Ordinarily I love Champs, but I don't know if they have changed cooks or what, but the food has not been as good the last couple of times we went.  I always order the tritip sandwich, which for...

Ordinarily I love Champs, but I don't know if they have changed cooks or what, but the food has not been as good the last couple of times we went.  I always order the tritip sandwich, which for some reason was lacking in flavor and WELL DONE.  Who ever orders tritip well done?  That is sacreligious.  It may as well have been microwaved.  My husbands hamburger was good,  kids meals were still good.  Ordered Chocolate cake for dessert, which was allright and chocolate chip cookies and snickerdoodles for the kids -  Cookies were so BAD the kids wouldn't eat them.  That has never happened before.  Spent $40 for 2 kids meals, trip tip sandwich, fries and a burger along with drinks and desserts - yes I would say they are now overpriced.  Staff has always been great and I did not bring the sandwich quality to their attention - they had their hands full dealing with some ridiculously picky and rude people with badly behaved children.  I decided to take pity on the poor girls and suffer through my sandwich - at least if it was well done I won't get e-coli:)  We will eat there again, but if it is bad again, we will look for another place to eat.

I usually have the BBQ'd tri tip plate with their great green beans but this time I decided to have the patrona salad since everyone seems to rave about it. Although I did for the...

I usually have the BBQ'd tri tip plate with their great green beans but this time I decided to have the patrona salad since everyone seems to rave about it. Although I did for the first time have a semi bad experience with the server the salad (the second one) was great even though there was much less tri tip on it than the first one. I probably should explain what happened. She brought the first one to my table and I picked up the BBQ sauce to put on the meat when low and behold some smart a.. had loosened the top so it fell off into the salad along with the entire contents of the bottle. I picked up the mess and took it to the same server explaining what had happened but was greeted with reluctance to replace the meal. I explained, after all, it was not my fault that a customer before me was having some fun at my expense. I finally convinced the server to replace the meal but when it came back it had about half the meat of the original. That was my first bad experience at Champs and I hope the last.

Champs...needs to take some lessons from the Pit Master's of BBQ in the Midwest and the South. I'am not saying that Champs is not good...but it does not come close to what real Championship BBQ...

Champs...needs to take some lessons from the Pit Master's of BBQ in the Midwest and the South. I'am not saying that Champs is not good...but it does not come close to what real Championship BBQ is.

They have a great smoker...it should produce outstanding BBQ. Why doesn't it? It produces good barbecue. But not outstanding BBQ. Maybe sometime spent with the Pit Master's back East might help. Don't get me wrong, I will come back again and give it another shot. I wish them the best...I really would like to see great BBQ in Bakersfield...but unfortunately it is found in most peoples own backyards. Champs BBQ could be the best in town, as many people think, if they would just tweak somethings in their preparation.

They have great people who run and own the place, and good service. But great BBQ has to be included in the equation also.

 Champs Update: I visited Champs last week. I found the food much better this time around. I order the Pork Ribs. They were smoked just right. The people who took my order were very kind and friendly. I am looking forward to my next visit. I will be trying the Beef Ribs.

We wasted money going to champs people were saying how good it is i guest it is if thats the only q they ever had food was not good at all i will never go back just because it says bbq doesn't...

We wasted money going to champs people were saying how good it is i guest it is if thats the only q they ever had food was not good at all i will never go back just because it says bbq doesn't mean it taste good