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Claxon's Smokehouse & Grill
3131 8th St SW
Altoona, IA 50009
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Main Menu
Appetizers
Buffalo Chips
$6.99
a big basket of house made chips cooked to order and sprinkled with our own special seasoned salt and served with our buffalo ranch dipping sauce
Burnt End Wedge
$11.99
(when available) an eight ounce wedge of the smokiest, crunchiest, most excellent burnt end of beef brisket, served with parmesan toast and our very own orange voo-doo sauce
Taquitos
$8.99
back by popular demand! smoked chicken, bell pepper and cheddar cheese rolled in a flour tortilla and fried to order, served with Claxon's red salsa and sour cream
Spicy Pub Pickles
$7.99
lightly breaded pickle spears, deep-fried to a golden brown, served with ranch dressing for dipping
Tobacco Onion Rings
lightly breaded, thinly sliced onions piled high as the sky, served with a side of Claxon's chipotle-chile ketchup
- $7.99
- Half Order $5.99
Smoked Chicken Wings
our chicken wings are smoked for hours then tossed with Claxon's own "Creeper" sauce, Claxon's milder honey BBQ sauce or KC sweet heat sauce and sided with our homemade bleu cheese or ranch dressing
gluten-free
- 1/2 Pound $6.99
- Full Pound $11.99
Chili Cheese Fries
KABOOM!! a heaping helping of Claxon's amazing french fries topped with a load of our famous smokehouse brisket chili and melted cheddar jack cheese
gluten-free
- $8.99
- Just Cheese Fries $5.99
Smoked Cheese Sticks
$7.99
we take a brick of pepperjack cheese, cold smoke it, then make it into our own smokey, spicy cheese sticks, served with homemade marinara sauce
Smoked BBQ Nachos
fresh fried corn tortilla chips piled high with our award winning pulled pork, chopped sauced brisket (add $1) pulled smoked chicken, black olives, tomatoes, jalapeños, jack and cheddar cheese, served with Claxon's homemade red salsa and sour cream on the side
gluten-free
- $12.99
- Veggie Nachos $9.99
Boursin Stuffed Mushrooms
$9.99
large mushrooms reduced in beef stock then stuffed with our homemade boursin cheese, broiled to a creamy golden brown and served with smoked au jus and parmesan toast
Caesars & Soups
Southwestern Chicken Salad Caesar
$12.99
our caesar salad topped with homemade smoked chicken salad prepared with a chipotle peppered mayo, sweet but snappy
Grilled Salmon Caesar
$13.99
fresh crisp romaine lettuce, fresh parmesan cheese, tomatoes and bermuda onions, topped with oak grilled salmon, served with parmesan toast
Caesar Salad
$7.99
a large salad with crisp romaine lettuce, fresh parmesan cheese, tomatoes, bermuda onion and parmesan toast
Brisket Chili
Claxon's slow smoked brisket and ground beef with spices mixed into a hearty delicious chili
- Cup $3.99
- Bowl $5.99
Soup of the Day
ask your server about today's homemade featured soup
- Cup $2.99
- Bowl $4.99
Grilled Chicken Caesar
$12.99
our caesar salad topped with Claxon's seasoned chicken breast grilled over oak and hickory, fresh parmesan, tomatoes and parmesan toast, served plain, lemon pepper or cajun style
Crispy Chicken Salad
$10.99
