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Jethro’s BBQ n’ Bacon Bacon
1480 22nd St.
West Des Moines, IA 50266
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Main Menu
Fixin's First
Jethro's House Made Sauces: Jethro's Original, Georgia Mustard, Carolina, Alabama White, Garlic Parmesan, BBQ Rub, Buffalo, Chili Teriyaki, Hot BBQ, HOT!! Buffalo, Raspberry Habanero and Ghost
Amazing Slow Smoked Wings
Hardwood smoked, flash fried to a crispy finish, tossed in your choice of sauces along with blue cheese or ranch dressing
- 10 Wings $13.95
- 20 Wings $25.95
- Add All Drummies or Wingies Per 10
- $2.00
Bayou Pickle Chips
$7.95
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
$8.95
Aged white cheddar with our special country coating, served warm and gooey with our double secret chipotle ranch
Chicken Tenders
$9.95
Country fried chicken tenders, tossed in your choice of sauce, or have it on the side for some real dippin' fun
Smoked Chicken Nachos
$10.95
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
Tator Tot Nachos
$11.95
Just like our Original Nachos, but we substitute tator tots and chorizo, smothered with white cheddar sauce and shredded cheeses, topped with black bean corn salsa, fresh jalapenos, pico, guacamole and sour cream
Quesadillas
$8.95
Fresh flour tortillas, layered with cheese and smoked chicken, with pico, guacamole and sour cream
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'
- Half $9.95
- Full $12.95
Texas Bacon Burger Sliders
$10.95
House brisket burgers, topped with Texas bacon, American cheese and secret sauce
Onion Rings
$8.95
Sweet onions hand cut, soaked in buttermilk, lightly breaded, flash fried and dusted in our famous rub
Bucket of Bacon
Jethro's hickory smoked bacon, griddled crispy and stacked high
- 10 Strips $5.95
Jethro's Bacon Wrapped Rib Taster (4 Bones)
$10.95
Jethro smokes them all day and lathers on sweet bourbon glaze
Soup
Jake's Spicy BBQ Steak Chili
$5.95
Large bites of aged steak and smoked beans make this chili uniquely Jethro's. Topped with cheese, sour cream and fresh jalapenos
Bacon Potato
$5.95
Hearty and heartwarming, served with 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. Pulled pork, all white meat pulled chicken, smoked kielbasa, turkey (carved or shaved), pit ham (carved or shaved), pork belly (+$1), brisket (+$1) (sliced or chopped); Add a 1/4 pound of Jethro's amazing house smoked meats + $4
Brisket Platter
$18.95
Slow smoked sliced brisket, chopped brisket & smoky sweet burnt ends
Ribs and Wings Combo
$18.95
Three baby back ribs & 5 wings
Ribs and Burnt Ends Combo
$17.95
Three baby back ribs, and smoky sweet burnt ends
Bi-Wingual Platter
$15.95
Bubba's boneless wings and 5 slow smoked Jethro's wings
Dinners for 1
Full Slab Baby Back Ribs
$24.951/2 Slab Baby Back Ribs
$17.951 Meat (1/2 Lb)
$11.952 Meats
$13.95
1/4 lb each meat = 1/2 lb total
BBQ Sandwiches
BBQ Sandwiches
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
- $8.95
- Make It a Melt $10.95
- Add Coleslaw
- $1.00
- Add Additional Meat or Bacon
- $2.00
Boss Hog
$11.95
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
$11.95
All white meat pulled chicken tossed in Jethro's Secret BBQ sauce with bacon, crispy onion strings and cheddar cheese on a freshly baked bun
Made From Scratch Side Dishes
Campfire Baked Beans
Mashed Potatoes
with country gravy
Mac and Cheese
Jalapeno Cream Corn
Cottage Cheese
Coleslaw
Apple Sauce
Green Beans
Waffle Fries
Tator Tots
Hashbrowns
Sweet Potato Fries
+$1
Tator Tot Casserole
+$1
Side Salad
+$2
Fried Pickles
+$2
Onion Rings
+$2
Cup of Chili or Bacon Potato
+$2
Made To Order Omelets
Served with hashbrowns or tots, and choice of toast (white, wheat, marble rye, biscuit or English muffin)
Triple Bacon Bacon
$11.95
Jethro's Triple Bacon crumbles with Canadian bacon, bacon and American cheese
Bulldog
$10.95
Texas brisket, sauteed onions and peppers, topped with aged cheddar cheese
The Piglet
$10.95
Pit ham, American and white cheddar cheese sauce
The Denver
$10.95
Pit ham, aged cheddar cheese, sauteed onions and peppers
Create Your Own Omelet
$10.95
Choose up to four of your favorite Jethro's ingredients from our list of toppers and create the ultimate omelet. Ingredient: Bacon, Pulled Chicken, Breakfast Sausage, Canadian Bacon, Chorizo, Kielbasa, Pit Ham, Pulled Pork, Smoked Turkey, Texas Brisket, Triple Bacon, Crumbles, Green Pepper, Guacamole, Hashbrowns, Jalapenos, Roasted Red Pepper, Sauteed Mushrooms, Sauteed Onions, Pico, Tomato, Hollandaise, Sour Cream, American Cheese, Cheddar Cheese, Cheese Sauce, Mac & Cheese, Pepper Jack, Swiss Cheese
