Wobbly Boots BBQ: July 2016

Friday, July 29, 2016

How Well Do You Know Your Wobbly Boots BBQ?

Your favorite BBQ restaurant near Des Moines has been around long enough for people to really get to know us. We decided a little pop quiz could be fun! (Don't worry, we're not grading it.) If you know our menu well, follow us on social media, and/or read our weekly Wobbly Boots Roadhouse blogs, this should be a piece of cake for you. If not, well, maybe you'll learn something new.

Wobbly Boots Roadhouse, Clive IA, Des Moines, BBQ

1. Which one of the following sauces is available for your Wobbly Wings?

A - Wasabi Ginger

B - Chipotle Buffalo

C - Cotton Candy

D - Honey-Glazed

2. National BBQ Month is in...

A - March
B - May
C - July
D - November

3. When can you order our savory smoked Prime Rib Dinner?

A - 7 Days a Week
B - Saturdays & Sundays
C - Fridays & Saturdays
D - Wednesdays

4. Which Iowa breweries do we sometimes feature?

A - Confluence
B - Firetrucker
C - Peace Tree
D - All of the Above

5. A burnt end is:

A - Flavorful meat cut from the point half of a smoked brisket.
B - Bits and pieces scraped from the bottom of the smoker.
C - The darkest looking cuts of any type of meat.
D - What happens when the cook backs into the grill.

6. Our tender, juicy, hickory-smoked meats include:

A - Baby Back Ribs
B - Pit Ham
C - Hand-Pulled Pork
D - All of the Above

7. Which of the following is NOT a toppimg for our 100% hand-pattied Black Angus burgers?

A - Bleu Cheese Crumbles
B - Sauteed Mushrooms
C - Anchovies
D - Jalapenos

8. Where is the original Wobbly Boots Roadhouse located?

A - Chicago, IL
B - Osage Beach, MO
C - San Antonio, TX
D - Memphis, TN

9. Which of our salads has been given the title of "King of Salads!"

A - The Garden Salad
B - Chicken Tender Salad
C - Cowboy Cobb Salad
D - None of the Above

10. How many individual pieces are on the Wobbly Boots Sampler appetizer?

A - 12
B - 16
C - 26
D - 32

How do you think you did? All of these answers can be found on either our Wobbly Boots BBQ menu online, and also found throughout the past year's blogs. You're welcome to study up and try again if you had trouble, or better yet, come on in to our family friendly restaurant near Des Moines and learn all about us in person.

Hopefully these questions piqued your interest and maybe even made you hungry. Head on in to Wobbly Boots Roadhouse soon so we can fill your bellies and teach you an interesting thing or two about our incredible BBQ.

ANSWERS:
1. B - Chipotle Buffalo, BBQ, Original, & Teriyaki. Hmmm... Cotton Candy flavored for dessert maybe? Nah!!
2. B - Officially May, but we celebrate every month here.
3. C - Every Friday & Saturday after 5 pm we have these big boys cooked up and ready for you.
4. D - We love to feature the flavors of Iowa breweries among our 17 draft beers.
5. A - Extra-smoked, seasoned, and seared to perfection. We put a pot holder in the cook's back pocket to keep D from happening anymore.
6. D - Those 3 meats are just a small portion of the deliciousness we have available to you 7 days a week.
7. C - Would you seriously order anchovies on anything?
8. B - Osage Beach, MO in the beautiful Lake of the Ozarks is where we learned everything we know about BBQ.
9. C - Our Cowboy Cobb boasts smoked ham & turkey, bacon, hard-boiled egg, avocado, tomatoes, red onion, & cheese... oh, and lettuce.
10. B - Enough to feed the farm! 4 Wobbly Wings, 4 onion rings, 4 bacon wrapped shrimp, & 4 baby back ribs. (But the answer is D if you buy 2 of them!)

Don't forget you can take home 16 oz. bottles of Wobbly Boots House Recipe BBQ Sauce!!

New Second Location - Same Incredible BBQ!

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Wobbly Boots Roadhouse

1301 NW 114th St
Clive IA 50325

(515) 223-5700

Thursday, July 21, 2016

Menu Showdown: Ribs vs. Wings

Just as a parent doesn't have a favorite child, we love each of our savory Des Moines BBQ restaurant dishes equally. Incredible amounts of love, care, and nurturing go into every Wobbly Boots Roadhouse menu item, so you couldn't possibly ask us to choose one over the other.

You, on the other hand, CAN have a favorite! As an impartial judge, we would love to know how you feel about a couple of our most popular BBQ creations. Today we are pitting our jumbo, juicy chicken wings against our tender, meaty ribs. See if you can decide who is the tastiest.

