The Menu
Everything off the pit.
Slow-smoked, hand-pulled, made-from-scratch. Prices are per plate unless noted — by-the-pound available on most meats.
Section 01
From the Pit
Smoked over Kentucky hickory and white oak. Served by the plate or by the pound.
Hickory-Smoked Brisket
Plate $22 · ½ lb $2616-hour smoke. Black-pepper bark, deep smoke ring, hand-sliced to order.
Pit-Smoked Mutton
Plate $18 · ½ lb $22Owensboro-style heritage plate. Served with our famous black dip on the side.
Brisket Burnt Ends
Plate $19 · ½ lb $24Point-cut cubes, candy-glazed, twice-smoked. Sweet, salty, smoky, gone.
Fall-Off-The-Bone Ribs
Half slab $18 · Full $30St. Louis cut, dry-rubbed, finished with our bourbon-mustard glaze.
Hand-Pulled Pork
Plate $16 · ½ lb $18Overnight-smoked Boston butt, pulled to order. Vinegar-bright, hickory-deep.
Apple-Wood Smoked Chicken
Half bird $1424-hour brine, smoked over apple wood, crackling-crisp skin.
House Hot Link Sausage
$12Made in-house. Coarse ground, cayenne, garlic, and a snap.
Section 02
Sandwiches & Plates
Piled high on Mae's brioche buns. Plates come with two sides and cornbread.
The Ridge Run Sandwich
$13Chopped brisket + pulled pork, vinegar slaw, pickles, bourbon BBQ.
Mutton Dip Sandwich
$13Pulled mutton on a roll with black dip for dunking.
Pulled Pork Plate
$17Quarter pound pork, two sides, cornbread.
Brisket Plate
$21Quarter pound brisket, two sides, cornbread.
Pitmaster's Trio
$26Brisket, ribs, and pulled pork. Two sides. Bring a friend.
All-You-Can-Eat Buffet
$24Tue–Sun, 11a–2p. Everything off the pit, plus sides and pie.
Section 03
Kentucky Classics
The dishes Granny would recognize.
Kentucky Burgoo
Cup $9 · Bowl $14Mutton, beef, chicken and garden vegetables. Cooked all day. House recipe since 1962.
Smoked Bologna
$11Half-pound chub, scored and smoked, on Texas toast.
Country Ham Biscuit
$8Cured Kentucky ham on a hot buttermilk biscuit.
Section 04
Sides & Fixin's
Made from scratch every morning. Small $5 · Large $9.
Buttermilk Cornbread
$4Cast-iron baked. Served with sorghum-honey butter.
Smoked Mac & Cheese
$5 / $9Three cheeses, hickory-kissed, crispy gratin top.
Granny's Slaw
$5 / $9Vinegar-sweet, never mayo-heavy.
Brisket Baked Beans
$5 / $9Brown sugar, mustard, and chopped burnt ends.
Collard Greens
$5 / $9Slow-cooked all day with a smoked ham hock.
Skillet Sweet Corn
$5 / $9Butter, cracked black pepper, a pinch of sugar.
Granny Pearl's Potato Salad
$5 / $9Yukon gold, mustard, dill, hard-boiled egg.
Cornmeal-Crusted Fried Okra
$5 / $9Served with house rémoulade.
Section 05
Sweets
Baked here, served warm. Save room.
Bourbon Pecan Pie
$8House-made daily. Vanilla ice cream + bourbon cream.
Banana Pudding
$7Mae's recipe. Layered with vanilla wafers and meringue.
Chess Pie
$7Buttery, sweet, Kentucky classic.
Peach Cobbler
$8Seasonal. Cast-iron baked. With Kentucky cream.
Section 06
To Drink
Sweet tea, Kentucky beer, and local bourbon.
Sweet Tea / Unsweet
$3Free refills, always.
Ale-8-One
$3Kentucky's hometown ginger soda.
Local Draft Beer
$6Country Boy, West Sixth, rotating taps.
Kentucky Bourbon Flight
$18Three pours: Buffalo Trace, Four Roses, Wild Turkey 101.
Hungry yet?
Order online, call ahead, or just come on down and pull up a chair.