Wobbly Boots BBQ: November 2015

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Top 10 Favorite Thanksgiving Foods

When someone says the word "Thanksgiving," certain foods immediately pop into your head. It may be different for everyone, but most likely very similar. Your favorite BBQ restaurant in Des Moines did a little research, and these are the ones that popped up again and again.

TURKEY

Most definitely the star of the show, it's rare to find a Thanksgiving dinner table without a turkey on it. It's a great main dish for feeding a lot of hungry people. You can find all kinds of yummy recipes for the leftovers too.

DINNER ROLLS

It's hard to imagine a great big meal without some hot, buttery rolls to go along with it. There's really not a lot to say about them other than they better be somewhere on the table.

SWEET POTATOES

Most people either love or hate this dish. They can be baked, mashed, or cooked into a casserole. It doesn't truly feel like Thanksgiving until you toast some marshmallows on top of these potatoes. A combo of cinnamon and sugar is also great to top them with.

CRANBERRY SAUCE

Once again, another dish you either love or hate. Often you will see a can-shaped blob of this stuff in a bowl, but they're actually pretty simple to prepare fresh, and a lot tastier.

GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE

French fried onions are nearly impossible to keep on the grocery shelves this time of year. If you spot them in someone's cart, most likely they will be sitting next to some green beans and cream of mushroom soup. The person that came up with this side dish has made many hungry people very happy over the years.

STUFFING

A true Thanksgiving cook will go all the way and cook the stuffing inside the turkey. Many people choose to go the easy route and buy a box of Stove Top. Either way that you do it, turkey always tastes better followed by a bite of this side dish.

PUMPKIN PIE

A big ol' slice of pumpkin pie topped with a mountain of whipped cream is the perfect end to a Thanksgiving meal, or a great snack for hours later if you forgot to leave room for dessert.

MASHED POTATOES

These are always delicious, and especially important to have on the table if you are one of those people that hate sweet potatoes. Mashed potatoes really don't taste their absolute best without the next item on the list.

GRAVY

Gravy not only tastes great on mashed potatoes, but it tastes amazing over the turkey too. True gravy lovers may even be seen drizzling it over their entire Thanksgiving plate!

HAM

Ham is popular for Thanksgiving in families that have members that don't particularly like turkey. As with turkey, it's a great main dish that can be prepared for a large number of people. Also, it's great for sandwich-making along with the leftover turkey for lunch on Black Friday.

We have a great suggestion for making your Thanksgiving turkey or ham taste even better. Try it with a bit of our house-recipe BBQ sauce drizzled over the top! You can buy it by the bottle to keep on your holiday dinner table. Also, if you miss out on having any of these Thanksgiving classics at your particular gathering, we've got quite a few of them on our Wobbly Boots Roadhouse menu.

Stop by over the weekend and order up whatever you missed out on during your Thanksgiving feast, or have something totally different for a little break from the leftovers you have in your fridge. The best BBQ restaurant in Des Moines will be here the entire weekend after Thanksgiving serving up our delicious food, pouring our awesome drinks, and showing all of your favorite games. Hopefully we'll be seeing you. Until then, have a great Thanksgiving!

Don't forget you can take home 16 oz. bottles of

Wobbly Boots House Recipe BBQ Sauce!!

Second Location - Same Incredible BBQ!

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Wobbly Boots Roadhouse

1301 NW 114th St
Clive IA 50325

(515) 223-5700

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Wobbly Boots Can Handle All Of Your Holiday Party Needs

The holidays are coming, and along with them, family, friends, fun, and food. YAY!!! That is, unless you're the host. That means all of those awesome things come along with cooking, cleaning, planning, and stress. Wobbly Boots Roadhouse has a solution for keeping your holidays as stress-free as possible.

Let the best BBQ restaurant near Des Moines take care of it for you! Holiday parties with us make for the tastiest and most memorable celebrations for everyone. Thanksgiving is next week, followed closely by family gatherings, work parties, New Year's get-togethers, and a multitude of other reasons to celebrate the season. Make it easy on yourself and give us a call.

Bring your group to us!

Wobbly Boots loves hosting parties for our awesome customers. Let us know when you would like to get together and we'll reserve a special spot just for you and your friends. Everyone is welcome to order from our delicious everyday menu, or our cooks will be happy to create a special meal for your gang. Talk to us about what you have in mind and we can come up with a custom menu just for you. We provide the incredible atmosphere, mouth-watering food, and delicious drinks, and all you have to do is invite everyone and show up. When it's all over, you head home and we'll do the cleaning! It doesn't get much merrier than that!

Let us bring the party to you!

If you have a special place all picked out that your group would like to gather at, then we can load up the Wobbly Boots catering van and head your way. Family gatherings, work parties, whatever you're planning, we've got you covered. Call us up and tell us about the customized menu that you're craving, and we'll show up with the food, hot and ready to eat.

Order your party to go!

Another option is to order your party food to go. Maybe you don't mind hosting the celebration at your place, but you're all for letting someone else do the cooking. You can order our hickory-smoked meats and family-style sides in bulk. Let us know the size of your gathering and we'll help you figure out how much you will need.

