I know, I know, the best BBQ in the US thread is just below this one at the present time. I suppose franchised BBQ = good BBQ is mutually exclusive but are there any chains that offer something halfway decent?

I often find myself not having the time to drive around for the hole-in-the-wall place. Let's define BBQ (for the purpose of this thread) as anything that resembles a slab of connected bones, lose meat, etc, does not qualify. A chain is anything with at least 10 restaurants in more than one state.

Personally, I find Damons (http://www.damons.com) to have the best "chained" offering yet. Famous Daves is ok but often inconsistent, Chili's need not apply, same with Applebees and any place that unwraps precooked ribs, reheats and covers (up) with brown goop.