Our Menu
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Wings
Ask about our wing sauce of the month.
Amazing Slow Smoked Wings
$17.95/pound
Hardwood smoked, fried to a crispy finish | Add +$2.00 for all Drummies or Wings per pound
Bubba’s Boneless Wings
$12.95/Half
$16.95/Full
Tender white meat chicken, soaked in buttermilk, flash fried crispy.
Jethro's Wing Combo
$18.95
Half order of Bubba’s boneless wings and 5 slow smoked wings, tossed in your choice of sauces.
Jethro's Housemade Sauces:
Hot
Jethro's Original | Georgia Mustard | Alabama White | Garlic Parmesan | Honey Chipotle | BBQ Rub.
Medium Hot
Hot BBQ | Carolina | Buffalo | Sriracha Dry Rub | Chili Teriyaki | Korean BBQ.
Very Hot
Raspberry Habanero | Ghost | Hot Buffalo.
Slow Smoked Baby Back Pork Ribs
Comes with two sides and a Corn Muffin or Texas Toast.
Slow Smoked Baby Back Pork Ribs
$32.95
Full slab comes with two sides and a corn muffin or Texas toast
Ribs & Boneless Combo
$27.95
1/2 slab of baby back ribs and a 1/2 order of bubba’s boneless wings.
Downhome Skillets
These aren’t your ordinary skillets, these are Jethro sized skillets | Hashbrowns or Tots smothered in your favorite toppings with two extra large eggs and your choice of Toast: White, Wheat, Marble Rye, Biscuit or English Muffin.
*Jake
$14.95
Jethro’s World Famous Texas brisket, pepper jack cheese, sauteed mushrooms and onions.
*Des Moines
$14.95
Slab bacon, breakfast sausage and pit ham smothered with cheddar cheese.
*Create Your Own Skillet
$10.95/Basic
Choose your favorite Jethro’s ingredients from our list of toppers and create the ultimate skillet | Ingredients $1 for cheese and veggies / $2 meats, sauces, and gravy
Breakfast Vittles
*The Cowboy Breakfast
$16.95
A full half pound of our famous Texas brisket and two extra large eggs (any style). Served with Hashbrowns or Tots and your choice of toast.
Fork & Knife Breakfast Burger
$13.95
Sourdough toast topped with Canadian bacon,
hashbrowns, an Angus steak patty, American cheese, queso cheese sauce, and 1 sunny side up
egg.
Breakfast Poutine
$14.95
Waffle fries or tots topped with scrambled eggs, mushrooms and onions, smothered in bacon sausage gravy, topped with 2 fried cheese squares.
*Biscuits & Bacon Sausage Gravy Breakfast
$8.95/Half Order
$14.95/Full Order
With two extra large eggs, hashbrowns or tator tots, and our made from scratch gravy
Chilaquiles with Housemade Chorizo
$14.95
Fresh corn tortillas topped with housemade chorizo, tomatillo salsa, queso fresco, and 2 sunny side up eggs
The Jethro Burrito
$13.95
Scrambled eggs with chorizo, pico, guacamole and sour cream, topped with white cheddar cheese sauce. Served with Hashbrowns or Tots.
*Papa’s Breakfast
$12.95
Two extra large eggs (any style), your choice of meat and either Buttermilk Pancakes or French Toast | Add Hashbrowns or Tots for +$2.95
*Grandma’s Breakfast
$10.95
Two extra large eggs (any style) with your favorite side of meat and your choice of toast | Add Hashbrowns or Tots for +$2.95
Buttermilk Pancakes
$13.95
Three of Grandma’s made from scratch, large buttermilk pancakes, griddled hot and piled high | Add Blueberries /Chocolate Chips / or Cookie Cough +$2.00
French Toast
$13.95
Thick cut bread, hand dipped in Jethro’s own vanilla cinnamon batter. Grilled and served with your choice of meat | Add Hashbrowns or Tots for +$2.95 | Yummy!!!
Country Fried Steak
$17.95
*Available Saturday and Sundays Only* A half pound, fried crispy and topped with bacon sausage gravy, two extra large eggs, Hashbrowns or Tots and choice of toast.