When you pick your party date, call us up and we'll talk details. Our catering requires advanced notice, so book early before all of the best dates are taken. Our holidays are the happiest when we can help you celebrate. The best BBQ near Des Moines is sure to please even the pickiest eaters at your holiday party. Let Wobbly Boots Roadhouse in Clive keep your event as stress-free as possible for you. You deserve to enjoy it with the rest of your guests.

Don't forget you can take home 16 oz. bottles of

Wobbly Boots House Recipe BBQ Sauce!!

Second Location - Same Incredible BBQ!

Open EVERY DAY at 11:00 AM!

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Wobbly Boots Roadhouse

1301 NW 114th St
Clive IA 50325

(515) 223-5700

Friday, November 13, 2015

What the Heck is a Burnt End?

While the name makes it sound like a cooking mistake that should never find its way to the table, a burnt end is actually a sought-after barbecue delicacy. The best BBQ restaurant near Des Moines knows this first hand. Our burnt ends are a very popular menu item, but we still get a lot of people wondering what the heck it is and how in the world it got that unattractive name.

The best description of a burnt end is the flavorful pieces of meat cut from the point half of a smoked brisket. A Wobbly Boots beef brisket spends a large amount of time in the smoker to give it the incredible flavor that it is known for. The pointy tips end up cooking faster than the center and drying up, looking charred and burnt. That is where the name comes from. They aren't always the prettiest food, but they are most definitely one of the tastiest that you will ever have the pleasure of putting in your mouth.

A long time ago most cooks would throw them away or save them to use as flavoring for other dishes. Some even gave them away from free. These soon became sought-after pieces of meat. The extra cooking time allowed for an extremely intense, delicious smoky flavor. It didn't take too terribly long to finally realize that the burnt ends weren't something to throw out, but rather a dish that people wanted to eat.

Here at Wobbly Boots Roadhouse, our burnt ends are extra-smoked, seasoned, and seared. We carve these enticing beef chunks right from the brisket point and serve them up to you with our award-winning house recipe BBQ sauce. Whether you choose to eat them on a sandwich or have us serve you up a big ol' plate of them, you are guaranteed a flavorful treat.

Don't let the name fool you. It doesn't sound pretty, but you better believe it's some of the best bbq near Des Moines that you will ever have the pleasure of eating. Stop by Wobbly Boots Roadhouse in Clive soon and try them for yourself.

Don't forget you can take home 16 oz. bottles of

Wobbly Boots House Recipe BBQ Sauce!!

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, November 5, 2015

A Cool Weather Treat - Wobbly Boots Smoked Meat

As the temperatures slowly creep a little cooler each week, a hot meal keeps sounding better and better every day. The best BBQ restaurant near Des Moines has on incredible selection of smoked meats cooking up daily. No matter when you join us for lunch or dinner, you can be sure that our smoker is working hard to keep our kitchen full of tasty choices for you.

Our smoking process adds the best flavor possible to a piece of meat. Wobbly Boots Roadhouse has perfected our cooking process. We have learned the perfect timing for each type of meat so that it reaches its flavor peak.

Here is what you will find at your favorite BBQ restaurant near Des Moines when you come in hungry for smoked meat. All of our BBQ is served wet (meaning with our amazing house-made sauce), but feel free to ask for it dry.

Pulled Pork

We slow-smoke our pork over hickory for 16 hours. Once it's ready, we hand-pull and trim it.

Beef Brisket

Our juicy beef brisket gets 10 hours of slow-smoking goodness, and then it is sliced in a way that achieves its maximum tenderness.

Burnt Ends

These are extra-smoked, seasoned, and seared beef chunks that we carve right from the brisket point. (These can NOT be served completely dry.)

Turkey Breast

We take 100% white meat turkey breast and smoke it to delicious perfection.

Pit Ham

Lean, thin-sliced, double-smoked ham. Pure happiness for your taste buds.

Smoked Sausage

Our hickory smoked polish sausage is low, slow, and unbelievably mouth-watering.

After you make the difficult decision of which smoked meat you want to order, you need to decide how you want it. We offer all of the savory selections above on a fresh kaiser roll, and that smoked meat sandwich will be paired with one of our incredible home style side dishes. For the customer that is having too much trouble choosing, we offer our Combo Sandwich. This one makes room for two meat choices.

If you aren't the sandwich type, you can have your smoked meats piled up on a plate and served with Texas toast and two side dishes. A meal with either 1 or 2 smoked meats equals a 1/2 pound of deliciousness, and if you want to choose 3 meats, we'll give you a full pound. Now that will definitely warm up your stomach!

The next time you are in the mood for the best smoked meat near Des Moines, get yourself to Wobbly Boots Roadhouse. We've got all of the above selections waiting for you daily, freshly smoked, along with many more. Our smoked meats are only a small portion of an extensive menu full of the best food in Clive.

Don't forget you can take home 16 oz. bottles of

Wobbly Boots House Recipe BBQ Sauce!!

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