It’s the Pits

We stumbled across this gem and started using them to treat our favorite PT office in chester. Everyone is always happy with the food and service.

Very home made style. Food is awesome. Service is pretty good. Love that BBQ. Best BBQ place on the island.

Great little place off the beaten path. Had Brisket platter, Oyster Po Boy, and Wings. Food was solid and service was great! This is take out only but a few tables out front if you ain’t in a hurry.

2 stars. Ordered pit beef. Took a lot longer than expected for bar b que as my vision is in and out. Pit beef was the special so they came with a drink. Except soda machine didn’t work. Got sandwiches to go and took them back to the office. Special was 8 bucks.
Sandwiches were on a hamburger bun. Completely unimpressed already. Would love a good kaiser roll. Plenty of meat but it looks like it was bathing in an au jus. Bun was soggy and impossible to hold.
Meat was flavored decently but the overall composition of the sandwich has me disappointed.
The sea food counter looked good however. Everything looked fresh and well cared for. I just expect more from a BBQ place, even on the island.

Great for take-​out Cream-​of-​Crab Soup, gumbo or crab dip. BBQ is average. No brewed tea and sauce really isn’t that great. Go for the seafood.

I’ve only been here once, and now I have to go back.
I got the pulled pork.
It was excellent.
There are way too many places serving you slow cooked pork with no smoke flavor, no bark and no moisture. You really don’t know if the other places are just making it in a crock pot.
This was great. The meat stands on it’s own, they put the sauce on by request. (don’t get me started on the places that premix their pork with sauce… that’s not BBQ, that’s a sloppy joe!)
Looking forward to going back to try some of the many other items on the menu. They also have specialty items like stuffed jalapenos, bacon wrapped scallops, bacon wrapped shrimp along with ribs, chicken, and even crabs. Yup, crabs.
I hope this place isn’t a one hit wonder, but I gave it 5 stars because I have a good feeling about it.
Only ding… they don’t brew their own iced tea.
They had fountain sweetened tea. Yech.

We are at the Kegs & Corks Festival. They have amazing food. Extra clean. Nice staff. Brisket was perfect, fries just right. And the pulled pork is tasty too. Fresh, hot and great. Highly recommend. .in fact everyone around us went to the stand after we raved about the food. Enjoy

I was on vacation here and I saw this place and figured I would eat here based on the great reviews, sadly it did not live up to them when I went there. I ordered the
Half Chicken and 2 medium sides, I picked Mac and cheese and beens, it all tasted bland to me, the Half Chicken had bbq sauce on it and that didn’t really provide any flavor also. Overall service was fine but I didn’t like the Food and I don’t believe it’s the best place here for bbq, then again it’s about the only place.

great food, great service unfortunately seasonal sides are mashed potatoes & cornbread so it’s not available in summer

I stopped by on my way back from the beach looking for a good sandwich. As Unilocal reviewers have this place a solid rating, I decided to check it out. I was hoping to try the brisket and seafood gumbo but they were all out. so I ordered the Cuban Melt Meal and cream of crab.
The Cuban melt was delicious! just the right amount of pork and ham along with grilled onions and pickles. the soup was amaZing even in 90 degree weather.
I will be sure to stop by again on my next trip back that way :)

Unbelievably delicious, hole in the wall place, that rocks the bbq! Love it! Be prepared to wait for your food to be cooked — carry only.

This is my FAVORITE bbq joint, and one of the most underrated places on the shore. Everything I’ve had is delicious, especially their pulled chicken, house bbq sauce, and French fries. Their Cuban sandwich and fried oyster poboys are not to be missed. There are tons of options for side dishes, and they are all equally delicious. Their brisket cheese steak is amazing, if not traditional, and the seafood gumbo is unexpectedly authentic.
Keep a look out for specials! The staff is wonderful and friendly, service is fast, and there is a great liquor store right next door. There isn’t any seating though, so be warned.

So-​so lunch the other day. I probably ordered the wrong thing going for the turkey sundae. I imagine it is geared to more of the regulars that want Barbeque sauce and food to fill their bellies. As a first timer, I would probably have been better off with a platter or sandwich to taste each item on its own.
The sundae is your choice of meat topped with beans, sliced onion, and cole slaw. The cole slaw sauce mixes with the beans which mixes with the Barbeque sauce I asked for (Texas tomato). It all covers a somewhat cold sliced lunch meat. If there was smoke flavor, I couldn’t find it. That’s not to say it wasn’t tasty. After I drained some of the liquid I definitely ate the whole thing.
Fries were awesome and crispy and everything you want in French fries. The corn bread slices are huge, and although I prefer them moist and cakey, my partner likes it a little dry and more savory. The cornbread here catered to his taste. He used all the sauce in his sundae to soak cornbread in and ate it with a fork.
Overall halfway decent lunch, but southern bbq it ain’t.

My husband and I were on our way to Rehoboth from DC and hadn’t planned a stop for lunch. Google pointed us to It’s the Pits just on the other side of the Bay Bridge and we thought we’d give it a shot. All I can say is don’t judge a book by it’s cover, the place doesn’t look like much, but the BBQ was amazing. We both had the pork BBQ lunch special and it is such a good value for really great barbecue. I think we just started a new family vacation tradition.

Wonderful fish tacos, my favorite item for lunch. BBQ falls off the bone. Great sides too.

Great Lunch specials! I get the cream of crab soup a lot. It’s walking distance from my work and my coworkers and I eat there a lot. We always get great customer service and great food. Highly recommend!

Brisket was really good, kerry said the jumbo lump crab cake was the best he had ever had. The pulled pork was good, but not great. The fries were amazing. Pretty happy overall, but be aware there is only outside seating. It would be a great place for takeout

Tried the cream of crab soup, which is much better in my opinion at Big Bats Café. Also had the pulled pork. The meat was plentiful and not dry– but just had no flavor AT All besides the sauces offered to cover it. May be a great place to pick up fresh seafood? I don’t know, I just went there for lunch and was not impressed.

Ok so I went here twice in one day… kinda sad for the dining options in this area but a sound choice. The style of barbecue here is the St. Louis style. The meat in my opinion was a little on the drier side but I did hit pockets of moistness. For the most part the spare ribs were done in an acceptable fashion. The real star of the show was the bbq chicken and gumbo.
This has to be one of the tastiest chickens I have eaten in a while. Juicy, smokey, and succulent. I would definitely recommend stopping by to get some cucumber and onion salad, macaroni salad, and baked beans. The salads had a nice hint of acidity and just refreshed the palate after eating. Gumbo is something that you definitely would not think about getting from a place right over the bridge in crab eating county, but surprising the gumbo here was hearty, complex, and soul satisfying.
If you aren’t eating crab out here then I would recommend this place as a runner up. Again there is nowhere to sit and the place seems more like a seafood market but it’s got pretty good food all around you. Remember this is an excellent dining option if you are in the area.
Cheers and good eats!

Awesome. Simply awesome. On an Island with very little options and even less hope for great food, this place nails it. I would guess there are other great seafood spots, but coming up from Richmond, VA where our seafood is limited this place is a true gem.
The Rockfish & Chips was awesome. Handcut fries and perfectly battered Rockfish with tarter sauce… yes please! I also tried the Gumbo that had won so many awards and WOW. The Pulled Pork BBQ was awesome but if you order it Carolina Style they either skimp or forget the vinegar sauce so I recommend Texas style.
Prices are great, the place is cute, and the staff is awesome. I definitely recommend this spot if you’re on the island.