a bed of romaine lettuce topped with crispy breaded chicken breast, parmesan cheese, tomato, bermuda onion and parmesan toast
Brisket Chili & Corn Bread
$7.99
a large bowl of Claxon's delicious brisket chili, served with a heaping helping of our own okra corn bread and jalapeño butter
Soup and Salad
a bowl of our homemade soup and a small
- Dinner Salad $6.99
- Caesar Salad $7.99
- Chili Add
- $1.00
Award Winners
Split meals $3 charge. Listed below are rubbed and smoked in house and grilled over hickory and oak, some of the world's best, right here in your own backyard
State Champ Baby Back Ribs
voted as "one of the top 100 items to eat in Iowa before you die" by the Des Moines Register hand rubbed and slowly smoked to perfection
gluten-free
- Half Rack with One Side $16.99
- Half Rack with Two Sides $18.99
- Full Rack with One Side $24.99
- Full Rack with Two Sides $26.99
Smoked Prime Rib*
tender prime slowly smoked over hickory and oak, with smoked au jus and our horsey sauce
gluten-free
- (Fourteen Ounce) with One Side $24.99
- (Fourteen Ounce) with Two Sides $26.99
Cajun Grilled Prime Rib*
fourteen ounce cajun grilled prime rib, smoked and basted with butter and cajun seasoning, then grilled over real oak wood
gluten-free
- With One Side $25.99
- With Two Sides $27.99
Monster Champ Pork Loin
the same bone-in loin that won first prize at the World Pork Expo smoked with hickory, oak and Claxon's "Black Gold", cut to order
gluten-free
- With One Side $16.99
- With Two Sides $18.99
Smokehouse Dinners & Combos (Gluten Free)
mix or match any of our award winning hickory smoked, white oak grilled meats
Pulled Pork
- 2 Meats with 1 Side $12.99
- 2 Meats with 2 Sides $14.99
- 3 Meats with 1 Side $15.99
- 3 Meats with 2 Sides $17.99
Cajun Smoked Chicken Quarter
- 2 Meats with 1 Side $12.99
- 2 Meats with 2 Sides $14.99
- 3 Meats with 1 Side $15.99
- 3 Meats with 2 Sides $17.99
Sliced Beef Brisket
- 2 Meats with 1 Side $13.99
- 2 Meats with 2 Sides $15.99
- 3 Meats with 1 Side $16.99
- 3 Meats with 2 Sides $18.99
Chopped Sauced Brisket
- 2 Meats with 1 Side $13.99
- 2 Meats with 2 Sides $15.99
- 3 Meats with 1 Side $16.99
- 3 Meats with 2 Sides $18.99
Andouille Sausage
- 2 Meats with 1 Side $12.99
- 2 Meats with 2 Sides $14.99
- 3 Meats with 1 Side $15.99
- 3 Meats with 2 Sides $17.99
Smoked Turkey
- 2 Meats with 1 Side $12.99
- 2 Meats with 2 Sides $14.99
- 3 Meats with 1 Side $15.99
- 3 Meats with 2 Sides $17.99
Double Smoked Ham
- 2 Meats with 1 Side $12.99
- 2 Meats with 2 Sides $14.99
- 3 Meats with 1 Side $15.99
- 3 Meats with 2 Sides $17.99
Mambo Combo
any four of our smoked meats and 1/4 rack of our award winning loin back ribs
gluten-free
- With One Side $22.99
- With Two Sides $24.99
Ribs & Smoked Meats
any two of our smoked meats and 1/4 rack of our award winning loin back ribs
gluten-free
- With One Side $17.99
- With Two Sides $19.99
Burnt Ends Dinner*
(when available) this is the real deal! cut to order right off the brisket cap... large cubes of burnt ends lightly grilled and drizzled with our black gold rub... this meal is the pinnacle of BBQ (caution: if you don't like some fat, do not order this meal!)
