His specialty is the way he cooks his meat, smoked with apple wood, and the meats are the best items on the menu. My favorite was the pulled pork on a bun ($4.49), though the giant bun is the soft, tasteless kind. The meat is not overly chopped-up, the sauce is sharp and vinegary, and it all squishes out the sides the way a barbecued sandwich is supposed to. Pulled beef is also available.

This is Detroit, so the definition of soul food is stretched to include beef and chicken kebabs on pita.

Broasted chicken (who invented that word?) is very moist, dripping without seeming overly greasy. A four-piece white-and-dark dinner with two sides is only $7.69; a whole barbecued chicken is $14.99. A half slab of ribs ($10.69) varied from night to night when I visited, drier one time, more succulent the next, but never very fiery.

Chris Marshall's BBQ
2300 S. Schaefer
Detroit, MI
313-389-9602

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