*Eggs Benedict
$14.95
*Available Saturdays and Sundays Only* Grilled Canadian bacon on a fresh, toasted English muffin and topped with soft poached eggs and hollandaise sauce. Served with Hashbrowns or Tator Tots.
Fixin's First
Queso Dip with Endless Chips
$9.95
Aged white cheddar and pepper jack cheese spiked with a hint of chili and lime. Served with fresh fried corn chips | Add Chili +$2.00 | Add Smoked in House Meat +$4.00
Bucket of Bacon
$8.95
Jethro’s hickory smoked bacon, griddled crispy 10 strips.
Bayou Pickle Chips
$8.95
Lightly breaded and flash fried crispy with chipotle ranch.
Fried Cheese Squares
$9.95
Aged white cheddar warm and gooey with chipotle ranch.
Chicken Tenders
$13.95
Country fried white meat tenders. Choose your favorite sauce.
Quesadillas
$13.95
Layered with cheese, smoked chicken, pico, guacamole and sour cream.
Jethro’s Rib Taster
$21.95/6 bones
Comes on a bed of fries.
Texas Bacon Burger Sliders
$14.95
New | House brisket burgers, topped with Texas bacon, American cheese and secret sauce.
Onion Rings
$9.95
Sweet onions breaded and fried. Dusted in our famous rub.
Original or Tater Tots Nachos
$14.95/+
Topped with smoked chicken and all the fixins’ | Original $14.95 | Totchos $15.95
Angus Steak Burgers
Comes with one side.
*Papa’s
$14.95
1/2 pound Angus steak patty with your choice of cheese. We’ll bring the lettuce, onion, tomato and pickle.
*Bacon Grilled Cheese
$16.95
1/2 pound Angus steak patty, with three strips of bacon and American cheese with yummy garlic parmesan Texas toast.
*BBQ Bulldog Burger
$15.95
1/2 pound Angus steak patty, topped with sliced brisket, cheddar cheese, sauteed green peppers and onions, and topped with Jethro's secret BBQ sauce.
*The Triple Bacon Bacon Burger
$15.50
Our signature blend of fresh ground Angus steak and smokehouse bacon grilled juicy. Add two slices of thick slab bacon, two slices of Canadian bacon and American cheese.
Fork & Knife Breakfast Burger
$13.95
Jalapeno cornbread toast topped with Canadian bacon, hashbrowns, an Angus steak patty, American cheese, queso cheese sauce, and 1 sunny side up egg
Omelets
Served with Hashbrowns or Tots, and choice of Toast: White, Wheat, Marble Rye, Biscuit or English Muffin.
The Bulldog
$14.95
Texas brisket, sauteed onions and peppers, topped with cheddar cheese.
The Piglet
$14.95
Pit ham, American and white cheddar cheese sauce.
The Denver
$14.95
Pit ham, aged cheddar cheese, sauteed onions and peppers.
Create Your Own Omelet
$10.95/Basic
Choose your favorite Jethro’s ingredients from our list of toppers and create the ultimate omelet | Each Ingredient -$1 Cheeses and veggies / $2 Meats, sauces, and breakfast gravy
Create Your Own Toppings
Create Your Own Toppings
$1.00/Cheese & Veggies
$2.00/Meats, Sauces, and Gravy
Bacon | Pulled Chicken | Breakfast Sausage | Canadian Bacon | Jalapeno Sausage | Chorizo | Pit Ham | Pulled Pork | Smoked Turkey | Texas Brisket | Roasted Red Peppers | Guacamole | Hashbrowns | Jalapenos | Green Peppers | Sauteed Mushrooms | Sauteed Onions | Pico | Tomatoes | Hollandaise | Sour Cream | American Cheese | Cheddar Cheese | Mac & Cheese | Queso | Cheese Sauce | Pepper Jack Cheese | Swiss Cheese | Mozzarella | Pepperoncini | Queso Fresco | Tomatillo Salsa
Pit Master Platters
Each dinner comes with 2 sides and a Corn Muffin or Texas toast.
