Ken-Tex Bar-B-Q

Brisket was outstanding! Moist, great flavor and just enough fat and bark. Fries and slaw were very good as well as potato salad. If you are traveling between Lexington and Louisville, it’s less than a mile off the interstate. Well worth the stop.

Ken Tex is probably one of the best places around here to get a great pulled pork sandwich. They have really good sides and it’s A very decently priced menu. It’s been around FOREVER! They used to have better pickles than they do now. But. I can live with that. You can pick up a whole meal called the 6shooter for family for next to nothing. Love this spot. A must try if you haven’t.

No frills BBQ joint with pretty basic menu. The brisket sandwich was good, but I wish they served it with onions and/​or pickles. French fries are also good. They had a few different bottles on the table, and I think they were all the same BBQ sauce, but I’m not sure – it would help if they labeled them.

I live right around the corner from this place, and I’m pumped to live near such a great barbeque place. I enjoy Texas-​style barbeque, and it’s the best I’ve had in this region.
I typically get the brisket, which is delicious. The fries have some sort of amazing seasoning on them. They’ve got beans, cole slaw, etc., and these sides are pretty standard. It’s the meat that’s the selling point, though, and it’s always very good.
I’ve had good Texas BBQ and I won’t lie and tell you this is all the way there– but it’s as close as you’re going to get in Kentucky. The kids that work there are alright, and I’ve never had a negative experience in any way. It’s my go-​to BBQ place.

Very good beef brisket! My husband and I really enjoyed our meal in this rustic gem. Green beans, pinto beans and barbecue beef in a friendly place. Sweet tea was great too! We have a new favorite place!

Bbq joint just north of 64. Stopped by for lunch. The first thing that struck me was that they didn’t seem to be smoking. Didn’t seem to be any bbq going on. When I walked into the restaurant I could smell the smoke. Not sure where It was coming from.
I ordered a rib plate with baked beans and fries. The beans were out of the can. Tasted like Heinz. The fries were crunchy breaded fries. They were not bad. A little over fried but I like them like that.
The ribs were not good. They had a pink smoke color to them all over, not a ring. They were tough and under seasoned. I think they were cooked at too high of a temperature.
The sauces were strange. They weren’t labeled so I have no idea what they were going for. One was really acidic. It was hard to take. The other was peppery. Both sauces were out of balance. A really good sauce can salvage poorly executed bbq.
The gf had the pulled chicken and potato salad. The chicken was dry. The potato salad was like you would get at Kroger. It was fine.
Probably won’t be back to this place.

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Texas BBQ in the Bluegrass? Good job Ken! A welcome break from I-​64 and needed sustenance before a day on the Bourbon Trail.
Brisket and chopped pork, both were moist. A little more fat than I like but that’s a slippery slope. The cuts were a little smaller than I expected or was used to but welcomed. We don’t need huge mounds of meat. Well…
Baked beans and patio salad (mustard) were tasty too. I lean toward coleslaw but a good mustard based patio salad can not be passed up.
The dining room is not big but accommodating for what I’m sure is a bang up lunch on the weekdays. It’s just what I would expect from a joint that prides itself on smoked meats. No fancy needed.