Marion Pit Bar-B-Q

728 S. Main St., Marion, KY - (270) 965-3318

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Posted By Michael Stern on April 27, 2006 10:00 PM

The town of Marion, in Crittenden County, is known to locals for excellent barbecue. The oldest smoke house around, and certainly the most unpretentious, is the tiny hut on the outskirts of town known as the Marion Pit.

The premises consists of a small walk-up building with an order window, a screened-in dining room with a few tables, a couple of outdoor picnic tables, and a large building where Jack Easley cooks pork shoulders over hickory for seventeen hours. Jack, who has been barbecuing here for thirty years, told us that he uses no seasonings and no sauce as the meat cooks. The long roast at low temperatures results in pork that is unspeakably tender, so soft that it cannot be sliced because it would fall apart. You can buy it by the pound to go, by the sandwich, or by the plate (billed here as a "big pile of bar-b-q"). It is some of the best Q anywhere, served with a delicious sauce, the recipe for which is known only to Mr. Easley, his wife and his son.

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Posted By Bill Belt on November 3, 2010 11:55 AM

Marion Pit Bar B Q is located on US 641 at the old railroad tracks.The Bar B Q used to be great however the inconsistency in recent months has been bothersome. This week we tried the location once again and this time the meat was dry but not burned as the last we received. You can get better quality just after they have completed their bar b quing. The pork tends to dry out with sitting.They will give you a small amount of sauce however if you want more expect to pay additional.Sandwiches are $3.20 and if you get any extras such as cole slaw on your sandwich expect to pay additional. You can eat your sandwich in a screened in dining room sitting next to the drive through.Side orders and drinks are available.The meat is sold by the pound. Taxes are high in Marion thus sales tax will be 9%. They have a sign posted on their drive thru showing the taxes.Seems like bar b q places come and go in Western Kentucky and this one seems to survive for years.

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