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Barbecue is a cuisine best ordered as a blitz. If you do it right you’ll be overwhelmed by it, trying every hours-long-smoked meat and the copious amounts of accompanying sides too — rich
and meaty and filling as it all is. This is why barbecue is an ideal meal to share with a big group, or at least with one or two others: Order it all, then sample your way through it.
Roughly 10 minutes from the Hollywood Bowl, one of L.A.’s premier pitmasters is working wood-smoked wonders: Kevin Bludso’s Compton-founded Bludso’s Bar and Que operates on La Brea but its
inception came from generations of smoked meats and family recipes in Corsicana, Texas. These recipes and house-made spice rubs and sauces make for peppery, tender and bursting-with-flavor
brisket, ribs, tri-tip steaks, chicken and pulled pork. They’re all worth an order, and all come by the quarter-, half- and full-pound family-style serving. Smoky sausages, desserts like
creamy banana pudding and sides such as mac and cheese and brisket-studded baked beans round out the meal. If you’re Bowling with a large group, opt for the prix fixe barbecue trays, which
offer a bit of everything. — _Stephanie Breijo_