Fixin’s First
Amazing Slow Smoked Wings
Hard wood smoked, fried to a crispy finish, tossed in your choice of sauces with a blue cheese or ranch dressing.
Bubba’s Boneless Wings
Tender white meat chicken soaked in buttermilk, lightly breaded, flash fried to a crispy finish and served with your choice of sauces for dippin.
Bayou Pickle Chips
$13.13
Thin sliced pickle chips soaked in buttermilk, lightly breaded, flash fried crispy and served with chipotle ranch for some real dippin’ fun.
Fried Cheese Squares
$13.69
Aged white cheddar with our special country coating, served warm and gooey with our double secret chipotle ranch.
Chicken Tenders
$17.44
Country fried chicken tenders, tossed in your choice of sauce or have it on the side for some real dippin’ fun.
Quesadillas
$17.44
Fresh flour tortillas, layered with cheese and smoked chicken, with pico, guacamole and sour cream.
6 Bones Jethro’s Rib Taster
$24.94
Jethro smokes them all day; then he pours on sweet Bourbon glaze and serves ‘em with fries.
Texas Bacon Burger Sliders
$18.75
House brisket burgers, topped with Texas bacon, American cheese and secret sauce.
Onion Rings
$13.69
Sweet onions hand cut, soaked in buttermilk, lightly breaded, flash fried and dusted in our famous rub.
Smoked Chicken Nachos
$18.69
Fresh fried corn chips dusted with secret spice smothered with white cheddar sauce and shredded cheeses, topped with house smoked chicken and finished with black bean corn salsa, fresh jalapenos, pico, guacamole and sour cream.
Waffle Fry Nachos
$19.94
Just like our smoked chicken nachos, but we substitute waffle fries smothered with white cheddar sauce and shredded cheeses topped with house smoked chicken and finished with black bean corn salsa, fresh jalapenos, pico, guacamole and sour cream.
Jethro's Wing Combo
23.69
Half order of Bubba's boneless wings and 5 slow smoked Jethro's wings, tossed in your choice of sauce with blue cheese or ranch dressing.
$Soup
Jake's Spicy BBQ Steak Chili
$9.94
Large bites of aged steak and smoked beans make this chili uniquely Jethro’ s. Topped with cheese, sour cream and fresh jalapenos.
Gramma's Potato Chowder
7.44
Thick and creamy topped with sour cream, cheddar cheese and a slice of bacon.
$Amazing House Smoked Meats
Jethro wakes at sunrise each morning and builds the fire with oak and hickory planks. Then he slowly smokes Iowa’s finest meats. Each dinner comes with two sides and a corn muffin or white bread.Baby Back Ribs Dinner for 1
1/2 lb. 1 Meat Dinner For 1
$19.94
2 Meat Dinner For 1
$21.19
1/4 lb each meat - 1/2 lb total.
Dinners for 2
$43.69
Choose 4 sides, 1/2 slab baby back ribs and 2 meats.
Brisket Platter
$31.19
Slow smoked sliced brisket, chopped brisket and smoky sweet burnt ends.
Ribs and Boneless Wings Combo
$34.94
Comes with 2 sides
Ribs and Burnt Ends Combo
$36.19
3 baby back and smoky sweet burnt ends.
Bi-Wingual Platter
15.95
Bubba’s boneless wings and 5 slow smoked Jethro’s wings.
$BBQ Sandwiches
BBQ Sandwich
$13.69
Pick one of your favorite house slow smoked meats with one side and your choice of white bread or a freshly baked bun. It comes plain, but you can get saucy at your table. Make it a melt for an additional charge.
Boss Hog Sandwich
$17.44
Pulled pork tossed in Jethro’s Secret BBQ sauce with Texas bacon, crispy onion strings and pepper jack cheese on a freshly baked bun.
Boss Chicken Sandwich
$15.75
Pulled chicken tossed in Jethro’s Secret BBQ sauce with bacon, crispy onion strings and cheddar cheese on a freshly baked bun.
Stockyard Special
$19.38
Sliced Texas brisket, burnt ends, caramelized onions, and cheddar bacon cheese on a toasted bun.
The Ragin' Cajun
18.69
1/2 pound blackened pork tenderloin, topped with pepper jack cheese, smoked pulled pork and andouille sausage, all slathered in our Cajun Creole sauce
$Jethro’s Biggest
The World Famous Adam Emmenecker
$44.94
Start with our huge pork tenderloin, add an Angus steak burger, top it with slabs of Texas brisket, applewood bacon, fried cheese and finished with Buffalo chicken tenders. Smother this mountain with melted cheddar cheese and white cheddar sauce. Served with your choice of side.
The Jethro
24.94
Chosen as Food Network’s Favorite Bacon bite and featured on Discovery Channel’s United States of bacon. This isn’t for everyone... It is pork stastic. It is ginormous. We start with our famous tenderloin Andbadd carolina style pulled pork, house smoked pit ham and a double order of thick slab bacon. Choose your side and then go for it, but remember. we warned you.
$Iowa Premium Beef Thick Burger
1/2 lb. Angus steak burger, sourced locally with choice of side.Papa’s Burgers
$18.69
We always start with a fresh ground 1/2 lb. Angus steak patty, grilled to perfection. Choose your favorite cheese; We’ll bring the lettuce, onion, tomato and pickle.
