This has been a long anticipated date for me.
I have been very excited since hearing that Gold Coast to Byron Bay caterer, JRs Smokehouse Barbecue, had moved into their own little shop front in Coolangatta, just an hour up the road from us.
Initially we ventured up here on the wrong days (this place being closed Sunday and Monday) but then we remembered we can actually find out everything we need to know about this place on the world wide interweb which, much like the climax of the female of the species, was no further than a well trained flick of the finger away. We looked at a thing called a web-site, which in turn told us when this holy church of wood smoked goodness would be open, and in turn when barbecue Jesus (AKA Joel) would be turn his body into smoky, smoky brisket, ribs, pulled pork and hot links, and of course his blood into Coopers ale.
So, the aforementioned web-site told us that this holy place would be open for lunch on Saturday and the opportunity quickly presented itself so we got our asses and the asses of our children and even enlisted the asses of Jenneeโs brother, Queenie, and his family for this evangelical smoky awakening.

I have point-formed the heck out of my meaty experience just to make this whole thing manageable for myselfโฆ
โข The brisket was so soft it was melting in my mouth and out of my face and dripping down onto my boobiesโฆ well I donโt have boobies but I do have some strange assed fantasies thatโs for sure. I am pretty sure I was dribbling a little when I ate the brisket. This was hands down, ripped of and fricking replanted, the best piece of brisket I have ever eaten. Better than mine, better than yours, just damn good.
โข The ribs made me feel a little special on the inside.
โข The pulled pork with mustard sauce was moist and melty and a little awesomely tangy from the mustard sauce. Mustard sauce and my family are two things I truly love about this world.
โข The house recipe hotlink with jalapeno and cheddar was fricking amazing. This was seriously one of the best snags I have put in my face in a long while; popping in my mouth, spurting its cheesy goodness, with just a hint of jalapeno and a whole heap of smokiness. Iโm pretty sure that sentence had words in it that are not allowed to go together.
โข The chicken tasted like chicken but better because it was covered with smokiness and still moist and delicious on the inside.
โข The beans were smoky and had a suspiciously porky looking product in them so they were born to win.
โข I was looking for more dressing on the salads, but it would also be true to say that I was certainly not there for the salads. The pickles and home made condiments more than made up for any issues I had there.
This is a place that you should make an effort to get to if you are even remotely into barbecued goodness and with-in rangeโฆ and when I say โremotely into barbecued goodnessโ I mean you have a mouth and are any kind of omnivore/carnivore, and โwith-in rangeโ is clearly referring to someone who has a mouth and is any kind of omnivore/carnivore (thatโs not a typo). Maybe just call ahead or check the interweb for opening hours. Yeah, do that.
JRโs Smokehouse Barbecue, 39-41 McLean St, Coolangatta, QLD
15 responses to “JR’s Smokehouse Barbecue – more than just a smokehouse barbecue… actually, it is totally just a smokehouse barbecue and a damn fine one at that”
Oh man. I wish it was warmer here so I could rock my own BBQ. I’ll have to settle for the occasional smokehouse outing until the end of winter. Those ribs look ridiculous.
The whole package was fricking ridiculous ๐๐
This looks freaking amazing. I am totally a condiment fan, the amount of homemade condiments I make is… well, slowly overtaking the refrigerator. The top shelf might soon collapse. But anyway, smoky goodness. Jalapeรฑo and cheddar sounds fricking ACE.
Home made condiments is where the party’s at – a totally reasonable use of a full shelf… or two ๐๐
I might have to sell up the smallholding and move to Australia ….
Transplant the small holding?
Booking a ticket to the Gold Coast right now!
Get in there!!! ๐
Hate to say it, but that much meat might be good for for a hungry tiger…..but..:)
Raaaaah ๐
Is this guy married?
Not sure, but even I would consider asking the question ๐
OMG, your pictures made me really hungry for BBQ!
I’m with you. Always a sucker for bbq!!
Yum ๐ฉ