gluten-free
- With One Side $16.99
- With Two Sides $18.99
Side Orders
Mac's Mac & Cheese
$3.79Potato Salad
$2.79
gluten-free
Fried Corn
$2.79BBQ Baked Beans
$2.79
gluten-free
Sauteed Zucchini
$2.79
gluten-free
Skillet Green Beans
$2.79
w/garlic and olive oil
SW Pasta Salad
$2.79Cole Slaw
$2.79
gluten-free
Cup of Soup
$2.79- Chili Add
- $1.00
Cottage Cheese
$2.79
gluten-free
Okra Cornbread
$2.79
w/ jalapeño honey butter
House Fries
$2.79
gluten-free
French Fries
$2.79
gluten-free
Jalapeño Black-Eyed Peas
$2.79
gluten-free
Boursin Mashed Potatoes
$2.79
after 4pm
gluten-free
Baked Potato
$2.79
after 4pm
gluten-free
Baked Sweet Potato
baked sweet potato smothered in butter, topped with Claxon's brown sugar rub... after 4pm
gluten-free
- With a Meal $1.00
- On Its Own $3.00
House Salad
$2.79
mixed greens with choice of dressing: raspberry vinaigrette, ranch, creamy caesar (house), fat free italian, homemade 1000 island, french, honey dijon and, homemade bleu cheese ($0.50 extra)
gluten-free
- Add Crumbled Bleu Cheese for (Extra)
- $1.00
Entrees
try our baked sweet potato served with butter and Claxon's brown sugar rub ~ with any entree $1 extra
Cajun Grilled Flank Steak*
cajun seasoned flank steak, hand cut and oak grilled to order, served with Claxon's red salsa and a grilled flour tortilla
- With One Side $15.99
- With Two Sides $17.99
Top Sirloin*
thick and juicy twelve ounce lowa raised sirloin hand cut and grilled over white oak, served cajun seasoned, rubbed or plain
gluten-free
- With One Side $17.99
- With Two Sides $19.99
Iow's Oen Chop
the t-bone or pork ~ a ginormous hand-cut portion of pure lowa corn fed pork grilled to order over oak ~ a sixteen ounce taste extravaganza
gluten-free
- With One Side $13.99
- With Two Sides $15.99
Ribeye*
Iowa raised fourteen ounce ribeye hand cut and grilled over hickory and oak, served cajun seasoned, rubbed or plain
gluten-free
- With One Side $22.99
- With Two Sides $24.99
Oak Grilled Chicken
simple but classic, boneless, skinless chicken breast, oak wood grilled and basted with Claxon's bourbon brown sugar glaze
gluten-free
- With One Side $10.99
- With Two Sides $12.99
Mac's Mac & Cheese
$12.99
made to order and OMG Awesome! pigtail pasta tossed with our very own Vermont white cheddar cheese sauce, then sprinkled with crumbled cheddar jack and parmesan cheeses, served with one side dish and parmesan toast
- Add Smoked Chicken, Andouille Sausage or Double Smoked Ham for
- $3.00
Smokehouse Taco
Claxon's slow smoked meats, choice of smoked chopped brisket (add $1), pulled pork or pulled smoked chicken, placed in an eight inch, grilled flour tortilla with fresh cabbage, tomatoes, bermuda onion, cilantro, jack and cheddar cheese with Claxon's red salsa and sour cream
- With One Side $10.99
- With Two Sides $12.99
Baja Fish Taco
fresh light white fish dusted with Claxon's blackening rub and grilled over oak wood, served in an eight inch flour tortilla with fresh cabbage, tomatoes, bermuda onion, cilantro, jack and cheddar cheese with Claxon's red salsa and sour cream
- With One Side $10.99
- With Two Sides $12.99
Southern Fried Catfish
a ten ounce farm raised catfish fillet, corn meal breaded and southern fried, served with lemon and homemade tartar sauce
- With One Side $13.99
- With Two Sides $15.99
Oak Grilled Salmon Fillet
eight ounce oak grilled salmon fillet with a bourbon and brown sugar glaze
gluten-free
- With One Side $13.99
- With Two Sides $15.99
Smoked Sandwiches
Choose any of our 5 award winning hickory smoked and white oak grilled meats, served on a toasted kaiser bun. Gluten free buns available upon request add $0.50. Now Add Favorite Toppings: Cheese: american, mozzarella, swiss, pepperjack, cheddar $0.75 each; bacon, sauteed onions, mushrooms $1 each
Pulled Pork
- With One Side $9.99
- With Two Sides $11.99
Beef Brisket
- With One Side $9.99
- With Two Sides $11.99
Chopped Sauced Brisket
- With One Side $9.99
- With Two Sides $11.99
Smoked Turkey*
- With One Side $8.99
- With Two Sides $10.99
Double Smoked Ham*
- With One Side $8.99
- With Two Sides $10.99
Speciality Sandwiches
Gluten free buns available upon request add $0.50. Add Favorite Toppings: Cheese: american, mozzarella, swiss, pepperjack, cheddar $0.75 each; bacon, sauteed onions, mushrooms $1 each; Crumbled bleu cheese $1 extra
The Three Pigs
watch out big bad wolf! we have a Joe's breaded pork tenderloin, four strips of hickory smoked bacon and a generous portion of our pulled pork!, served on a large toasted kaiser with all the fixins
- With One Side $14.99
- With Two Sides $16.99
Prime Rib Sandwich*
ten ounce smoked prime rib cut to order, served on toast points with horsey sauce and au jus
- With One Side $14.99
- With Two Sides $16.99
Catfish Po Boy
an eight ounce farm raised catfish fillet, dredged in seasoned corn meal then southern fried and topped with Claxon's spicy cajun slaw
- With One Side with One Side $11.99
- With Two Sides $13.99
Claxon's Cuban
smoked pork loin topped with sliced ham, red onion, mustard, mayo, pickle and jack cheese, panini grilled (no substitutions)
- With One Side $11.99
- With Two Sides $13.99
Cajun Pork Tenderloin
unbreaded cajun pork tenderloin, grilled over oak wook, it's so tasty, tasty, tasty!
