Fan FavoriteDa Crack Loaded Potato
$15Jumbo baked potato loaded with your choice of smoked meat, melted cheese, sour cream & chives.
Addictively Delicious
Latin Fusion.Texas BBQ.Midwest Twist.
Smoked low and slow, built with Latin heat and Midwest soul. Come once. You'll be back.
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The Menu
Smoked low and slow, fused with Latin heat and Midwest comfort. Everything made fresh at the park.
Fan Favorite
LoadedDa Crack Mac & Cheese
$25Ultra-creamy mac loaded with smoked meat, cilantro, jalapeños, pickled onions, sour cream & a BBQ sauce drizzle.
Pitmaster PickSmoked Ribs
AskDry-rubbed, low-and-slow. Texas-style -- you bite it off the bone. That's the point.
The Mains
Choose your meat. Load it up.
- Walking Tacos$20
Corn-chip bag split open and loaded with your choice of BBQ meat, cheese, and all the fixings.
- Da Crack Sandwich$15
Smoked meat stacked on a toasted bun with house sauce. Choice of meat.
Sides
- Poppin' Off Salad$5
Crisp, fresh, and ready to pop. Regular size.
- Da Slaw$5
Cool, crunchy, the perfect BBQ sidekick.
- What's Da Dilly Salad$10
The big one. Loaded and dialed in.
- Cowboy Chili$10
Hearty, smoky, stick-to-your-ribs chili.
Desserts
- Birthday Cake Pudding$6
Creamy birthday-cake pudding piled high with whipped cream and sprinkles.
- Abuelita's Hot Choc Pudding$6
Rich Mexican hot chocolate pudding. Warm, sweet, and dangerous.
- Granny's Banana Pudding$6
Classic banana pudding, made from scratch. Just like grandma's.
Menu and prices may vary by event. Got allergies or questions? Just ask us.
Catch Us While You Can
Find Us This Week
We set up at the Loves Park food park. Here's where the smoke is rolling this week. Days can shift. Always check the schedule before you roll up.
What People Are Saying
Real Food. No Shortcuts.
“The smoke is patient. You can't rush it and you can't fake it. Real wood, real fire, real food.”
Cory Mc, Da Crack Houze
“Got the mac and cheese with brisket on a Saturday. Came back Sunday. I don't do that. The mac alone is worth the drive.”
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Mike T.
Rockford
★★★★★
“Catered my daughter's graduation. 50 people. Not a single thing left. Cory handled everything and the food was honestly better than most sit-down spots around here.”
J
Jasmine R.
Loves Park
★★★★★
“Finally some real Texas BBQ in this area. The ribs have actual bite -- the way it's supposed to be. Loaded potato is absurd. In a good way.”
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Dave K.
Machesney Park
★★★★★
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The Pitmaster
Meet Cory
Cory has been building something her whole life. She just didn't call it a restaurant until now.
She spent years at Franklin Barbecue in Austin, Texas, one of the most respected BBQ joints in the country, finishing cooks, managing the fire, and learning the craft from the inside out. Not waiting tables. The pit.
When she moved to Rockford, she brought all of it with her. She sourced a 500-gallon wood-burning offset smoker (wood only, no gas), named her Scarlett, and spent years developing every item on the menu from scratch.
Da Crack Houze opened at the Loves Park Food Park because Cory wanted to put real food in front of real people. No dining room. No reservations. Just Scarlett, the fire, and whatever is coming off the smoker today.
Bring the Food Park to You
Catering & Events
Birthday cookouts, block parties, office spreads, weddings. We haul the smoker. You take the credit.
- Buffet packages from $26 a person, plus build-your-own action stations
- Real smoked meats: brisket, ribs, pulled pork, chicken, candied bacon
- Loves Park, Rockford, and the surrounding area
Prefer to talk it out? Call (512) 294-5388. Cory typically replies within 24 hours.