Trader Joe’s sells blue cheese potato chips, garlic butter potato chips, and potato chips that taste like everything bagel seasoning. But somehow, they’ve never carried BBQ potato chips. Isn’t that weird? We were stunned. I’m still not sure I believe it. (In fact, the product description on their site alludes to the fact that BBQ chips have been on their shelves in the past, but it’s been a long time.) All that matters is that the weather is heating up, you’re invited to a million cookouts, and now BBQ potato chips are one of the things you can pick up at Trader Joe’s when you stop there at the last minute so you don’t have to arrive at the function empty handed.

Are they good? The short answer is: Hell, yes. But allow me to tell you why.