Wildwoods BBQ

Says critic Craig LaBan: “Great barbecue is a rare and precious commodity that’s devilishly hard to sustain in the Philadelphia region. But Wildwoods BBQ is one of our best current contenders, a year-round operation flanked by picnic tables in North Wildwood operated by two childhood friends from Australia, David Gill and Joel Romano. ‘Gilly,’ who honed his pit craft at Hometown Bar B Que in Brooklyn, turns out a fantastic pepper-encrusted brisket that glistens, tender pulled pork, and tawny-skinned chickens still moist from a honey and bay leaf brine. The deeply smoked burnt ends are confited to melting softness in beef tallow before they’re glazed in tangy sauce warmed with harissa spice.”