Baby Back Ribs

When the word "BBQ" is uttered, who doesn't picture a big ol' rack of ribs? Here at the Boot, we know how to cook them up to be the most tender, most juicy, most mouth-watering ribs you've ever put in your mouth.

For our classic BBQ dinner featuring this incredible creation, we start with a 2-pound slab of meaty ribs. Our chef then coats them with our specially formulated dry rub before slow-smoking them over hickory.

Once they are perfectly smoked, we lightly grill them and baste them with our own homemade secret recipe sauce. You'll need a lot of napkins handy when you dig into a plate of these ribs filled with tender, delectable, fall-off-the-bone goodness.

Wobbly Wings

At the top of our appetizers section of the menu, you will see our award-winning Wobbly Wings prominently featured. These jumbo, bone-in chicken wings get a similar treatment our those tasty ribs, but come out with a flavor that's all their own.

The first step is to coat each wing in that special dry rub of ours. They are then slow-roasted in our hickory pit. Once they come out of the smoker, the juicy, taste-tempting flavor that they posses without sauce is unbelievable on its own.

To up the flavor ante even more, we have 4 of the best wing sauces ever made to coat them in.

BBQ - Our house recipe sauce. A great addition to anything!
Original - A sauce like no other. Try it, you'll be hooked.
Chipotle Buffalo - Our version of traditional buffalo.
Teriyaki - Sweet meets heat. Delicious!

Having trouble deciding?

We don't blame you one bit. Simply describing these amazing menu items has us drooling already. Once you come in to Wobbly Boots Roadhouse and get a whiff of that hickory-smoked aroma, it will be ever tougher to decide!

If it's truly too hard for you to pick between these two, we've got you covered. There is a Ribbies & Wings plate made especially for this reason. Two of our best dishes on one plate: 4 ribs and 5 wings. The only problem with ordering this sampler plate is that it will probably leave you craving more! No worries, we've got enough coming out of the smoker daily to feed even the biggest appetites.

No matter which Wobbly Boots Roadhouse menu item that you decide to order, we know you will leave satisfied, full, and with a big smile on your face. Don't put too much thought into your order, because it's all fantastic. You'll just have to come back to the best BBQ restaurant near Des Moines often and try something new each visit.

Don't forget you can take home 16 oz. bottles of Wobbly Boots House Recipe BBQ Sauce!!

New Second Location - Same Incredible BBQ!

Open EVERY DAY at 11:00 AM!

Like us on Facebook!

Wobbly Boots Roadhouse

1301 NW 114th St
Clive IA 50325

(515) 223-5700

Thursday, July 14, 2016

The Amazing Clive Festival - July 21, 22, & 23

The best BBQ restaurant near Des Moines can be found in the wonderful town of Clive. The annual Clive Festival is coming up very soon, and we've got some awesome information about it for you. Wobbly Boots Roadhouse is proud to be a part of this community, as well as a Bronze Sponsor for this exciting event.

photo from CliveFestival.com

The Details

WHEN:

Thursday, July 21

4:30 pm - 11:00 pm

Friday, July 22

4:00 pm - 11:30 pm

Saturday, July 23

7:00 am - 11:30 pm

WHERE:

Clive Aquatic Center

114th Street

Between University Ave. & Hickman Rd.

photo from CliveFestival.com

The Highlights

There are tons of fun things in store for you at this year's Clive Festival, including a softball tournament, cardboard boat races, sand volleyball, geocaching, and much more. On Saturday, the pool will be offering half-price admission all day long, plus extended hours from 11:30 am - 8:00 pm. Here are some additional details about some of the most popular events.

Kids' Corner
This year the Clive Festival is giving children the chance to "Journey Into the Universe with the Cosmic Clive Kids Corner!" Shine a Light Storytime will teach everyone about life on a space station. There will be crafts, including firework themed paintings, spaceship foot prints, and alien hats.

The Science Center of Iowa will bring the BOOM!, exploring why things explode. The Star Wars Costuming Club will be demonstrating their light saber skills, and Cheesebox Photo Booth will be on site for fun souvenir pictures.

There will also be inflatables to bounce in, and the ever-popular giant slip-and-slides. This year the Clive Fire Department will host two of these wet wonders.

photo from CliveFestival.com

Mayor's Bike Ride
This traditional ride at 8:00 am on Saturday morning will wind through the famous Greenbelt Trail. You can choose to take part in the 29-mile ride or the family-friendly 8-mile ride. The cost is $10 per person, and you can register online or on Saturday morning between 7 am - 8 am.

Live Music
Some talented musicians will be performing for the crowds this year.