Double Up Burgers
$18.13
A fresh ground 1/2 lb. Angus steak patty, topped with chopped Texas brisket, sauteed mushrooms and onions, melted cheddar cheese and cheese sauce.
Bacon Grilled Cheese Burger
$20.63
A fresh ground 1/2 lb. Angus steak patty, with 3 strips of bacon and American cheese with yummy garlic Parmesan Texas toast.
BBQ Bulldog Burger
$20.00
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 Juicy Jethro
19.38
1/2 pound cheese stuffed pork patty, topped with caramelized onions, pickles, and Jethro's Secret BBQ Sauce
$The Melts
Comes with 1 side.Better Homes and Gardens Melt
$18.13
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 cheeses melted on top of Carolina pulled pork and smoked turkey.
The Des Moines Melt
$19.38
Triple Decker of pit smoked ham, pork belly and bacon. Served on grilled Texas toast with melted cheddar and American cheese.
Brisket Bacon Melt
19.38
Texas brisket, bacon, Swiss cheese, sauteed mushrooms and onions on griddled rye toast with 1000 island dressing.
$Sandwiches and Vittles
Comes with 1 side.Texas Dip Sandwich
$19.38
No French spoken here! Chopped Texas brisket, smothered with melted Swiss cheese, topped with sweet bourbon glazed onions with a side of BBQ jus for dippin.
Roscoe’s Buffalo Chicken Wrap
$18.69
Buffalo boneless wings, crisp lettuce, tomatoes and blue cheese or ranch dressing all wrapped up in a fresh flour tortilla.
Pork Tenderloin
$17.44
It’s as big as the plate! Pounded flat, fried crispy and served on a toasted bun with onion and pickles.
The Big Club Sandwich
$19.94
Piled high with smoked pit ham, hickory smoked turkey and thick slab bacon on Texas toast with Swiss and cheddar cheeses, lettuce, tomato and mayo.
Crispy Chicken Sandwich
$14.50
Tossed in Jethro’s secret breading and served on a toasted bun with lettuce, tomato, creamy mayo and bread and butter pickles.
The Big Clucker Sandwich
$17.00
Chicken breast coated in Jethro’s secret breading and tossed with buffalo sauce, topped with blue cheese and bacon. Served on a toasted bun with lettuce, tomato and bread and butter pickles.
BBQ Burrito
18.69
Jumbo tortilla stuffed with southwestern rice, grilled onions and green peppers, pulled pork, brisket, black bean salsa, pico, guacamole, and queso. Served with a side of house salsa.
$Jethors Charrgrilled Steaks and Chops
These steaks are corn fed, Iowa raised, USDA choice meat, chargrilled to perfection in our Jethro’ s fire machine.The heat sears in the juices and flavors.All of our steaks are seasoned with black pepper and salt.Comes with 2 sides and a corn muffin or white bread.Add sauteed onions or mushrooms for an additional charge.Jethro only serves Iowa premium beef for his steaks.12 oz. Sirloin
$21.95
The texture and taste of this meat is Jethro’s flavorite.
16 oz. Ribeye
$39.94
This is the tastiest and juiciest steak Jethro can fix ya. He cuts it by the lb.
State Fair Pork Chop
This is the same pork chop on a stick that you will find next to the Ye Old Mill at the Iowa State Fair. Tender, succulent, juicy center cut pork chop and grilled and basted with our BBQ glaze.
Stuffed Pork Chop
$21.19
This thick chop is pulled off the campfire and then stuffed with Jethro’s secret, rich and country style dressing and smothered in gravy.
Fresh Atlantic Salmon
$24.94
Hand cut and chargrilled. Comes with 2 sides a corn muffin or white bread.
Beer Battered Catfish
21.19
Fresh from the creek not the Skunk River. 2 large beer battered filets fried crispy. Served with tartar sauce, lemon and choice of 2 sides and a corn muffin or white bread.
$Greens Stuff
Sally Sue Southwestern Salad
$18.69
Crisp greens, topped with smoked chicken, cheddar and Jack cheeses, black bean corn salsa, pico, guacamole, sour cream and tossed in our double secret chipotle ranch served in a crispy taco shell.
Becky Sue’s Crispy BBQ Chicken Salad
$18.69
Crisp greens, tossed with tangy honey mustard dressing topped with our country fried boneless chicken coated in our Jethro’s BBQ sauce, tomatoes, onions and shredded cheese.
From the Garden Salad
$11.19
Crisp greens, tossed with your choice of dressing, tomatoes, croutons and cheese.
From the Garden Side Salad
7.44
$Homemade Dessert
Buster’s Big Chocolate Cake
Layers of fudgey, gooey delight.
Warm Chocolate Chip Cookie
5.95
Topped with vanilla ice cream and hot fudge.
$Soft Drinks
Pepsi
$2.50
Diet Pepsi
$2.50
Mountain Dew
$2.50
Diet Mountain Dew
$2.50
Sierra Mist
$2.50
Dr Pepper
$2.50
Mug Root Beer
$2.50
Tropicana Lemonade
$2.50
Ice Tea
$2.50
Hot Tea
$2.50
Coffee
$2.50
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