Showing posts with label hickory smoked BBQ. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hickory smoked BBQ. Show all posts

Thursday, July 5, 2018

Why Do People Love BBQ So Much?

It was fairly easy for us to become one of the most popular restaurants at the Lake of the Ozarks. Creating the award-winning BBQ recipes that we're known for took some work, but the simple fact that our main focus is BBQ gave us an edge. Nearly everyone across the country loves BBQ (especially if they've tasted our version here at Wobbly Boots Roadhouse in Osage Beach!) Why do you think that is? We have a few ideas.   



The Flavor
The art of BBQ requires patience because the best flavors come out when the cooking is done low and slow. Our Lake of the Ozarks BBQ restaurant chooses to smoke our meats. This process allows us to create the most tender, juicy, flavorful meats possible, always slow-smoking them over our favorite wood - hickory. 

First, we generously coat the meats with our secret-recipe rub, then it gets a carefully selected amount of time in the smoker. Here, rather than being cooked directly over the heat, it is instead cooked next to it. The reason we use hickory is that it lends a rich, full-bodied flavor to all of our meats. Once it's done, those meats get a dose of our house recipe BBQ sauce, and the result is a mouthwatering flavor that is irresistible!  



The Aroma
Once you walk into our dining room, and often-times the second you step out of your car in the parking lot, that amazing aroma of our meats slowly smoking over hickory hits you! It's a rare person that can keep their mouth from watering once that happens, which is quickly followed by the stomach rumbling, even if you weren't hungry the second before. (You sure are now!) Any food that can do that to your sense of smell is definitely one you want to treat your sense of taste with!   



The Choices
BBQ, especially the best BBQ at the Lake of the Ozarks that we happen to serve at the Boot, is also a very versatile meal. There are all kinds of delicious dishes to choose from, and we put them together in a variety of ways so that even the "same old meat" you usually order can be enjoyed in a delicious and fascinating new way. We serve savory hickory-smoked meats on their own, but also as an additional ingredient in nearly every dish that we serve. These meats include (but are not limited to): 

  • Hand-Pulled Pork
  • Beef Brisket
  • Turkey Breast
  • Pit Ham
  • Smoked Sausage
  • Burnt Ends

Of course, we do realize that there are those rare individuals that do not enjoy the incredible taste of BBQ. (We don't understand it, but they do exist.) If you happen to be friends with one of these people, we still have lots of other delicious dishes on our menu that even they can enjoy, so everybody's happy! 



The Boot Makes It Easy
The very best part about eating BBQ at Wobbly Boots Roadhouse is the fact that we take care of all of the cooking for you! Even the most skilled grillmaster will admit, it takes a lot of work to make the best BBQ, so when someone else can do it beautifully, it's a lot easier to let them! All you need to do is show up and enjoy, and we'll even clean up the plates for you when you're done! 



The next time you're in the mood for some mouthwateringly delicious, hickory-smoked BBQ, head on over to our BBQ restaurant & bar at the Lake of the Ozarks. In addition to the great flavor, amazing aroma, and multitude of choices, we'll serve it with a smile in a family-friendly atmosphere that will make you feel right at home. It tastes even better that way! 



4717 Osage Beach Parkway
Osage Beach, MO 65065
573-348-2277

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn, and check out our website 

Dining Hours: 
11am - 10pm, 7 Days Week
Bar Hours:     
11am - 1am, Mon-Sat
11am -12pm Sun  


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Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Celebrate National BBQ Month with the Best BBQ at the Lake of the Ozarks!

May is an incredible month. The weather is warming up, flowers are blooming and trees are budding, and it also happens to be National BBQ Month! (May had us at BBQ!!!) As you might imagine, that's a pretty exciting thing for our Lake of the Ozarks BBQ restaurant to celebrate, because BBQ is what we're all about. Here are a few reasons why you should join us for the best BBQ at the Lake of the Ozarks to celebrate. 



Hickory-Smoked Goodness
For over 20 years, Wobbly Boots Roadhouse's BBQ recipes have been piling up awards, as well as happy, dedicated, return customers. Our unique "hybrid style" of BBQ got its inspiration from the BBQ meccas of the U.S.A. - Kansas City, St. Louis, Memphis, and Texas! We combined their mouthwatering styles and created a taste that gives you the best BBQ in the Midwest.   

First of all, we slow-smoke our succulent meats over hickory, which allows the incredible flavors of each type of meat to come through boldly. Next, we coat those meats (or serve them with a side of) our flavorful, house-made BBQ sauce. The end result is a plate full of hickory-smoked BBQ goodness that keeps you coming back for more again and again!   



LOTS of Choices
You'll find our hickory-smoked meats used as an ingredient in many dishes throughout our menu, but the stars of the show this month are our award-winning Bar-B-Que sandwiches and meat plates. We have a wide variety of meats that you can order on a bun, or you can instead build a plate with 1, 2, or 3 different types of meat. Those choices include:

  • Pit Ham
  • Hand-Pulled Pork
  • Beef Brisket
  • Burnt Ends
  • Turkey Breast
  • Smoked Sausage
In addition to those tasty treats, we also serve some "Bad to the Bone BBQ" dinners as well. These plates will have you licking your lips, and also your fingers once you're finished. 
  • Baby Back Ribs
  • Classic Pork Spare Ribs
  • Hickory Smoked 1/2 Chicken
  • BBQ Chicken & Ribs Combo


Eat Here or Get It To Go
Our Lake of the Ozarks family restaurant offers a down-home family-friendly atmosphere, and we've got plenty of seating for groups of every size. With the weather getting nicer day by day and all of the wonderful outdoor spots to enjoy at the lake, we totally understand if you want to make a to-go order and head to a park with it, or even your own backyard. 