One Meat BBQ Dinner
$15.95
Choose your favorite house smoked meat: pit ham, Carolina pulled pork, turkey, jalapeño sausage, pulled chicken, house smoked bourbon bacon, brisket (+$2), burnt ends ($+2). Comes with two sides and a corn muffin or Texas toast.
Two Meat BBQ Dinner
$16.95
Choose two of your favorite house smoked meats: pit ham, Carolina pulled pork, turkey, jalapeño sausage, pulled chicken, house smoked bourbon bacon, brisket (+$2), burnt ends ($+2). Comes with two sides and a corn muffin or Texas toast.
Brisket Platter
$24.95
Slow smoked sliced brisket, chopped brisket and smoky sweet bourbon glazed burnt ends.
Family Platters
1/2 Slab & Two Meat Dinner
$34.95
1/2 slab of baby back ribs and 2 house smoked meats, 4 sides and Corn Muffins or Texas Toast.
Iowa Platter
$29.95
Brisket, pulled chicken, pulled pork, jalapeno sausage and smoked bourbon bacon with 4 sides and Corn Muffins or Texas Toast.
Jethro's Biggest
Comes with one side.
The Jethro
$19.95
As seen on the "Food Network" | It is porktastic and ginormous. We start with our famous tenderloin and add Carolina style pulled pork, house smoked pit ham and a double order of thick slab bacon.
*The World Famous Adam Emmenecker
$35.95
As seen on "Man Vs. Food" | Pork tenderloin, angus steak burger, Texas brisket, bacon, fried cheese, buffalo chicken tenders and cheese sauce.
The Earl of Sandwich
Comes with one side | Add any Additional Meat or Bacon for +$3.00 | Add Coleslaw, Sauteed Onions or Mushrooms +$2.00
BBQ Sandwich
$10.95
Your favorite house slow smoked meat with choice of Texas Toast or Bun.
Brisket Bacon Melt
$16.95
New!
Texas brisket, slab bacon, Swiss and
American cheese, sauteed mushrooms
and onions on Texas toast with 1000
Island.
Boss Hog
$13.95
Pulled pork tossed in Jethro's BBQ sauce with Texas bacon, crispy onion strings and pepper jack cheese.
The “Better Homes & Gardens” Melt
$14.95
“Better Homes and Gardens” Magazine’s August 2009 Issue selected this melt as their favorite BBQ dish in Des Moines. “A unique combination of Swiss and American cheese melted on top of Carolina pulled pork and smoked turkey".
BBQ Melt
$13.95
Your favorite house slow smoked meat, served on Texas toast with melted Swiss and American cheese.
The Ragin' Cajun
$16.95
New | 1/2 pound blackened pork tenderloin, topped with pepper jack cheese, smoked pulled pork and spicy andouille sausage, all slathered in our Cajun Creole sauce.
Stockyard Special
$16.95
Sliced Texas brisket, burnt ends, caramelized onions, and cheddar bacon cheese on a toasted bun.
Other Vittles
Comes with one side.
Chicken Finger Grilled Cheese
$15.95
Three handbreaded all white meat chicken fingers smothered with ranch, crispy bacon, American and Swiss cheese on garlic parmesan Texas Toast.
The Ultimate BLT
$13.95
Triple decker style on Texas toast with slabs and slabs of bacon, crisp lettuce, juicy tomato and creamy mayo.
Pork Tenderloin
$13.95
Iowa’s favorite way to eat pork | Giant Iowa tenderloin pounded flat and fried crispy, served with onion and pickle.
Salmon Dinner
$19.95
Fresh fish and fun | Jessie Bob rubs Atlantic salmon with his magical spice and blackens the 6 oz. filet to perfection, served with two sides and choice of bread.
Roscoe's Buffalo Chicken Wrap
$14.95
Buffalo style boneless chicken wings, crisp lettuce, tomatoes, tossed in Blue Cheese or Ranch Dressing.
