*A real BBQ place!  Bars on the windows and smoke everywhere.  Rib tips were good, but not much meat. What's up with no forks?

*Pop from a machine, no french fries, only spoons, and a smoky room.  Tasty meat and good potato salad.  You wouldn't bring your family for a sit down dinner.

*When one travels from Overland Park into KCK it certainly is a trip to yesteryear. Having only a spoon to cut meat was a new experience. Being greeted as one  got out of the car to a dumpster filled with fat really set the tone for Bar B Q. The beans were tasty but there was a chunk of fat the size of Roseanne Barr. A really unforgettable experience.

*This place is a true BBQ dive! They even had the Jerry Wolfskill bars on the windows. Didn't seem like they had any central heating working. Maybe the smoker was heating the building. The beans were pretty decent and served in a good sized portion. The beef sandwich was massive. There must have been half a steer on this sandwich. No fries and drinks came from the vending machine. Sauce came in small little cups - I hate that. The beef was very lean but seemed to lack the desired smoked flavor. My overall rating is skewed by the high score for portions and value. I may have been influenced by the Dave Ellis "portions" factor.  If value and big portions are important to you, this is the place to go. If I remember correctly, Jones BBQ is only open on Friday, Saturday and Sunday (. Call before you go to be sure.

*This is definitely a BBQ joint. I was disappointed that there were no fries available and that the drinks were from a pop machine. I ordered the large beef sandwich which was huge. With a side of beans it came to $10.00. My soda was $1 more from the machine so this seemed rather high priced to me. We asked for forks and were not given any, yet when Burgess had an order to go, he scored a fork!  Thanks to Alan Swartz for his knowledge of the area and the memories he recounted which added to the experience.

*I had the best BBQ sandwich I've had in a long time - huge, meaty, lean and smoked to perfection.  The sauce had just the right blend of base and spices.  The beans were full of flavor.

*Jones BBQ is not geared toward serving the formal dining crowd or any dining crowd for that matter.  It is bare bones, essentials only BBQ.  The food was great, but anything else is just an after thought.  There is a roof to keep the rain off, walls to keep the heat in, a pop machine for those who want to wash it down and chairs for those who eat too slow, other wise, that was it.  It reminded me of the difference between a Harley Davidson and a Lincoln Town Car.  Both will get you where you want to go and both will give you a great ride in style, but the HD does it with just the bare essentials.
For serious BBQ, I'll go again.  To impress a date, I'll venture elsewhere.  I loved it!

*I thought Jones BBQ was okay. My ham sandwich was medium and enjoyed the baked beans. The portions were excellent and several people took food home.  I am full even though they didn't have french fries. Bummer! My favorite part was eating with spoons,  having to buy my drinks from the vending machine and the empty walls with no pictures. Happy birthday Wendy!

*the beef was not very tender and fatty.  The portions were good, but the lack of proper utensils, the mystery meat in the beans, the we-just-barely-had-enough-seats for our group type seating, and having my clothes smelling like hickory for the rest of the day, well, I think we've been to far better places.  Soda out of a machine????  And the sauce was too gritty.

*This place had good meat and beans.  It just lacks some of the rest of what you expect in a restaurant (fries, drinks, silverware or even plastic-ware).  It is, I am sure a great place to pick up some food to take home for dinner.  They apparently don't get much eat-in traffic.  The sandwiches were big and tasty.  The beans had good chunks of meat in them.  Try it as a take-out sometime.

*Jones has a good thing goin' with their lean beef, good sauce, and large portions.  So the basics are there, now let's get some forks, french fries and table sauce.

*definitely no frills...like eating in someone's front porch that's been closed in for the winter...the pop machine was out of root beer...they didn't have forks...a real bar-b-que joint.  too bad they had no french fries but beans were excellent.