Scottsdale BBQ Company was our last stop in Scottsdale on the way out of town. We were driving to the airport when someone decided to look up a decent place for a late lunch. Scottsdale BBQ Company showed up in our Yelp search, and we decided to stop. \n\nIt was a warm Tuesday afternoon, about 4 pm, so naturally we had the run of the place. Aside from women heading to the tanning salon and teenagers revving their engines in the parking lot, the entire strip mall was empty. \n\nWe ordered the food at the counter inside and chose to seat outside. The outside seating area is a bit depressing, but it does remind you of the good ol' down home cookin'. The plastic tables with ratty checkered tablecloths clamped by old binder clips - you can't make that stuff up. Sitting on a plastic chair in the back of strip mall and watching a dog poop right in front of us (the owner did apologize) - what could be more authentic than that? \n\nI ordered their lunch special - 3 sliders (pork, brisket and chicken). It didn't come with any sides, but I decided to pay $1.65 apiece for Caesar salad and mac 'n' cheese. I also asked for a Diet Coke, which turned out to be a can with a cup of ice. BBQ takes time, so we were prepared to wait. Approximately 7 minutes passed, and two young ladies (the owners' daughters (?)) brought our food. My salad was OK, and so was my mac 'n' cheese. For $1.65, I thought both were a good value. The sliders were piled high with meat; however, they were not impressive. Pulled pork was tender and flavorful, but the brisket was dry as a bone. It was quite obviously overcooked and looked almost stale. It was dark and had a rough, chewy texture. No, thanks. The chicken was pretty bland, although it was mostly white meat. \n\nI went back inside for another Diet Coke and their dessert du jour, the peach cobbler. The cobbler had way too much cloves (allspice? something else?) in the filling, but the crust was really good. I spent $18 on the sliders, sides, 2 cans of soda and a cobbler. It's a lot of food and a lot of calories, but I wouldn't call it a cheap meal. \n\nSpeaking of calories, we burned a lot of them trying to put back the top on our rental Jeep Wrangler in the parking lot. \n\nQ: How many college educated baseball fans does it take to put the top back on the Wrangler? \nA: 5, even if they have an owner's manual, but still have no idea what the heck they're doing.
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