Green Stuff
Sally Sue Southwestern
$14.95
Smoked chicken, cheddar and jack cheeses, black bean corn salsa, pico, guacamole, and sour cream, with chipotle ranch dressing served in a crispy taco shell.
The Club Salad
$14.95
Crisp greens topped with smoked turkey, pit ham, bacon, tomatoes, cheddar and Swiss cheeses.
Cindy Sue's Southside Salad
$8.95
New | Crisp greens, tossed with creamy Italian dressing, pepperoncini, croutons and mozzarella cheese.
Soup
Jake’s Spicy BBQ Steak Chili
$5.95/Cup
$7.95/Bowl
Cheese, jalapenos and sour cream.
Bacon Potato Soup
$5.95/Cup
$7.95/Bowl
Rich and creamy, topped with sour cream and bacon bits
Sides
Campfire Baked Beans
Mashed Potatoes With Bacon Sausage Gravy
Mac & Cheese
Jalapeno Cream Corn
Cottage Cheese
Coleslaw
Potato Salad
Apple Sauce
Waffle Fries
Green Beans
Sweet Potato Fries
+$1.00
Side Salad
+$2.00
Fried Pickles
+$2.00
Onion Rings
+$2.00
BBQ Fries
+$5.00
Homemade Dessert
Jethro’s Bread Pudding
$6.95
Busters Big Chocolate Cake
$9.95
Chocolate Cake
$6.95/Half
Drinks
Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice
$5.00/Small
$7.00/Large
From Jethro’s own “Squeezerator".
Free local delivery with orders of $300 or more | Groups of 50 or more or groups with special requests may require 48 hour notice | Payment due at time of delivery | 25% Of your total bill will be charged if canceled less than 48 hours in advance | Service staff available at an additional charge.
Menu
Build Your Own Buffet Meal
$15.95/person
Choose two of your favorite slow smoked meats. Comes with two sides and choice of Texas Bread, Fresh Baked Buns or Corn Muffins.
Build Your Own Sandwich
$12.95/person
Choose your favorite slow smoked meat. Comes with one side and fresh baked buns.
Deluxe Meal
$17.95/person
Choose two of your favorite slow smoked meats. Comes with two sides, garden salad. Includes choice of Texas Bread, Fresh Baked Buns or Corn Muffins.
Jethro’s BBQ Buffet
$25.95/pp
Choose your favorite slow smoked meat. Comes with wings and baby back ribs. Includes choice of two sides, and Texas Bread, Fresh Baked Buns or Corn Muffins.
Slow Smoked Meats
Pulled Pork | Pulled Chicken | Shaved Smoked Turkey | Smoked Sausage | Shaved Pit Ham | Chopped or Sliced Texas Brisket (add +$3.00 per person)
Sides
Mac & Cheese | Campfire Baked Beans | Potato Salad | Green Beans | Coleslaw | Jalapeno Cream Corn | Mashed Potatoes with Gravy
Additional Choices
Substitute Texas Brisket $3 per person | Double the meat $6 per person | Extra Sides $3 per person | Upgrade to Premium Side $4 per person | Extra Premium Side $4 per person | Garden Salad $2 per person | Brownies or Cookies $2 per person | Corn Muffins $1 per person | Bottled Water $2 each | 20oz Bottle of Soda $3 | Disposable Chafing Dishes and Sternos $15.00 per set
Catering a la Carte
SLOW SMOKED MEATS:
Meats
$16.95/a pound
Pulled Chicken | Pulled Pork | Shaved Smoked Turkey | Smoked Sausage | Shaved Pit Ham | Chopped or Sliced Texas Brisket | add $5 per pound (One pound makes 3-4 sandwiches)
World Famous Baby Back Ribs
$30.95/full rack
Slow Smoked Wings
$39.95/25 wings
Boneless Wings
$32.95/1/2 pan
$64.95/full pan
SIDES:
$12.95/Quart
$24.95/1/2 Gallon
$39.95/Gallon
Quart (4-5ppl) / 1/2 Gallon (8-15ppl) / Gallon (16-25ppl)
Mac & Cheese
Campfire Baked Beans
Potato Salad
Green Beans
Coleslaw
Jalapeno Cream Corn
Mashed Potatoes with Bacon Sausage Gravy
PREMIUM SIDES:
$32.95/1/2 Gallon
$54.95/Gallon
BBQ Steak Chili
Red Beans & Rice
Red beans with andouille sausage, pit ham, and bacon over white rice.