- Add Extra Additional Ingredient (Each)
- $0.95
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)
Triple Bacon Bacon*
$11.95
Bacon, Canadian Bacon, Jethro's Triple Bacon crumbles and American cheese
Southwest*
$11.95
Chorizo, shredded cheese, guacamole, sour cream and pico
Jake*
$11.95
Jethro's World Famous Texas brisket, pepper jack cheese, sauteed mushrooms and onions
Des Moines*
$11.95
Topped with slab bacon, breakfast sausage, and pit ham. Then we smother 'em with cheddar cheese
Create Your Own Skillet*
$11.95
Choose up to four of your favorite Jethro's ingredients from our list of toppers and create the ultimate skillet. Ingredient: Bacon, Pulled Chicken, Breakfast Sausage, Canadian Bacon, Chorizo, Kielbasa, Pit Ham, Pulled Pork, Smoked Turkey, Texas Brisket, Triple Bacon, Crumbles, Green Pepper, Guacamole, Hashbrowns, Jalapenos, Roasted Red Pepper, Sauteed Mushrooms, Sauteed Onions, Pico, Tomato, Hollandaise, Sour Cream, American Cheese, Cheddar Cheese, Cheese Sauce, Mac & Cheese, Pepper Jack, Swiss Cheese
- Add Extra Additional Ingredient (Each)
- $0.95
Breakfast Vittles
Breakfast Quesadillas
$9.95
Flour tortilla layered with cheese, scrambled eggs and your choice of kielbasa, pulled pork, bacon, chorizo or sausage, with guacamole, sour cream and pico on the side
- Add Hashbrowns For
- $1.95
The Cowboy Breakfast*
$12.95
A full half pound of our famous Texas brisket and two extra large eggs (any style). Comes with hashbrowns and your choice of toast
Biscuits and Bacon Sausage Gravy Breakfast*
$8.95
With two extra large eggs (any style) This is delicious gravy
- Add Hashbrowns For
- $1.95
French Toast
$8.95
Thick cut bread, hand dipped in Jethro's own vanilla cinnamon batter. Grilled and served with your choice of meat. Yummy!!!
- Add Hashbrowns For
- $1.95
- Add Jethro's Bacon Butter
- $1.00
- Add Jethro's Famous Apple Bacon Topping
- $2.00
Eggs Benedict*
$12.95
Grilled Canadian bacon on a fresh, toasted English muffin and topped with soft poached eggs and hollandaise sauce. Served with hashbrowns or tator tots
The Jethro Burrito
$10.95
Scrambled eggs with chorizo, pico, guacamole and sour cream, topped with cheddar cheese sauce. Comes with hashbrowns
Game Day Breakfast*
$13.95
Our made from scratch biscuits and bacon sausage gravy, Texas style hashbrowns, topped with spicy chili, cheese and sour cream. Finished with three eggs (any style)
Papa's Breakfast*
$9.95
Two extra large eggs (any style), your choice of meat and either buttermilk pancakes or French toast
- Add Hashbrowns For
- $1.95
Grandma's Breakfast*
$6.95
Two extra large eggs (any style) with your favorite side of meat and your choice of toast
- Add Hashbrowns For
- $1.95
Pancakes
Served with your choice of meat (bacon, sausage patty, pit ham or kielbasa). (Add hashbrowns for $1.95)
Buttermilk
$8.95
Three of Grandma's made from scratch, large buttermilk pancakes, griddled hot and piled high
- Add Jethro's Bacon Butter
- $1.00
- Add Jethro's Famous Apple Bacon Topping For
- $2.00
- Add Blueberries
- $1.00
- Add Chocolate Chips
- $1.00
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
$9.95
Three of Grandma's made from scratch, large buttermilk pancakes loaded with big chunks of chocolate chip cookie dough, griddled hot and piled high
The Elvis Presley Peanut Butter Bacon Banana
$11.95
Priscilla stirs in chunks of bacon and banana in her famous buttermilk batter, griddles 'em hot and piles 'em 3 high, then tops 'em with Jethro's yummy peanut butter sauce
Jethro's Biggest
The World Famous Adam Emmenecker*
$24.95
(As seen on Man Vs. Food) Take the challenge today! The Missouri Valley Conference's "Most Valuable Player of 2008" loves this sandwich. It's big... "really big"... just like all of those "really big" shots Adam sank in the Bulldog's magical MVC Championship Season of 2008. Start with our huge pork tenderloin, add an Angus steak burger, top it with slabs of Texas brisket, apple wood bacon, fried cheese and finished with buffalo chicken tenders. Smother this mountain with melted cheddar cheese and white cheddar sauce, with your choice of side. This could hurt you! A sandwich fit for the MVP. All "Emmenecker Challenge" attempts must be made with waffle fries
The Jethro
$16.95
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 porktastic. It is 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. Choose your side and then go for it, but remember... we warned you
The Triple Bacon Burger*
$13.95
