Battle's BBQ in Ames and Nevada, IA

[Dario]

There is a fellow here named George Battle who has the most tender hand with smoking meats. His pork, beef, and ham are juicy and delicious; stepping into his restaurants gives you a wonderful foretaste (and fore-smell) of the treats to come. Be sure to try his baked beans, slaw, homemade lemonade and chess pie.

[jm054]

I was travelling through Ames and stopped
at Battle's BBQ after reading many positive
reviews on this forum. I must say that I was
rather disappointed. I get the pleasure of
travelling all over the US and "Battle" really
can't compete with the likes of Memphis
or KC BBQ. Why? The meat was rather
dry and the sides were very bland. I
tried the pork and beef. I had to dump
nearly half a container of sauce on the
meat to bring back some moisture.
Added the rest of the sauce to the
beans to bring some flavor out. The
good points were: the very friendly
service, prompt service and mason
jar serving glasses (just a nice
quirk). Overall, I would not make
a special trip to eat there, but it
would certainly be a better choice
than fast food.

[Bobfrmia]

Maybe something changed in the 7 years between post.

[wadamc]

There is. George Battle died a few years ago.

[Bobfrmia]

Yeah, that would be a change.

[Inthewater]

Isn't necrophelia illegal in most states? :P

[Bobfrmia]

I think you should grab a dictionary. That statement makes no sense.

[trza]

I was in the Indianola location yesterday. It seemed like just another BBQ shack to me. There was just one overworked employee and a bunch of slow-cookers. The sauce had some bite, but thats about it. There wasn't pulled pork on offer either.

Its probably not in my Indianola top lunch spots after Crouse Cafe and the One-Stop Sandwich Stop, .

[Inthewater]

Man, I need to make a trip down to Crouse sometime soon. Its been way too long. Is it still excellent, home-cookin type stuff?

[Inthewater]

No dictionary needed, thanks for the recommendation though. Its a little "interwebz" sort of humor about people pulling up posts from years ago and replying to them as if they were made the day before on forums. It was said tongue-in-cheek, and is just an attempt to be silly.

Example - http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/images/lbl...

A spoof of a card from the popular Magic the Gathering style games. Anyhow, take it as you will.

[Bobfrmia]

Sorry, wasn't familiar with that usage. Makes more sense now.
I thought it was supposed to be somehow related to George Battle's death.

[Inthewater]

No, and I didn't even think of it that way until you made your post. In hindsight, I guess I should have read all the comments. I just saw a post from 2002 being replied to in 2009. :D Never knew Mr. Battles, or heard of the restaurant though I am in the area, but would never make a joke of that nature about a person. Just a 7 year old thread on a message board. :)

Sorry for the confusion.