A three time Grand World Champion at Memphis in May (!) and the owner of six acclaimed barbecue restaurants nationwide, pitmaster extraordinaire Mike May knows a thing or two about quality ‘cue. All four Southern Illinois locations serve up an extensive menu of chopped pork shoulder sandwiches, barbecue nachos, brisket and the like, but the baby back ribs — cooked five to seven hours over apple and cherry woods – are the show stopper.
From the restaurant's website:
"In the world of barbecue, champion
pitmaster Mike Mills is affectionately known as 'The Legend.' He
presides over the pits at his seven nationally acclaimed barbecue
restaurants: four 17th Street Bar & Grill restaurants in Southern
Illinois and three Memphis Championship Barbecue restaurants in Las
Vegas. In the early 1990s he was co-captain of the Apple City Barbecue
team, one of the most celebrated teams ever on the circuit. He is a
four-time World Champion and three-time Grand World Champion at Memphis
in May, otherwise known as the Super Bowl of Swine. He is also the 1992
Grand Champion of the Jack Daniel’s World Invitational Barbecue Cooking
Contest and he won the Jack Daniel’s Sauce Contest that year, as well."
"The ribs are divine. Smoked over apple- and cherrywood for up to seven
hours, they have a lightly charred exterior, a melting interior and the
flavor of God's own pork."
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Riverfront Times
Kids' menu. Full bar. Serving lunch and dinner daily.
A three time Grand World Champion at Memphis in May (!) and the owner of six acclaimed barbecue restaurants nationwide, pitmaster extraordinaire Mike May knows a thing or two about quality ‘cue. All four Southern Illinois locations serve up an extensive menu of chopped pork shoulder sandwiches, barbecue nachos, brisket and the like, but the baby back ribs — cooked five to seven hours over apple and cherry woods – are the show stopper.
From the restaurant's website:
"In the world of barbecue, champion
pitmaster Mike Mills is affectionately known as 'The Legend.' He
presides over the pits at his seven nationally acclaimed barbecue
restaurants: four 17th Street Bar & Grill restaurants in Southern
Illinois and three Memphis Championship Barbecue restaurants in Las
Vegas. In the early 1990s he was co-captain of the Apple City Barbecue
team, one of the most celebrated teams ever on the circuit. He is a
four-time World Champion and three-time Grand World Champion at Memphis
in May, otherwise known as the Super Bowl of Swine. He is also the 1992
Grand Champion of the Jack Daniel’s World Invitational Barbecue Cooking
Contest and he won the Jack Daniel’s Sauce Contest that year, as well."
"The ribs are divine. Smoked over apple- and cherrywood for up to seven
hours, they have a lightly charred exterior, a melting interior and the
flavor of God's own pork."
—
Riverfront Times
Kids' menu. Full bar. Serving lunch and dinner daily.