ofbbqfavorites. the quality of the food however is back to the middle of the road. 
i had the brisket and without the sauce would've been too dry to enjoy. the sauce was basically cider vinegar and pepper that was a bit thin.
not impressed and not disgusted, it's just very chainy.

not reccomended. born in memphis, tn, raised in nc... i like to think i know something about bbq. i wish i could critique the chopped carolina pork but there wasn't enough on the sandwich to judge. the chili was made of tomatoes and onions... so little meat i don't think it was worth $4. the cole slaw has zero flavor... absolutely zero. the potato salad wasn't too bad though. won't be coming back, which stinks because there aren't too manybbqplaces around.

i was mostly interested in their burgers and they carry a few burgers on their menu. we ordered the “all-in” burger with pulled pork, onion rings, and cheese and their hoochie coochie cajun burger with cajun spices and their hottestbbqsauce on. we ordered both burgers medium rare. the wait was ten minutes or so and the burgers looked pretty good when they came out. the burgers were cooked perfectly medium rare and they were both very juicy and had a meaty taste that was quite wonderful. the all-in burger had nicely cooked pulled pork that was smoky and very well made. the cajun burger was not hot at all. after dressing it with more hot sauce it got better, but it was never very hot at any time. the fries were store bought regular frozen fries and nothing special, but still cr

decentbbqfor the price, not great but very good. order to go is a really convenient option. go there once a month.

why waste the money. the only good thing about this place was the service...and i sat at the bar. the food is not realbbqit is a sad imitation. also the sides be prepared to "doctor" them with hot sauce, salt, pepper, and still be disappointed. if you want to sit in a quite place this will be a great choice.

it's good for the leesburg area. the greens on the menu need a lot of improvement. as a southern it's hard to find goodbbqup north. they have excellent customer service tho.

potato salad. theirs is the greatest in the world!
it's a warm potato salad, very delicious!!!

bbq is amazing too! bestbbqin plano!