Hog Wild Pit Bar-B-Q, Great Food, Excellent Prices and Family Atmosphere

Eating out in this economy is a luxury that many of us do not have an opportunity to enjoy very often but, when we do, we like to get our money's worth. Good meals at excellent prices can be found if you take the time to look.

I found a great barbeque restaurant during a road trip to Salina, Kansas that has generous portions and lower than expected prices while delivering a very comfortable, family friendly atmosphere and exceptional service. The restaurant is called Hog Wild Pit Bar-B-Q and can be found at 2525 Market Place, Salina, Kansas.

Hog Wild offers a variety of dinners that are served with Texas Toast and two side dishes, giving you the choice of beef brisket, turkey, pulled pork, pulled chicken, ham, hot links or a rib dinner (½ slab). Dinners come in one meat ($7.25), two meat ($8.25) and three meat ($9.25) categories. Rib dinners are $9.25 but ribs can also be added to the two and three meat dinners.

Side dishes include curly fries, coleslaw, potato salad, baked beans, mashed potatoes with gravy and corn. Prices on the side dishes are better than many eateries, for instance, regular curly fries are $1.75 while large fries are $2.15, yet a regular is equivalent to most large orders elsewhere. All other sides, which are also abundant in serving are sold by individual servings ($1.60), pint ($3.40) and quart ($6.50).

Sandwiches at Hog Wild are yummy and a great small meal when a dinner would be too much. Sandwiches come in three sizes...regular ($4.25), large ($5.50) and two meat ($6.10). There are two specialty sandwiches on the menu also...the Smoke Stack (brisket and hot link) is sold in large only for $5.50 and Carolina Pulled Pork (pulled pork, sauce, topped w/cole slaw), regular ($4.75) and large ($5.75). I am a big eater but the large brisket sandwich I had during my last visit was almost too much for me to handle but it was extremely good brisket.

Salads also can be found on the Hog Wild menu. Ranch House Salads, as they are called are served in a fresh tortilla shell with your choice of Ranch, Caesar, Honey Mustard or Fat Free Ranch dressings. A simple garden salad is $4.85 and you can top your salad with meat for $5.95.

Hog Wild also offers Giant Stuffed Potatoes with at least five (5) different toppings which you can have in two sizes (regular or meat topped), desserts (fresh baked cobbler - apple, cherry or peach) and a kid's meal that consists of a sandwich, drink and one side for $4.50 (sandwich only $2.75)sells smoked meats by the pound for $9.99 and ½ pound for $5.59. If you want nothing but ribs, you can have a whole slab for $17.75, ½ slab for $8.95 or individual ribs for $1.95 each.

If you have a group that just wants bar-b-q (carry out only), Hog Wild accommodates with Family Packs that feed up to 16.

The Salina, Kansas restaurant holds up to 1000 people and offers drive thru, carry out and catering as well. They are open from 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM daily.

You can also find them on the Internet.

Hog Wild Pit Bar-B-Q can actually be found in Salina, Hutchinson and Wichita, Kansas and, although I can not speak for the Hutchinson and Wichita restaurants, the establishment in Salina is well worth the trip!