Dishola: Reviews by the Dish

If Ranch Road 620 is part of your daily trek, then you’ve probably already been enticed by the smoky aromas permeating from Buster’s Bar-B-Que. If it’s not, and you’ve never been, grab your car keys. The restaurant’s signature Garlic Bomb, and spicy Garlic “H” Bomb, is one of the most enticing and unique barbecue preparations in town.

To prepare the Bombs, Owner Tom Cook (who rules the range with wife Marilyn) uses a boning knife to hollow out a slender tunnel in the center of a pork shoulder. He fills the tunnel with whole garlic cloves for the Garlic Bomb. For the H Bomb, our hands-down favorite, he stems and seeds whole jalapenos, fills them with garlic cloves, and tucks then into the slit. The meat is coated with brown sugar and spices, “rub it up in your hands, like you would a baseball,” Cook says, then smoked on the pit for two hours. The meat is thinly sliced on bias and sold as a sandwich ($4.79), great with a little BBQ sauce or mustard, pickles, and onions, or by the pound ($11.59).