Let’s talk sides imma say Mac n Cheese is # 1 and Baked beans are coming in second
Let’s talk sides imma say Mac n Cheese is # 1 and Baked beans are coming in second
by No_Volume_8938
40 Comments
HeWasaLonelyGhost
Are we talking on the home smoker?
Baked beans are tough to beat, but I might go with sweet potatoes. So easy to just throw ’em on there alongside whatever meat you’re smoking. Hit ’em with butter and brown sugar: insanity.
No-Industry-3127
I like “cool” sides for meals that are centered around heavy meats, especially smoked meats. pickles, coleslaw, potato salad, macaroni salad. currently obsessed with cowboy caviar. don’t forget the bread and butter!!
Vricrolatious
Mac’n’cheese is always the right choice… especially if you get it into the smoker before serving.
hortle
Don’t get me wrong I love Mac and cheese, but it feels like overkill with smoked beef/pork. Just too much fat and richness. I think it is best to pair with smoked chicken.
they_call_me_Mongous
Mac n Cheese definitely number one! But we like to do a tomato and cucumber salad, cause as some people mentioned, lighter sides tend to complement the heavy meats. A good, crisp green bean air-fry is also really tasty!
I_Fuck_Whales
Mac and Cheese and Coleslaw are all I need.
KlooShanko
Corn bread is perfectly quick and easy so that’s my pick
pburch89
Always Mac and cheese, and corn bread!
OhYerSoKew
Naw, thstsbjust too much heavy sides to pair with heavy meats. I need more vegetables and vinegar for my sides.
Ideally some kinda of slaw and roasted veggies or mexican street corn
Sfreeman1
Cheesy Potatoes. Hash Brown Casserole. Funeral Potatoes. Party Potatoes. Relief Society Potatoes. So many different names but this is my go to.
Reggaepocalypse
Hot take: Mac n cheese aint a damn side dish, it’s a meal people eat in small amounts next to their meat. Potato salad, Cole slaw, baked beans…these are sides.
Casual_ahegao_NJoyer
Sue me but the best side is Brocollini with olive oil flash-grilled over the flame and hit with sea salt
Mac is the obvious #2 but it’s so heavy and fatty. You snack the Brocollini off the grill, it’s a great companion with beef, it’s light, it’s green
Eaglehammerhead
Potato Salad, Mac and cheese , corn bread casserole
furious_20
Filipino checking in–no one will be surprised when I say steamed rice is my #1 side. But oddly enough, a couple Super Bowls ago I had conflicting requests in my family and ended up making ribs & sushi, which was an amazing pairing. So for me, steamed rice #1, mac n cheese #2, sushi #3
papasmurfd
Maybe an unpopular opinion but Collard Greens are my top side!
lo-lux
A good baked Mac n cheese is divine. A good bbq beans is divine too. I would rather have standard beans over standard Mac n cheese because standard Mac n cheese is just the cheese sauce kind. It all depends on how good they are.
TackoFell
Mildly sweet “northern style” corn bread is easily my favorite to cook and eat. I think Mac and cheese is clearly the king side, but I only like, not love it.
HenryDigitalMrkting
My go to is cabbage slaw, smoked and smashed potatoes, pickled veggies, deviled eggs, bbq beans, potato salad, green bean casserole, collard greens, and corn bread or hawaiian rolls.
ONROSREPUS
I love mac and cheese but I have had so many bland/boring ones I usually don’t try them anymore at restaurants. Now the beans on the other hand always taste different if they are made in house. I have never have had horrible beans and I have had some I always go back for.
Djohnson8S
I like a side of meat with my meat!
aville1982
Being from Eastern NC, there is no such thing as bbq without hushpuppies and coleslaw.
Chef_Money
I want that recipe. Mac n cheese is life!
GambleTheGod00
Potato salad, baked beans, and mashed potatoes
robbodee
Green beans with bacon.
mtneer43
Show me potato salad!
Fangs_0ut
Slaw is #1 for me with fatty cuts of meat
Grwl
Potato salad
Man_Without_Nipples
OP did you make that mac n cheese? Cause wow, it looks amazing.
I’m with you man, Mac n cheese is my numero uno side.
Alone-Quality8996
Very vinegary cole slaw is my pick
jaycarb98
Slaw, pickles
ItsTheTed
I’m down with Mac and Cheese but think I’m a bit of a TX BarBQ Traditionalist, which would need to have coleslaw high in the list. While not a true side, white bread, raw onions and pickles need to be present also.
