I ATE THE ARBY'S SMOKEHOUSE SANDWICH SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO

So this irresistible commercial came on the tv the other day about a new brisket sandwich that is slow smoked with hickory for 16 hours.

Who am I to turn down 16 hour hickory smoked meat?

So I jump in the truck and get ready to make the long 2 minute drive to the nearest Arby's.

[SCREECHING TIRES SOUND EFFECTS]

 Did I really just say I went to Arby's to eat meat that had been smoked for 16 hours? Yep. I sure did. I ate the whole thing so you don't have to. Well, unless you just want to.

According to the commercial for the Smoke House Brisket Sandwich. Arby's smokes every brisket with hickory for 16 hours. As if 16 hours is some kind of magical number to make moist and succulent brisket.

They even have the BBQ expert who says "That's longer than I smoke my meat."

Of course those of us in the know. Know that brisket is done when it is done. So I'm going to call shenanigans on this so called BBQ expert. I also didn't see a smoker nor smell any hickory at this Arby's

FRED FLINTSTONE WOULD LOVE THESE RIBS

From the day I set foot in the new US Foods Chef Store in Oklahoma City and spotted the beef short ribs in their meat cooler. I couldn't wait until I had enough free time to smoke some.

Prior to Chef Store opening all I had been able to find were beef back ribs. Back ribs are good in a pinch but short ribs, also known as plate ribs, are where it's at.

Beef back rib bones are kind of similar to a pork baby back rib bone as they have a groove along the side of the bone. The meat is found more along the sides of the bone, between the ribs, with very little on top of the bone.

WOULD I BE DERAILED AT OKLAHOMA STATION

It's odd how you can pass by a place for years yet never find the time to try it.

Oklahoma Station BBQ has been like that for me. I've been passing by it since I was a kid and somehow I just never found the time to try it.

Now that I'm a semi-wannabe-successful blogger with over 12k page views and whose Pinterest account is being followed by the Destination America cable channel. I decided it was time to  make time to try Oklahoma Station BBQ.