How it's cooked
Smoked
Something smoked is on the menu at sixteen of the kitchens we read, 30 plates in all. The three ingredients that turn up smoked most often are pork, beef and onion.
From 40 menus · smoked is on 30 plates · How we read them
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Some of these were read by a script, not a person — those chips have a hollow dot. About the method →
Where on the menu
The menu sections the dishes sit under, most first.
Dishes
Smoked, cornbread and picked chicken come up more here than elsewhere on our list.
Our reading of the menu lists: jerk, breast, wrapped.
Our reading of the menu lists: turkey, oyster, chicken filet.
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Boiled, baby back rib and baked chicken come up more here than elsewhere on our list.
Our reading of the menu lists: swiss, pickle, beef fries gravy.
Known for: jus, Beurre Blanc Sauce, duck.
Our reading of the menu turns up Our Tartar Sauce, crabmeat and crabcake.
Pepperjack, bison and burger come up more here than elsewhere on our list.
Egg, hollandaise and poached come up more here than elsewhere on our list.
Hickory, ropewalk wings and rub come up more here than elsewhere on our list.
Brisket, Ipa Steak Sauce and roll come up more here than elsewhere on our list.
Cornmeal, corn bread and corn on cob come up more here than elsewhere on our list.
The menu leans on country-fried, kaiser and tartar.
Where on the island
The 16 kitchens above, by district. Counted off the menus we read, in order up the island — not a ranking of neighbourhoods.
| District | Kitchens | Side of the island |
|---|---|---|
| Downtown / Inlet & Boardwalk | 1 | boardwalk |
| Lower Midtown | 1 | inland |
| Midtown | 4 | bayside · inland |
| Uptown | 4 | bayside · inland |
| North OC | 2 | inland |
| West Ocean City | 3 | harbor |
| Day-trips ring | 1 | harbor |