Tin Star Smokehouse

BS Beating

Tin Star Smokehouse is amazing! Had the brisket, pulled pork, rib tips, hush puppies, pickles, and chili mac and cheese with a variety of house made sauces. All the meat is dry rubbed and smoked on site with a combination of mesquite and fruit wood. This means you can taste the smoke up front while being left with a sweet finish that highlights the flavor of the rub. The sauces compliment various meats beautifully, although the rib tips were succulent all on their own. The meat was perfect; neither overcooked nor greasy. The hush puppies are the best we’ve had outside of KY. And they make their own lemonade! The owners are friendly and passionate about what they do; great service, atmosphere, and flavor. Don’t let the location dissuade you; it’s well worth it to stop and try. Over and over and over again!

Koby Wittek

Andrew and Cate are amazing! Great food and atmosphere at the restaurant. Love the rewards program, how much they give back to the community and schools in the area.

Rick D

Can't help it but I like this place. I guess it's kind of cozy in a man-cave sort of way. They carry local brews and since they're (you'd think I'd ask if the guy doing everything is the owner and his name) not having dine-in let your creativity come out and find someplace to have the repast. For me knowing Golden a bit I chose this little known greenbelt at Camp George West's backyard shared with NREL. Quiet, few people and my spot. Don't you dare come to my spot without TIN STAR BBQ. Supporting local is too easy with good food like this. The Groupon was an added incentive. Tin Star supports local breweries with GCB, Golden City Brewery, being one of them. I should go to GCB to review them (great outdoor tasting room especially appealing to the outdoorsy in Winter). Oh those rabbit trails‼️ Any way... oh yeah I hope the pics turned out. They are my idea of BYOcreativity.RIck thanks for the great review, we love you support!! Look forward to seeing you again!!!

Asa Hunt

Hands down the worst ribs and brisket I've ever had. I came in at the end of the day, so maybe it was just old. Brisket was dry and chewy with no flavor. The seasoning on the ribs was bad and they were dried up as well. It tasted like it was microwaved. If you want real BBQ, head to Post Oak in Denver or Moe's Original. Not happy about paying $16. Some serious quality control issues to be serving this up even at the end of the day. Sides and sauce were fine though.Asa, this does not sound like us at all. So we'd like to apologize for your poor experience. If you had let us know at the time, we could have rectified this. We are not perfect but are pretty dang good at what we do. We'd hate to lose you as a customer but if the opportunity arises, we hope you give us another shot.