Cecil's Texas Style Bar-B-Q (Orlando, FL)

Kyle's Order: Large Pulled Pork Sandwich Lunch special w/ Jalapeno Baked Beans and a Sweet Tea. $8.44
Doop's Order: Large Sliced Beef Sandwich Lunch special w/ BBQ Beans, Potato Salad, and Sweet Tea. $10.50

Kyle's Take: Cecil's Texas Style Bar-B-Q may look small from the outside, but that certainly does not coincide with the food on the inside. The atmosphere inside is nothing short of the "Mr. way to proud of Texas" guy, with Texas memorabilia covering the walls, and the firewood by the front door proves that fresh cooked flavor. Upon ordering at the front counter, you can watch the cooks prepare your meat right in front of you. They offer genourous portions. The Large Sandwich lunch special, comes with one meat, one side and a drink. They put the meat between 2 slices of Texas Toast, which I am a huge fan of. They offer a great variety of side dishes ranging from collard greens, to jalapeño beans...which I decided to try because I had never heard of them before. They have a separate bar for their 3 sauces instead of having them on the table. You fill little cups with either mild, hot or sweet sauce to bring back to your table. They also sell their their sauce if you're interested. The mild and hot tasted like they had a hint of A1 sauce in them. The pork was some of the best I have tasted in the Orlando area, very tender and flavorful, with almost a smoky taste. The jalapeño beans were...original to say the least. They were very spicy so I wouldn't recommend them for the weak. I personally liked them once I acquired the flavor for a few bites. Last but not least....THEY HAVE FREE ICE CREAM CONES!!! This definitely hits the spot after a nice big BBQ meal. All in All Cecils = Very satisfying.

Doop's Take:This is what i had, any questions...
As soon as you walk in, you see this little buffet line. You get in the line and up on the wall is a huge menu. You had your normal sandwiches, but there were a lot of sides and best of all... cheap prices. When you get up to where you order, there is someone there cutting up the meat and waiting for your order. They have texas toast for you, and it's already toasted for you. After getting the sandwich, you move down the line and you see a huge assortment of side dishes. They had the normal sides, beans, coleslaw, and whatnot, but they also had different sides; such as, sweet potatoes, jalapeño mashed potatoes, and whatnot. You go and pay and then you sit wherever there is an open table. They had 3 sauces to choose from, mild, sweet, and hot. The mild had a kick, it's a little spicy and the sweet tasted a lot like honey. The beef was really good. It was chewable. There were 2 things that really put this place over the top of every other barbecue place we've been to. #1... they had free ice-cream with any lunch order... i mean FREE!!!!! I don't care what it is, you cannot turn down free ice-cream... and the best thing about Cecil's... You get to fill up your own sides. I think that is the best thing ever. Cause I'm disappointed if you do not get enough for your side, but here, you get to choose how much you want. Speaking of side dishes, i got the BBQ beans and Potato Salad. The beans were good, they were mixed in with the mild sauce, but as i said before, the sauce was pretty spicy, so the beans were as enjoyable, but still eatable. The Potato Salas was home made. You can never go wrong with anything homemade. It had a sweet taste to it, and a nice hint of basil on the top of it. Cecil's Texas Style Bar-B-Q is located on S.Orange street. It's about a 10minute drive from Downtown Orlando. So if you are ever in Downtown Orlando, take the time and drive down to Cecil's, it is well worth the trip.

Kyle's Beef:Small parking lot.
Doop's Beef: The sweet tea was not homemade. The mild sauce would be considered hot at other Bar-B-Que places and if you are one of those who likes to save half your meal for later, I did not see any to-go boxes or cups.

Kyle's Rateing: 9/10
Doop's Rateing: 9/10

Smokey Bones BBQ & Grill (Orlando, FL)

Kyle's Order: BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwich w/ Beans & Sweet Tea. $10.10
Doop's Order: Smoke Turkey Sandwich w/ Beans and Sweet Tea. $10.65


Kyle's Take: Just for the record, if we decide to review a chain restaurant, it will be a one time only for that chain. We are not huge fans of resaurant chains, however, BBQ is BBQ and it needs to be reviewed. Smokey Bones is probably the most recognized BBQ restaurant nationawide. I personally would say it relates closer to an Applebbes or TGI Fridays, more than a BBQ restaurant. We ate at around 1 in the afternoon, so we missed the major lunch rush. The menu was far from your ordinary BBQ menu, having everything from BBQ nachos to honey glazed salmon. I'm not going to lie, the first thing you notice is the prices, which are also a little more than most BBQ menus. On the table they offer 2 BBQ sauces, original and a tangy type of BBQ sauce, and also a bottle of their own Howling Hot Sauce that was more of a wing type sauce. The pulled pork came on a slightly toasted bun and lacked in taste. It was also a very tiny portion of pork. I ended up soaking it in the original sauce and adding a few drops of hot sauce. The beans came a in a little plastic cup and were nothing more than average. The tea was not bad, very sweet, however, no to-go cups were given. There are Tv's all around usually playing sports, which is a nice amenity. Smokey Bones is a nice place to take a family for a decent dinner perhaps, but I would not recommend it for BBQ lovers.

