Smoke House Pit Beef

5 Stars… Now keep in mind I’m rating two things… The fast friendly service and more importantly the BEST Sour Beef & Dumplings you will ever eat. Nick does this home-​made and I’m a Sour Beef and Dumplings aficionado — so take it from me. Now it’s a little pricey, but I never complain about price when the flavor and quality is so high. I’d pay even more for it. I won’t speak to anything else on the menu — but if you like Sour Beef and Dumplings — check out this 5 Star find.

Ate here recently and left somewhat disappointed. I deviated from my normal order and got the pulled pork sandwich. The meat had a lot of undesirable elements in it such as gristle and fat. And the sauce was not all that tasty. I got the MD crab soup again, and this was excellent (again).

When you go into a place. Ask what they suggest. The lady suggested a pit need special. It was huge and tasty. I’m a stickler for really good BBQ and pit beef. They make a good, tender meat here. BBQ sauce was a bit generic in flavor, but overall pretty happy and would stop by here again.

I have been here a few times, I have had the crab cake sandwich and the pit beef, would say it is average, nothing to call home about, and they charged me extra for tomato and lettuce on my crane cake sandwich, I only stop in here because it was on my way home. Sry :(

Very disappointing. We’ve been to Chaps before, and thought we we would try something else. Big mistake. The beef was not hot and was not tender. In fact it was a little chewy. It might have been better if cut thinner, but still no overwhelming flavor. I had a Caesar salad with brown lettuce and soggy croutons. Our son’s fries were not completely cooked. We won’t make that mistake again.

Disappointing. Hoping to finally find a solid pit beef place, but instead we got this. Soggy/​undercooked fries. Brown lettuce and stale croutons in the salad. Didn’t notice much hand washing between taking phone orders/​interacting with customers and handling food. Actual pit beef sandwiches were average at best.

Perfect pit stop for a quick dinner post Harm City men’s roller derby bout. I think my friends and I might have overwhelmed the place a bit (party of 7) but our food came out relatively quickly and was overall pretty tasty. This is primarily a takeout place, but we were so hungry we did not care and took over two of their three tables.
I got the half rack of ribs combo that comes with fries and slaw, as well as an order of MD crab soup (for under $ 12 total). The soup was way too salty, but the ribs were good. The ribs weren’t as tender as I would have liked, but they were smokey and the sauce was spot on and not too sweet. My friend’s seemed to really like their crabcake sandwich platters. Fries were just meh, but the onion rings were to die for.
Let me wax rhapsodic a little more about those onion rings. These are fat, perfectly golden rings. I’d say at least an inch thick, evenly battered, and oh so stealable.
This place needs a restroom (if only to wash your hands of the BBQ sauce) and some work on their soup and fries. Otherwise, a nice quick Unilocal find out in MD.
3.5 stars

We’ve lived in Middle River for a few years and driven past this place time and again on our way to or from something. One day they happened to pop a flyer on our door that boasted of delivery. Now, I don’t know about you, but most delivery is either Asian in nature or pizza and subs. So… pit beef… coming to my house… while I’m in my jammie jams? How can I say no.
We had a tough time deciding what to get so we just got a ton and figured leftovers were the way to handle it. My hubby got the classic pit beef. Tasty, and with the temperature cut he asked for. I got the «house special» shrimp salad sandwich. Holy crap, so good.
Now, the cream of crab was awful. I’m a huge fan of Bateman’s and I know they use sherry in their soup, so it may have been that missing that took me off guard, but I found it bland. Though the amount of crab in it was acceptable.
Fries were clearly cut on site, though slightly soggy. That’s ok because we both fork our fries. My husband had gravy on his, and blammo, perfection.
I’d say we’d order again, especially since it’s variety in your delivery market.

I LOVE this pit beef stand. They used to serve their delicious meats grilled out of a shack down the road that was painted like a cow. Now they’ve upgraded to an actual take out restaurant. I always get the regular pit beef on a kaiser roll. Whenever I am back in Maryland this place is a must. I’m hungry just thinking about this place!

the very first time I am doing food adventure going some place w/​o any reviews in it. it cant be any worse than the Bengies Drive-​in food, would it? well, turned out the food was pretty descent and very fast. and the owner was very friendly, to even care answering all my inquires because to me, when i am doing food adventure, i would like to experience the most of it! he did tell me how i should eat my fries, which is vinegar and some spicey powder. I didnt like the idea of vinegar in general, so i decided to eat it with bbq sauce which was awesome! never get wrong with bbq sauce, at least to me! :p overall, great food, great service, definitely would go back there again if i just happen to pass by it! :)

The scene: on the road from Arlington, Virginia to Bengies Drive-​In. Running late since 495 was a parking lot. Tensions rise in the car (for dramatic effect) as we try to decide what to eat in the time remaining before we need to get to Bengies and secure a good parking spot. Do we visit a fast food restaurant? The leading man, your humble author, says, «blech» to this idea. Do we eat at the Drive-​In? The sultry woman-​of-​mystery sitting in the back seat — hence, the mystery… as in, we are not certain when she is awake or asleep during the trip — threatens our lives if we make her eat a luke-​warm hamburger. Choice line: «If I’m going to pay a lot for bad-​for-​you food, I want it to be good bad-​for-​you food.» The young ingénue behind the wheel chimes in; «find something now,» voice tinged with a desperation born of hunger.
I turn to Unilocal.And a lot of local choices that either don’t sound very good or would take more time than we have. And then, like a distant castle rising out of the mist — well, like anything in a mist — I see ‘Smoke House Pit Beef’ with no reviews. That’s iffy… but we all agree to try it out.
Which turns out to have been a great decision. I had the BBQ beef sandwich, with tender chunks of beef swimming in a sweet-​tangy homemade sauce, soaking into a kaiser bun. The ingénue had a pit beef sandwich, that I thought was fine — tender slices of fresh, slightly smokey beef — but that she insisted on squirting BBQ sauce on. Oh well, to each his or her own. Our sultry backseater (stop snickering) had a shrimp salad sandwich (that I didn’t try, but that she liked) and the cream of crab soup which was smooth and, well, crabby. Overall, the food was really good, tasty and reasonably priced.
The restaurant is a store front with only 3 tables, so, think carry-​out. Service is quick and helpful. The owner, who was also manning the counter, had no problem answering numerous questions about what the virus items were and how best to eat them; the young ingénue was having problems deciding what kind of meat she wanted and was resistant to the idea of putting vinegar on her fresh cut boardwalk fries. Kids these days…
If you find yourself in the neighborhood and want some good pit beef or barbeque, stop here.

Great local place. Pit beef is good, and the ribs are my favorite. Good prices. Also, you can ask for scraps for your dog sometimes.