- With One Side $9.99
- With Two Sides $11.99
Cajun Chili Dog
a big ol' cajun andouille sausage, oak grilled and loaded with our famous brisket chili and colby jack cheese
- With One Side $8.99
- With Two Sides $10.99
Prime Rib or Chicken Philly
thinly sliced, smoked prime rib or pulled chicken loaded into a hoagie bun, topped with sautéed onions, green peppers and pepperjack cheese
- With One Side $10.99
- With Two Sides $12.99
Sw Chicken Salad
smoked chicken with apples, celery, red onion and bell peppers mixed with Claxon's sweet chipotle peppered mayo, served on a toasted kaiser bun
- With One Side $9.99
- With Two Sides $11.99
Joe's Pork Tenderloin
a twelve ounce monster pork tenderloin hand breaded and seasoned by "the man"
- With One Side $10.99
- With Two Sides $12.99
Cajun Grilled Chicken
our cajun seasoned, boneless, skinless chicken breast, grilled over oak wood, served on a kaiser bun
- With One Side $9.99
- With Two Sides $11.99
Burgers
add your favorite toppings: cheese: american, mozzarella, swiss, pepperjack, cheddar $0.75 each; bacon, sautéed onions, mushrooms, horseradish cheddar $1 each; crumbled bleu cheese $1
The Burger (Build Your Own)*
big ol' half pound of lean Iowa beef grilled over oak, served on a toasted kaiser bun with all the fixin's
- With One Side $10.99
- With Two Sides $12.99
Buckaroo Burger*
"the burger" with cheddar cheese, bacon, onion rings and BBQ sauce served on a toasted kaiser bun
- With One Side $11.99
- With Two Sides $13.99
Rarebit Burger*
"the burger" smothered in our homemade rarebit cheese sauce and served on a toasted kaiser bun
- With One Side $10.99
- With Two Sides $12.99
Vegetarian Burger
oak grilled southwestern black bean burger ready to pile high with all the fixin's
- With One Side $10.99
- With Two Sides $12.99
Beverages
ask your server about our nightly drink specials
Iced Tea
$2.79
free refills
Lemonade
$2.79
free refills
Milk
$2.79Coffee
$2.79
free refills
Soda
$2.79
free refills
Juice
- (per can) $3.29
Desserts
Fresh Banana Pie
$3.99
Mama Mac's own soda cracker crust, fresh bananas and hand whipped cream... refreshing and light
Good Ol' Chocolate Cake
$5.99
moist and tender with a velvety smooth frosting! more than enough to share! (You won't want to)
Lemon Sunshine Cake
$5.99
bright and fresh as a brisk spring morning soft lemon cake with a tart and sweet lemon frosting
Turtle Cheesecake
$5.99
New York style with pecans, chocolate and caramel, after this, you won't be feeling like ninja, you'll be feeling like a nap
Kid's Menu
served with a small drink and your choice of smiles potatoes or any side
Grilled Cheese
$5.99Mini Burger
$5.99Chicken Strips
$5.99Mini Corn Dogs
$5.99Dino Bones (Pork Ribs)
$6.99Mac's Mac & Cheese
$5.99
*Indicates items may be cooked to order. Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness
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About Us
Claxons Smokehouse and Grill has been in business for over 15 years now. Our first location is pictured to the left. We have been serving quality award winning barbeque the whole time. Our catering should always be in your mind for your next big event. Our menus have changed over time, but the smoked food is still the best in town. We also offer a full bar and a good time to go along with it. We hope to see you soon!