Bennett’s Bar-B-Que

My mom actually works at this location and brings us some leftover catered food for the family to enjoy. I love the awesome meal ideas as well as the macaroni and cheese. They have the best ribs and corn on the side. They have technically the most ribs and soul barbecue food. It’s delicious and I love their complimentary catering. The only thing is the lemonade can get a tad bit too sweet.

Rarely do you find the level of customer service accompanied by delicious flavor that I received from Bennett’s Catering for my wedding reception.
Rheannon made the menu selection, tasting and preparation process extremely easy by suggesting popular combinations. My original wedding caterer had cancelled a month before the wedding, but Bennett’s (via Rheannon) easily picked up the slack. She even went above and beyond, and called me two weeks in advance to go over a final checklist so that I had no worries the day of. Even when I asked if they would cut and serve the cake they happily agreed with no extra charge!
On the day of we were not disappointed either! Our location was at a state park but the service or food did not suffer at all! Everyone raved about the pork and chicken (which they served right off the bone) and the mac n cheese never got cold. They even when helped with our cleanup!

The kids ate all the ribs we bbq’ed…I thought. We lost a rack of ribs. Guess what? Three days later I found the rack of ribs we had dry rubbed, bbq’ed, and slathered with Kansas city style sauce… in the oven… so, no, we could not eat them. Still wanting bbq, and thinking I had no leftovers from our amazing family bbq, I went to Bennett’s to get some smoked turkey. I love their smoked turkey, it is amazingly moist and flavorful. Expensive, but delicious. And as it wasn’t left in the oven for days, safe to eat. The sides are good too. The slaw is exceptional.

I had the ‘Po’ Boy” which consisted of brisket and hot links on a very tasty long bun. The brisket a bit dry but tasty and tender, and a little of the tangy sauce went a ways to help it out. I liked the sausage, it was nice and spicy, but not over-​bearing. French fries were, well, French fries. I don’t much care for the odd coating people put on their fries these days. I will return t check out the other sides they offer, and as this is right around the corner from my workplace, I expect I will be back again.
Staff was helpful, and kept my glass filled. Service was prompt (i was there at lunch time) and parking was ample, though it’s a little tricky heading out if you’re heading south on Peoria.

I should have listened to the star average. I really wanted to believe and somtimes have a «good BBQ sauce can cover almost anything» attitude. The meats were so very dry. I bet the brisket would have been good a few days earlier or something based on the beautiful smoke ring.

We ordered for a meeting and luncheon for all the employees at work. When I first pulled up the parking lot was empty and it was lunch time so I wasn’t sure what to expect. The food turned out to pretty good and I had to apologize to the manager that took me there because I started to talk crap as we pulled in the parking lot.

Had some Bennett’s catered to work over this lovely 4^th of July holiday, and I was pleasantly surprised (for the most part).
The potato salad had some odd very firm (non-​potato bits), the sauce was sweet and tangy and thick (mee likey), the beans combined deliciously with the pulled pork, and I guess the coleslaw was good (I am not the person to ask, I don’t like the ‘slaw).
The food was good, but not good enough for me to seek them out and eat there. If I am near by and have myself a hankerin’ for some BBQ then I know where to go.