Seamonkey_Boxkicker
Sometimes baked beans are too sloppy and sugary. Hard to turn down mac n cheese on any occasion, though.
luckyswine
If it’s good BBQ, the sides (and sauce) are irrelevant. Then again, there are far more BBQ joints with good sides than there are ones with good BBQ.
40 Comments
Are we talking on the home smoker?
Baked beans are tough to beat, but I might go with sweet potatoes. So easy to just throw ’em on there alongside whatever meat you’re smoking. Hit ’em with butter and brown sugar: insanity.
I like “cool” sides for meals that are centered around heavy meats, especially smoked meats. pickles, coleslaw, potato salad, macaroni salad. currently obsessed with cowboy caviar. don’t forget the bread and butter!!
Mac’n’cheese is always the right choice… especially if you get it into the smoker before serving.
Don’t get me wrong I love Mac and cheese, but it feels like overkill with smoked beef/pork. Just too much fat and richness. I think it is best to pair with smoked chicken.
Mac n Cheese definitely number one! But we like to do a tomato and cucumber salad, cause as some people mentioned, lighter sides tend to complement the heavy meats. A good, crisp green bean air-fry is also really tasty!
Mac and Cheese and Coleslaw are all I need.
Corn bread is perfectly quick and easy so that’s my pick
Always Mac and cheese, and corn bread!
Naw, thstsbjust too much heavy sides to pair with heavy meats. I need more vegetables and vinegar for my sides.
Ideally some kinda of slaw and roasted veggies or mexican street corn
Cheesy Potatoes. Hash Brown Casserole. Funeral Potatoes. Party Potatoes. Relief Society Potatoes. So many different names but this is my go to.
Hot take: Mac n cheese aint a damn side dish, it’s a meal people eat in small amounts next to their meat. Potato salad, Cole slaw, baked beans…these are sides.
Sue me but the best side is Brocollini with olive oil flash-grilled over the flame and hit with sea salt
Mac is the obvious #2 but it’s so heavy and fatty. You snack the Brocollini off the grill, it’s a great companion with beef, it’s light, it’s green
Potato Salad, Mac and cheese , corn bread casserole
Filipino checking in–no one will be surprised when I say steamed rice is my #1 side. But oddly enough, a couple Super Bowls ago I had conflicting requests in my family and ended up making ribs & sushi, which was an amazing pairing. So for me, steamed rice #1, mac n cheese #2, sushi #3
Maybe an unpopular opinion but Collard Greens are my top side!
A good baked Mac n cheese is divine. A good bbq beans is divine too. I would rather have standard beans over standard Mac n cheese because standard Mac n cheese is just the cheese sauce kind. It all depends on how good they are.
Mildly sweet “northern style” corn bread is easily my favorite to cook and eat. I think Mac and cheese is clearly the king side, but I only like, not love it.
My go to is cabbage slaw, smoked and smashed potatoes, pickled veggies, deviled eggs, bbq beans, potato salad, green bean casserole, collard greens, and corn bread or hawaiian rolls.
I love mac and cheese but I have had so many bland/boring ones I usually don’t try them anymore at restaurants. Now the beans on the other hand always taste different if they are made in house. I have never have had horrible beans and I have had some I always go back for.
I like a side of meat with my meat!
Being from Eastern NC, there is no such thing as bbq without hushpuppies and coleslaw.
I want that recipe. Mac n cheese is life!
Potato salad, baked beans, and mashed potatoes
Green beans with bacon.
Show me potato salad!
Slaw is #1 for me with fatty cuts of meat
Potato salad
OP did you make that mac n cheese? Cause wow, it looks amazing.
I’m with you man, Mac n cheese is my numero uno side.
Very vinegary cole slaw is my pick
Slaw, pickles
I’m down with Mac and Cheese but think I’m a bit of a TX BarBQ Traditionalist, which would need to have coleslaw high in the list.
While not a true side, white bread, raw onions and pickles need to be present also.
Sometimes baked beans are too sloppy and sugary. Hard to turn down mac n cheese on any occasion, though.
If it’s good BBQ, the sides (and sauce) are irrelevant. Then again, there are far more BBQ joints with good sides than there are ones with good BBQ.
raw unwashed broccoli
Mac n cheese and Cornbread are god tier
Mac n Cheese, no other sides can touch it.
Any slaw , cold corn salad
Good mac and cheese is a main dish.
Potato salad and coleslaw.
Coleslaw