The swampy, overly sauced pulled pork platter ($9.99 with one side) left me craving the same dish at Bob’s Bar-B-Q Pit on the Hilltop , a restaurant that uses alder wood to smoke its meat.

However, back in 2011, I visited and reviewed a Jim ‘N Nick’s Bar-B-Q that had just opened on Lovell Road. It was a franchise of the same Alabama company. So I’m not sure why that outfit is ...