Doop's Take First of all... not a big fan of the chain restaurants. So going in to eat I already had my speculations on how it was going to be. From the outside, you get a feel of being up north, in like Washington(state) cause the restaurant looks like it's made out of wooden logs, but when you step inside, you get a feel of a seafood place. We sat down and the service was good. TV's were placed all around and if you couldn't hear the TV, on the table they had a radio type thing if you could select what TV you can listen to. That's kind of a cool thing if you go during a big game, you can hear the action, instead of everyone talking. It was a nice atmosphere, but it didn't give off that authentic BBQ vibe. The sweet tea was very good, probably second best, compared to Louis's tea. The location is not the best, as it is located in waterford lakes in the back, towards Target. Like i said, it does not give off that authentic BBQ vibe. The food was good though. I got a good amount of turkey, the only thing though is that they put lettuce, tomato, and pickles on my sandwich. I like to eat my BBQ without those things... the beans were good. They already put the BBQ sauce in the beans, which i am a huge fan of!!!! also, the beans didn't have a lot of shredded pork in it, which is always great in my opinion. Now... as for the sauce. 2 kinds of sauce, regular and tangy (i'm guessing). They didn't have any labels, so you had to guess, but i mean they kind of tasted the same. All in all, it was an alright experience and i'm glad we knocked it out and do not have to go there again.

Kyle's Beef: My main beef is the lack of food for the price. Most BBQ joints offer a meat portion w/ 2 sides and bread, and it's usually around $6. AND still give you to-go cups with tea. Smokey bones offers one side with the lunch and no bread, for almost $8...and no to-go cup.
Doop's Beef: It lacked an authentic feel for BBQ, no to-go cups, you only get 1 side and that's not even big enough, and most importantly... Way too expensive!!!!!!

Kyle's Rating: 4/10
Doop's Rating: 4/10

Map: www.smokeybones.com

Conway's BBQ (Orlando, FL)

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Blackwater Bar-B-Q (Orlando, FL)

Kyle's Order: Sliced Beef Lunch Sandwich w/ Baked Beans, Fried Okra, & a Sweet Tea. $8.63
Doop's Order: Sliced Beef Lunch Sandwich w/ Baked Beans, Cornbread, and Sweet Tea. ($8.63)

Kyle's Take: This little BBQ joint sits only a few miles from downtown Orlando. There's only one giant room with several picnic-like benches, so don't expect any privacy when chowing down on your BBQ. I'd have to call this more of a lunch place than anything else, because you have the ability to get in, order, and leave quickly if you choose. The atmosphere inside makes it hard to believe you're only a few miles from the city. The sliced beef sandwich came with thickly-sliced beef on 2 pieces of bread. The beef tasted freshly cooked, however the bread was nothing more than 2 slices of wonder bread. I'd suggest maybe toasting it, or perhaps adding some garlic to it. The beans were great. They were served in a generous cup with thick chunks of onion and shredded pork. The fried okra was right off the pan and has a nice crunch to it. There's was only one size cup for sweet tea....BIG, served sweet and unsweetened. 2 types of BBQ sauce adorned the table: original, and spicy. At least thats what they tasted like to me, being that they weren't labeled. The original had a sweet taste to it and never the less, so did the spicy. Which I thought tasted very original. So original that my sandwiched was completely bathed in it. Touche'


Doop's Take: Well, as you can see from the post above, our first choice turned out to be closed down. So Kyle had a backup plan, and what a plan it was! As soon as you walk in the door you see picnic benches and a huge menu to order from. Now their sandwiches aren't measured by large or medium, they determine the size of your meal by weight. I got the 4oz. sliced beef sandwich, you know to save some money. What I got was fresh beef. Also, to help you out, they have the sides menu right in front of you while you tell them your order. I really like this, because I always seem to change my mind at the last minute and this is a huge help. We sat down and there were only 2 sauces. Original and Spicy. The original was a little sweet, but it was great. The spicy had a little kick to it, but at the same time it had a sweet taste to it, which you cannot go wrong with. They had two flat screen HDTV's on each side of the restaurant. The tea was alright, not the best, but it got the job done. Now the sides. I got the baked beans. Now, this is the 2nd place to have shredded pork in the beans. It's slowly growing on me, but at the same time, I'm not a huge fan of it. Anyways, I don't know if it was me, but the beans were really good. It could be the fact that I drenched my beans in BBQ sauce, as i do on a regular occasion. All in all, this was a great place, it gave Louis's a run for its money!


Kyle's Beef: Other than the fact that they were playing a soap opera on one of the TV's, there aren't too many. Just maybe throw your buns in the toaster.
Doop's Beef: This is their cornbread; it was also hard as a rock


Kyle's Rating: 8/10
Doop's Rating: 8/10