Thursday, July 21

5:00-8:00 pm: Trilk Rock School, Midwest Gamble, Punched By Proxy, Stereo Six, Glitter Bomb, & Wait, What?
8:30-10:30 pm: That 1 Guy

Friday, July 22

5:00-8:00 pm: GIMIKK
8:30-10:30 pm: Left for Dead

Saturday, July 23

5:00-8:00 pm: CTRL C
8:30-10:30 pm: Sons of Gladys Kravitz

photo from CliveFestival.com

Fireworks
"Thunder Over Clive" will begin at dusk on Saturday, which should be around 9:45 pm. This impressive fireworks display is always a highlight of the festival. There will be a "sneak preview" of the excitement on Friday evening at dusk.

A portion of the proceeds raised for this non-profit event will go to deserving local charities and municipal services including fire, police, library, and parks & recreation. The organization responsible for this amazing annual event is run by a volunteer board. For more information, or to become a volunteer, visit the Clive Festival website.

photo from CliveFestival.com

In between all of the exciting events happening at this year's festival, take a break with us at our family friendly restaurant near Des Moines. We'll be serving up the best BBQ in Clive, the most refreshing drinks, and we'll have all of the games playing the our 17 TVs. For the most fun in town, the Clive Festival is the place to be. For the best BBQ, it's gotta be Wobbly Boots Roadhouse.

Don't forget you can take home 16 oz. bottles of Wobbly Boots House Recipe BBQ Sauce!!

New Second Location - Same Incredible BBQ!

Open EVERY DAY at 11:00 AM!

Like us on Facebook!

Wobbly Boots Roadhouse

1301 NW 114th St
Clive IA 50325

(515) 223-5700

Thursday, July 7, 2016

How We Create Award Winning Smoked Meats

Award winning BBQ near Des Moines is what we are known for, and the reason for that is not only the excellent variety that we offer, but also the way that we prepare our mouth-watering meats. Wobbly Boots Roadhouse in Clive has taken your favorite hickory-smoked flavors and perfected them.

How do we do it?

Every single day here at the best BBQ restaurant in Des Moines, the first thing to greet you when you arrive will be the savory smell from our smoker. There is a new mouth-watering batch of meats slow-cooking over hickory daily.

We have discovered the perfect cooking times to give you the juiciest, most tender meats available. It wasn't hard to do, because we took inspiration from the BBQ meccas of the United States: Kansas City, St. Louis, Memphis, Texas, and the deep south. Our special dry rub begins the process, then that good ol' hickory takes over.

Our Smoked Meats

Pulled Pork
Our pulled pork is slow-smoked over hickory for 16 hours, then hand-pulled & trimmed.

Beef Brisket
Our juicy beef brisket hangs out in the smoker for 10 hours for maximum tenderness.

Burnt Ends
Extra-smoked, seasoned, and seared beef chunks carved right from the brisket point, then topped with our incredible house-made BBQ sauce.

Turkey Breast
100% white meat turkey breast, smoked to perfection.

Pit Ham
Lean, thin-sliced, and double-smoked.

Smoked Sausage
Hickory-smoked polish sausage. Low, slow, and unbelievable delicious.

Lots of Variety

All of these mouth-watering smoked meats can be ordered in sandwich form with one side dish or on a plate alongside a great big piece of Texas toast and two of our incredible side dishes. In addition to that, you can also find these tasty treats on a variety of other items throughout our menu. Here are a few:

BBQ Pork Nachos
Our house-smoked pulled pork is the feature in this incredible appetizer. It sits atop tri-colored tortilla chips along with our homemade white queso, baked beans, cheddar-jack cheese, tomatoes, & onions. It even comes with salsa, sour cream, and jalapenos.

Mushroom, Ham, & Swiss Burger
Hickory-smoked pit ham, sauteed mushrooms, and Swiss cheese are all piled on top of our classic Farm Boy black Angus burger.

Cowboy Cobb Salad

This "king of salads" is generously topped with our smoked ham & turkey, plus crumbled bacon, hard-boiled egg, avocado, tomatoes, red onion, and cheddar-jack & Provel cheese.

Texas 2-Step
Both smoked beef brisket and smoked sausage are drizzled with our house recipe BBQ sauce and served on golden Texas Toast.

Come on in to our Des Moines BBQ restaurant and give our unbelievable smoked meats a try. The Wobbly Boots Roadhouse kitchen crew will creatively prepare them in a variety of delectable ways, so you'll have plenty of delicious menu options. You will not be disappointed!

Don't forget you can take home 16 oz. bottles of Wobbly Boots House Recipe BBQ Sauce!!

New Second Location - Same Incredible BBQ!

Open EVERY DAY at 11:00 AM!

Like us on Facebook!

Wobbly Boots Roadhouse

1301 NW 114th St
Clive IA 50325

(515) 223-5700