Dine and Dish: The Station BBQ in east central Fresno

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Station BBQ wrong Valero astatine Shields and Maple successful eastbound cardinal Fresno is location to the brisket grilled cheese.

It is simply a fistful dreamed up by co-owner Bobby Basra's buddy, Marco Paoletta.

"He (Marco) grabs my limb and says, 'Dude, what if we enactment brisket successful a grilled cheese?' Started disconnected similar that, past helium started putting mac and cheese," Basra said.

"Our regular saccharine BBQ sauce, tangy BBQ condiment past our chipotle to springiness it a small kick," Paoletta said.

What looks similar an omelet gets enactment into a sandwich.

The food keeps it each together.

You cannot unreserved brisket.

"We wrapper it astatine nighttime earlier we spell home, and permission it successful determination to bash the dilatory navigator overnight," Paoletta said.

Expect dense plates, whether it's a sandwich oregon the loaded fries.

"They some person astir a fractional lb of brisket connected there," Paoletta said.

"We enactment immoderate brisket, beans successful determination and mac and cheese," Basra said.

BBQ seasoning adjacent goes into the creamy mac and cheese.

Marco has amusive making respective pans of it a day.

"I consciousness similar a kid again," helium said.

The pork ribs are tasty and tender.

"We wanted to beryllium affordable BBQ and the champion BBQ," Basra said.

Bobby and Marco some person full-time jobs but moving a BBQ associated has ever been a dream.

"It's wherever our existent passionateness comes out," Basra said.

It each started astatine the University of San Francisco, with a filing furniture that was being utilized arsenic a smoker.

Today, they person a monolithic smoker they brought successful from Texas.

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