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Warthog Barbeque Pit
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- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- No
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Good for:
- Lunch, Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Beer & Wine Only
13 reviews for Warthog Barbeque Pit
If I had the pulled pork, does that mean I had warthog?
I thought the meat was excellent, the sauce was ok, and the fries were weird. They put a rub on the fries that had sugar on them. If I come here again, I would ask for fries sans sugar. Overall, pretty tasty sandwich which made me full for the whole day. And the meal was only $7.50.
Zipzap Zubity Bop!
I have used Warthog to cater more than 15 events in the last 4 years. Their meat is outstanding. My favorites are the beef brisket, hand made, spicy sausage and pulled pork. I can not speak to their BBQ sauce as I eat the meat without it. To me, the quality of meat is most important and Warthog's is divine. The meat is moist, tender and bathed in smokey goodness. Their "nasty rice" is outstanding and heats up well for leftovers. Their cornbread is very good as is the pecan pie. They have full-service catering available, options include table and chair rentals, special menu requests and buffet set-up and staffing. No one ever left one of my Warthog catered events hungry or unhappy...covered in BBQ sauce maybe, but always satisfied.
Relatively speaking, it's OK.
But I've lived in Texas for couple of years, I've experienced better.
I thought there food was ok and bought my parents a gift certificate so they could try it out. The owner refused to honor it for some unknown reason and acted like a huge tool. Needless to say I wouldn't reccommend warthogs. Hey jerk, the customer is always right!
awesome place.. me and my co workers used to hit them up once a month with big orders.
We went here on a recommendation from a friend who, like me, is from back East and has actually eaten REAL barbecue. To a North Carolinian like me, just getting "good" BBQ is not going to be enough. In 18 years living in Seattle, I have found ONE place to eat BBQ on a regular basis and that's Three Pigs in Bellevue, which is run by two brothers from Georgia (the American one; not the former Soviet state) who, to be fair, don't know what real BBQ is supposed to taste like because NOBODY from Georgia grows up eating any of it. Theirs is edible; a perfectly acceptable substitute for the real thing, but not great.
BUT...our friend said Warthog was the real deal, so we take a Saturday afternoon and go. The place looks right (log house with a down-home sign in front), smells right, is nicely under-decorated inside, and is accessible for Judye's wheelchair, so I'm liking it before the food even shows up.
As a NC native, I am legally obligated to order the pulled pork and iced tea, so I do those. We wait a pretty short time and out it comes. The BBQ looks authentic: pulled and trimmed nicely, no visible gristle or fat chunks, and steaming, a big item with us BBQ snots.
That's where the good stuff ends, unfortunately. I'll agree that Warthog is the best BBQ I've had in Washington; a hair better than Three Pigs and a mile better than ANY of the other places everybody here claims are wonderful. (Like Pecos Pit , Jones Brothers, etc.) It's not, however - in the vernacular of My People - a "patch on the ass" of the smoked brisket at Lock & Keel in Ballard, but that's beef and I was eating pork at Warthog, so...apples and oranges. But it isn't even within hollering distance of a mediocre BBQ joint in NC. Their sauce was, I thought, the best and most interesting I've had anywhere up here and would probably be considered an interesting alternative for serious BBQ freaks, but the meat itself, while properly moist and tender, just didn't have that distinctive sweet/smoky/peppery flavor that distinguishes great BBQ. I'm starting to believe, after MANY years of this search, that one reason BBQ here never measures up to NC or Texas or KC is that every restaurant here tries to do EVERY style of it: Texas and KC beef, NC pork, ribs, and chicken. In NC, most great joints sell PORK, pulled pork, and that's IT. In Texas, they concentrate on BEEF and that's all.KC is ribs and little else. With the one exception of Angel's BBQ in Savannah, I've never found a BBQ joint that could do more than one style perfectly. At any rate, Warthog was a vast improvement on other local BBQ but just doesn't have the intensity of flavor of the NC style. One reason may be that NC BBQ is typically smoked for two DAYS, rather than the WA norm of eight hours.
Prices are very reasonable, the side dishes were flavorful and nicely done, and the service was friendly but Fife is a long haul for that hair's difference from Three Pigs, which is a half-mile from our house. If we're passing through, I'd certainly stop in but I wouldn't drive forty miles for what was on my plate there.
BBQ-Joint-Smell? Check.
Meat? A-
Sauce: C+
Beans: Oh-hell-yeah-A+
I have to say that the quality of the BBQ meat was four stars, but the weird thing is that what was just ok was the BBQ SAUCE. And as you might imagine, the sauce is a big deal in BBQ.
First thing I noticed when I sat down was that there was no sauce on the table. Just hot sauce. I had to ask for extra sauce which came in two little plastic sides cups. And this one sauce they offer was very plain and ordinary.
So, to wrap up, good BBQ, but bring your own sauce.
You can tell Dixie's in Bellevue to go scr*w the man... go tell HD's in Kent to hang up their Hotspurs... better tell the Caveman that his BBQ is prehistoric... Let Tony know there's something rotten with the Roma's... best be telling that Rowdy Cowgirl to settle her ass down... Seattle's Hole in the Wall's gonna get all patched up and sure as hell tell Pecos that they are gonna have to try awfully hard to rise above their Pit.... because the best freaking BBQ west of the Mississippi is right here in Fife!
Entrees under $10 bucks... sandwiches under $6 bucks... we're talking chicken, ribs, ham, brisket, turkey and their very own sausage. Trust me on the Warthog Sausage. The sides include chili, gumbo, coleslaw, corn bread, real potato fries, potato salad and nasty rice (its good trust me).
I can't even begin to explain in detail why they do BBQ so damn well... but, what I can tell you is come hungry!
I highly recommend this place. It's one of the better BBQ joints I've found. The sweat salty fries were awesome as was the pulled pork. I will make a point to stop here on my way thru next trip.
This place is one hell of a BBQ joint! I dont get south of Seattle often but Warthog is a worthy stop.
The Moo, Cluck, Oink is the bomb tip off! Only $9.95 for half a chicken, pork ribs, beef briskit, baked beans, potato salad and cornbread! Insane! It is so good! The smoke is in the meats, not bad meat hidden with sauce!
The porterhouse steak is as good or better then anything in Seattle for two or three times the price!!
If you are on a road trip or just close by this place is a must!!
Best BBQ I've had in the PNW so far. Had a BBQ chicken sandwich for lunch. The meat was deliciously smoked and full of flavor. The sandwich was light on BBQ sauce, but didn't really need more because the meat was so tasty. Came back the same day for dinner and shared the sampler platter which included all of their meats for around $20. Two people left stuffed with enough leftovers for two lunches the next day...what a deal! My favorites were the BBQ chicken, closely followed by the pork ribs. The other meat just wasn't my thing.
Simply superb BBQ! This place lets you build your own meal combos and serves beer as well. Indoor seating is tough to come by since this small place is usually packed. The food and service is definately worth it though, about $10 gets you more food than you could ever hope to finish and a beer or two.