Two patties of Jethro's signature blend of fresh ground Angus beef and smokehouse bacon, grilled juicy. Add thick slab bacon, Canadian bacon and American cheese; we'll bring the pickles
Lowa Premium Beef Thick Burgers
1/2 pound Angus steak burger, sourced locally with choice of side. Add your favorite cheese (American, cheddar, Swiss or pepper jack) +$1, Add coleslaw, sauteed onions or mushrooms +$1, Add additional meat or bacon +$2
Papa's*
$10.95
We always start with a fresh ground 1/2 pound Angus steak patty, grilled to perfection. Choose your favorite cheese; we'll bring the lettuce, onion, tomato and pickle
Double Up*
$12.95
A fresh ground 1/2 pound Angus steak patty, topped with chopped Texas brisket, sauteed mushrooms and onions, melted cheddar cheese and cheese sauce
Bacon Grilled Cheese*
$12.95
A fresh ground 1/2 pound Angus steak patty, with three strips of bacon and American cheese with yummy garlic parmesan Texas toast
BBQ Burger*
$11.95
A fresh ground 1/2 pound Angus steak patty, topped with pulled pork tossed in Jethro's Secret BBQ sauce, pepper jack cheese and crispy onion strings on a freshly baked bun
Bacon Bacon Treats
Each sandwich comes with one side
The Ultimate BLT
$9.95
Triple decker style on Texas toast with slabs and slabs of bacon, crisp lettuce, juicy tomato and creamy mayonnaise
The Big Club
$12.95
Piled high with house smoked pit ham, hickory turkey and thick slab bacon on Texas toast with Swiss and cheddar cheeses, lettuce, tomato and mayo
Blackened Salmon Sandwich
$12.95
Jessie Bob rubs Atlantic salmon with his magical spice and blackens the 6 oz filet to perfection, dressed with lettuce, tomato, onion and tartar sauce
Bacon Billy Wrap
$10.95
Buffalo style boneless chicken wings with creamy bacon bacon sauce, crisp lettuce, tomato and shredded cheese
Other Vittles'
eats, treats and specialties
Southern Salmon
$16.95
Fresh, Cajun blackened or seared. Comes with two sides, and a corn muffin or toasted bread
Pork Tenderloin
$9.95
It's as big as the plate! Pounded flat, fried crispy and served on a toasted bun with onion and pickles and choice of one side
Texas Dip
$10.95
No French spoken here! Chopped Texas brisket smothered with melted Swiss cheese, topped with caramelized onions, with your choice of side and some BBQ jus for dippin'
"Better Homes & Gardens" Melt
$11.95
"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 cheeses melted on top of Carolina pulled pork and smoked turkey"
Brisket Bacon Melt
$11.95
Texas brisket, bacon, Swiss cheese, sauteed mushrooms and onions on griddled rye toast with 1000 island dressing and choice of side
Green Stuff
Jethro's House Made Dressings: Creamy Bacon Bacon, Blue Cheese, Ranch, Chipotle Ranch, French, Honey Mustard, 1000 Island, Fat Free Italian
Sally Sue Southwestern
$11.95
Crisp greens, topped with smoked chicken, cheddar and Jack cheeses, black bean corn salsa, guacamole, pico, sour cream and tossed in our double secret chipotle ranch, served in a crispy taco shell
The Club Salad
$11.95
Crisp greens tossed with house smoked turkey, pit ham, bacon, tomatoes, cheddar and Swiss cheeses. With your choice of dressing
From the Garden
Crisp greens, tossed with your choice of dressing, tomatoes, croutons and cheese
- $6.95
- Side Salad $4.50
- Add Salmon $8.95
Homemade Desserts
Chocolate Covered Bacon
- Single Slice $4.00
- Bucket (4 Slices) $11.95
Bacon Ice Cream
$3.00
Huge Scoop
Buster's Big Chocolate Cake
Layers of fudgey, gooey delight
- $8.95
- 1/2 Piece $5.95
Iowa Ice Cream Sandwich
$4.00
Sweet corn cookie filled with bacon ice cream
Soft Drinks
Pepsi
Diet Pepsi
Mtn Dew
Diet Mtn Dew
Sierra Mist
Dr Pepper
Mug Root Beer
Lemonade Tropicana
Ice Tea
$2.50
Jethro gives free refills on all soft drinks
Hot Tea
$2.50
Jethro gives free refills on all soft drinks
Coffee
$2.50
Jethro gives free refills on all soft drinks
*Thoroughly cooking foods of animal origin such as beef, eggs, fish, lamb, pork, poultry, or shellfish reduces the risk of food born illness. Individuals with certain health conditions may be at higher risk if these foods are consumed raw or under cooked. Consult your physician or public health official for further information
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Payment Types
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Cuisine
American - Contemporary
Burgers
Cajun / Creole
Sandwiches
Meals
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Hours
Monday:
7:00am - 10:00pm
Tuesday:
7:00am - 10:00pm
Wednesday:
7:00am - 10:00pm
Thursday:
7:00am - 10:00pm
Friday:
7:00am - 11:00pm
Saturday:
7:00am - 11:00pm
Sunday:
7:00am - 10:00pm