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811 S. Long Beach Blvd. Compton, CA 90221

310-637-1342

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Cuisine(s): Barbecue

Hours: Sun 12:30pm-7pm, Tue-Thu 11am-8pm, Fri-Sat 11am-9pm

Price: $$
Payment Types: cash

Features: Catering, Kid Friendly

Serving: Dinner, Lunch
Alcohol: None

Reservations: Not Accepted

Parking: Street

Description

Bludso's is known for its barbecue beef brisket, which comes in a foam and foil container, dripping with meaty juices. The small, Texas-style joint, with simply a counter and few stools, is big on brisket ribs, rib tips, hot links, chicken. The Texas Sampler ($25.50) is a plate that can easily feed four, and features a bit of everything on the menu.

5 Best Barbecue Joints in Los Angeles

By Jenn Garbee | Wed, February 29, 2012

It seems hardly a 12-hour smoke has gone by since the days when polling around for the 5 Best Barbecue Joints in L.A. inevitably elicited those, "Well, if you have to eat barbecue in L.A.," and simila... More »
Bludso's: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

By Jonathan Gold | Thu, November 10, 2011

If you were looking for an excuse to drive down to Compton on a Saturday afternoon, you could do worse than to head to Bludso's, a puffing barbecue pit whose dining room doubles as a church on Sunday mornings, although its takeout line is a pretty... More »
Q & A with Bludso's BBQ Kevin Bludso, Part 2: Old Hickories, Business, and Barbecue Alley

By Noah Galuten | Wed, July 27, 2011

When we left Part 1 of our interview with Kevin Bludso, he had been talking about barbecue tours, the merit (gasp) of food blogs, and how his 90 year-old granny is still drinking Hennessy, and still w... More »
Q & A with Bludso's BBQ Kevin Bludso: Smoke, Termination, and HTTPs

By Noah Galuten | Tue, July 26, 2011

Does Kevin Bludso make the best brisket in town? There are certainly a lot of people who think so. The Compton man with Texas roots opened Bludso's BBQ about three years ago, and his small shop was q... More »
Monet's Briskets: Bludso’s

By Jonathan Gold | Fri, February 05, 2010

If the fires are burning high and you turn up at the right time of day, the barbecued beef brisket at Bludso's can be as good as barbecue gets — an impressionist painting of meat, a damp vapor you inhale so fast and so unconsciously that you barel... More »

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Bludso's BBQ

811 S. Long Beach Blvd. Compton, CA 90221

310-637-1342

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By Jenn Garbee | Wed, February 29, 2012

By Jonathan Gold | Thu, November 10, 2011

By Noah Galuten | Wed, July 27, 2011

By Noah Galuten | Tue, July 26, 2011

By Jonathan Gold | Fri, February 05, 2010