During a visit to Sanders, someone loudly exclaimed to a friend, “This is the best cornbread I’ve ever had. I never come here without ordering it.” And after eating multiple trays of various smoked meats and sides at this Texas-style BBQ spot in Beverly, we’ll happily join the loud public praises because the food here is excellent. The juicy rib tips slathered in BBQ sauce are sweet, snackable, and truly worthy of the “meat candy” nickname. Rich gumbo comes with smoky oxtail where the meat and bone separate effortlessly like an amicable divorce. And that sweet potato cornbread works equally well as a brisket sidekick or as a dessert. Even when the brisket is slightly dry, the salt and pepper-crusted bark makes up for it. Sanders’ dining room is often busy with regulars grabbing weekday lunch or picking up take-out for dinner. But the ideal Sanders experience involves eating on their secluded patio and making good use of their BYOB policy—cornbread is mandatory.