If you happen to be entertaining a large group, or possibly throwing your own celebration for National BBQ Month, you can take advantage of our catering options too. In many cases, with advance notice, we can even load up our Wobbly Boots Roadhouse catering van and bring the food to you!  



At some point this month, we highly encourage you to make your way to Wobbly Boots BBQ in Osage Beach and give our hickory-smoked meats and house-recipe BBQ sauce a try. We're willing to bet that once you do, we'll be seeing a lot more of you in the future! 



4717 Osage Beach Parkway
Osage Beach, MO 65065
573-348-2277

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn, and check out our website 

Dining Hours: 
11am - 10pm, 7 Days Week
Bar Hours:     
11am - 1am, Mon-Sat
11am -12pm Sun  



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Thursday, August 3, 2017

7 Unbelievable Guinness World Records For BBQ

Our BBQ restaurant at the Lake of the Ozarks has been piling up National Awards from prestigious barbecue contests around the country for over 20 years. Wobbly Boots Roadhouse in Osage Beach may not have set any world records (yet!) but the following people did, and we thought our fellow BBQ fans would enjoy learning a bit more about them. 


Largest Barbecue/Grilling Lesson
Just a few months ago, on April 27, 2017, at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, MO, 336 participants took part in the largest grilling lesson ever given. Smithfield held this event to promote the launch of their new "Get Grilling America" campaign. Lessons were taught by 9-time world champion pitmaster Chris Lilly, Weber grillmaster Kevin Kolman, and special guest-chef Chris Jones, the Kansas City Chiefs' Defensive End and self-proclaimed BBQ fanatic.

Largest Barbecue (Dimensions)
Back in 2004 on June 20, the Discovery Channel's BIG! television show unveiled the world's largest barbecue. It measured 15 feet and 3.75 inches high, 20 feet and 2.25 inches wide, and 8 feet deep. The grill measured 96 square feet! They used this monster barbecue to cook a whole pig, a ten-foot hot dog, and four turkeys. We don't use equipment quite that large at the Boot, but the BIG flavor we produce might have you thinking that we do! 


Longest Barbecue
At 20,246 feet in length, the people of Bayambang in the Philippines constructed the longest barbecue ever recorded. This took place during the Malangsi Fish-tival to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the city. 8,000 grills were connected, and they used 50,000 kg of fish, 2,000 kg of salt, 480 blocks of ice, and 6,000 bags of charcoal to create the meal served.

Longest Barbecue - photo from GuinnessWorldRecords.com 
Largest Barbecue (Attendance)
When it comes to the size of the crowd rather than the size of the grill, the largest barbecue attendance recorded by Guinness World Records took place on August 18 2013. 45,252 people came to the event organized by Estado de Nuevo Leon at Parque Fundidora in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. 


Largest Serving of BBQ'd Beef
General Pico, La Pampa, Argentina was the site of the largest serving of barbecued beef produced by Frigorifico General Pico and Municipalidad de General Pico for a 30th birthday celebration. This happened on March 20, 2011. Just over 30,231 pounds of raw beef were converted into a little more than 20,132 pounds of cooked meat to feed 20,000 people in attendance.

Categories for the largest servings of barbecued turkey and barbecued pork on Guinness World Records' website are still unclaimed, but there is an "Apply Now" button. I wonder how many people out there would like to see Wobbly Boots Roadhouse take on this world record?

Longest Barbecue Marathon (Team)
This world record happened recently too. On May 14, 2017, the team of Matteo Marras, Giovanni Meloni, and Pierfranco Ligios took place in a barbecue marathon that lasted 40 hours and 53 seconds! They did this in Sassari, Italy in honor of the opening of a new Mondo Covenienza store in that town.

Longest Barbecue Marathon (Solo)

Believe it or not, the barbecue marathon for this world record set by a single man went twice as long as the world record achieved by the team of three men above! After 80 hours of cooking, Jan Greeff, in association with Char-Broil, LLC, took the title in Columbus. Over the course of three days, Greeff produced 1,000 hot dogs, 200 pieces of corn, 104 pieces of chicken, 558 burgers, and 526 boereworse (a South African sausage.) All donations made by spectators during the setting of this record (over $10,000!) went to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.



Those are some pretty impressive feats, but when you're doing something you love, it's worth the extra effort. That's how we feel about the best BBQ at the Lake of the Ozarks. Everyone involved with creating the mouthwatering meals we produce at Wobbly Boots Roadhouse is extremely passionate about making it the best BBQ you've ever tasted. From timing the smoking process just right, adding the perfect amounts and kinds of spices and sauces, placing it on the plate, and even setting it down on your table, each step is completed with the utmost care. Until the rest of the world discovers how amazing we are, the Boot can be your very own little "Best in the Midwest" secret! 



4717 Osage Beach Parkway
Osage Beach, MO 65065
573-348-2277

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn, and check out our website 

Dining Hours: 
11am - 10pm, 7 Days Week
Bar Hours:     
11am - 1am, Mon-Sat
11am -12pm Sun