A reliable Dining@Large source sends BBQ good news, bad news. He writes:
"Have discovered the first place I know of in the region that serves ribs to compete with Andy Nelson's. Also a pretty decent pulled pig. The ribs met my test of not needing sauce, but the pulled pig benefited from a good East Carolina sauce. Made the discovery at a catered affair nearby, but haven't been to the restaurant yet. Wide choice of other bar-food type dishes, according to its brochure. Will also smoke whole turkey, duck, pig, etc. with 48 hours notice."
He adds: "Bad news for many of your readers is that it's deep in Howard County. Kloby's Smokehouse, 7500 Montpelier Road, West Laurel. (MapQuest calls it Laurel.). It's at Johns Hopkins Road west of U.S. 29, just south of the Hopkins Applied Physics Lab. Worth a detour."
FYI: I called the restaurant and learned it used to be located in Woodlawn.
Kloby's prize-winning St. Louis Pork Ribs. Sun photo by Kenneth K. Lam