SUPER PREMIUM SIDES
$44.95/1/2 Gallon
$64.95/Gallon
Jambalaya
Ripe plum tomatoes simmered down with smoked gulf shrimp, chicken, andouille sausage and white rice to make this spicy Creole creation.
Smokehouse Gumbo
A Cajun Classic. Start with dark roux and vegetables. Add jalapeno sausage, smoked chicken, and a pile of steaming rice.
Creole Pasta
Smoked chicken, spicy jalapeno sausage in creole cream sauce tossed with pigtail pasta, topped with parmesan cheese.
GARDEN SALAD:
Garden Salad
$21.95/half
$34.95/full
With Dressing | Half Salad serves 10-15 people | Full Salad serves 20-30 people.
BREAD:
Bread
Corn Muffins $1 per dozen | Buns $6.95 per pack of 8 | Texas Toast $6.95 per loaf | Slider Buns $6.95 per pack of 12
COOKIES OR BROWNIES:
Cookies or Brownies
$2.00/each
EXTRA:
Extra BBQ Sauce
$3.95/sm each
$5.95/lg each
BEVERAGES:
Bottle Soda
$3.00/20 oz. each
Bottled Water
$2.00/each
Disposable Chafing Dishes & Sternos
$15.00/per set
BBQ Buffet
$19.95 per person
Choice of Two Meats:
Pulled Pork | Pulled Chicken | Shaved Smoked Turkey | Shaved Pit Ham | Chopped Texas Brisket +$3.00/per person
Choice of Two Sides:
Campfire Baked Beans | Mac & Cheese | Mashed Potatoes & Gravy | Coleslaw | Jalapeno Creamed Corn | Green Beans | Potato Salad | Garden Salad +$2.00/per person
Choice of Sandwich:
Buns or Slider Buns
Choice of Cookies or Brownies
Corn Muffin with Butter & Honey
Wingtastic Buffet
$21.95 per person
Includes:
Slow-Smoked Traditional Wings
Tossed in your choice of sauce. Served with ranch and blue cheese dressing, carrots and celery.
Bubba's Boneless Wings
Tossed in your choice of sauce. Served with ranch and blue cheese dressing, carrots and celery.
Choose Two Sides:
Campfire Baked Beans | Mac & Cheese | Mashed Potatoes & Gravy | Coleslaw | Jalapeno Creamed Corn | Green Beans | Potato Salad
Fresh Garden Salad
With choice of two dressings.
Choice of Cookies or Brownies
Jethro's Ultimate Buffet
$22.95 per person
Choice of One Meat:
Pulled Pork | Pulled Chicken | Shaved Smoked Turkey | Shaved Pit Ham | Chopped Texas Brisket +$3.00 extra/per person
Boneless Wings
Tossed in your choice of sauce, served with ranch and blue cheese.
Choice of Two Sides:
Campfire Baked Beans | Mac & Cheese | Mashed Potatoes & Gravy | Coleslaw | Jalapeno Creamed Corn | Green Beans | Potato Salad
Fresh Garden Salad
With choice of two dressings.
Choice of Cookies or Brownies
Corn Muffin with Butter & Honey
Jethro's BBQ Favorites Buffet
$25.95 per person
Choice of One Meat:
Pulled Pork | Pulled Chicken | Shaved Smoked Turkey | Shaved Pit Ham | Chopped Texas Brisket +$3.00 extra/per person
Slow Smoked Traditional Wings
Tossed in your choice of sauce, served with ranch and blue cheese.
Sliced Pork Baby Back Ribs
Choice of Two Sides:
Campfire Baked Beans | Mac & Cheese | Mashed Potatoes & Gravy | Coleslaw | Jalapeno Creamed Corn | Green Beans | Potato Salad