Popular Items
Papa's Burger We always start fresh ground Angus steak patties, grilled to perfection. Choose your favorite cheese, we'll bring the lettuce, onion, & pickle.
Boneless Wings Tender white meat chicken soaked in buttermilk, lightly breaded, flash fried to a crispy finish & served with your choice of sauces for dipping.
BBQ Burger A fresh ground 1/2 pound Angus steak patty, topped with pulled pork tossed in Jethro's secret BBQ sauce, pepper jack cheese & crispy onion strings on a freshly baked bun.
Brisket Platter Slow smoked sliced brisket, chopped brisket, & smoky sweet burnt ends.
Appetizers
Boneless Wings Tender white meat chicken soaked in buttermilk, lightly breaded, flash fried to a crispy finish & served with your choice of sauces for dipping.
Bayon Fried Pickles Heapin' helpin' of thin sliced pickle chips soaked in buttermilk, lightly breaded, flash fried crispy & served with chipotle ranch for some real dipping fun.
Buster's Shrimp Flash fried sweet shrimp, buffalo style are Jethoro's favorite, pick from one of our made sauces.
Chicken Tenders Country fried boneless chicken tenders, tossed in your choice of sauce, or have it on the side for some real dipping fun.
Fried Cheese Squares Aged white cheddar with our special country coating, served warm & goey with our double secret chipotle ranch.
Jethro's Rib Taster Jethro smokes them all day, then he pouns on sweet bourbon & served them over a bed of fries.
Onion Rings Sweet onion hand cut, soaked in buttermilk, lightly breaded, flash fried & dusted on our famous rub.
Quesadilla Fresh tortillas, layered with cheese, smoked chicken, pico, guacamole and sour cream.
Smoked Chicken Nachos Fresh fried corn chips dusted with secret spice smothered with white chedder sauce and shredded cheeses, topped with house smoked chicken and finished with black bean and corn salsa, fresh jalapenos, pico, guacamole and sour cream.
Waffle Fry Nachos Just like our original nachos, but we substitute waffle fries, smothered with white cheddar sauce & shredded cheeses, topped with house smoked chicken & finished with black bean corn salsa, fresh jalapenos, pico guacamole & sour cream.
Jetho JR Slider 3 porktastic sliders. Pork tenderloin, pulled pork & bacon on a slider bun.
BBQ Dinners
Half Slab 2 Meat Dinner Half slab baby back ribs & smoked in house meats. Served with 4 sides.
Brisket Platter Slow smoked sliced brisket, chopped brisket, & smoky sweet burnt ends.
Ribs n' Ends Half slab baby back ribs & smoky sweet burnt ends.
Lowa Platter Brisket, pulled chicken, pulled pork, jalapeno sausage & smoked bourbon bacon with 4 sides.
Ribs n' Boneless 1/2 slab baby back ribs & a 1/2 order of Bubba's boneless wings.
Sandwiches
BBQ Sandwich Pick one of your favorite house slow cooked meats with your choice of white bread or a freshly baked bun. It comes plain, but you can get saucy at your table.
Better Homes & Gardens Melt "Better Homes & Gardens "Magazines's August 2009 issue selected this melt as their favorite BBQ dish in Des Moines. "A unique combination of Swiss & American cheeses melted on top of Carolina pulled pork & smoked turkey.
Brisket Bacon Melt Texas brisket, bacon, swiss cheese, sauteed mushrooms & onions on griddle rye toast with 1000 island dressing.
Des Moiness Melt Triple decker of pit smoked ham, pork belly, & bacon. Served on grilled Texas toast with melted gouda & American Cheese.
Pork Tenderloin Its's as big as the plate. Pounded flat, fried crispy & served on a toasted bun with onion & pickles.
Roscoe's Buffalo Chicken Wrap Buffalo boneless wings, crisp lettuce, tomatoes & blue cheese or ranch dressing all wrapped up in a fresh flour tortilla.
The Big Club Pilled high with house smoked pit ham, turkey & thick slab bacon on Swiss & Cheddar Cheeses, lettuce, tomato & mayo.
The Emmenecker The Missouri Valley Conferences'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, & two "Angus steak burgers, top it with slabs of Texas brisket, apple wood bacon, fried cheese & finished with buffalo chicken tenders. Smother this mountain with melted cheddar cheese & white cheddar sauce. Serve it with your choice of side. The could hurt you! A sandwich fit it for the MVP.
The Jethro Choosen as Food Network's favorite bacon the & featured on Discovery Channel's Units states of Baocn. This is'nt for everyone... It is porktastic. It is ginormous. We start with our faamou tenderloin & add Carolina style pulled pork, house smoked pit ham & a double order of thick slab bacon. Choose your side & then go for it, but remeber.. we warned you.
Chicken Finger Grilled Cheese Three hand breaded all white meat tenders smothered in house made ranch, bacon, American & Swiss cheese on Garlic Texas Toast.
Burgers
Papa's Burger We always start fresh ground Angus steak patties, grilled to perfection. Choose your favorite cheese, we'll bring the lettuce, onion, & pickle.
Bacon Grilled Cheese Burger A fresh ground 1/2 pound Angus steak patty, with three strips of bacon & American cheese with yummy garlic parmesan Texas toast.
BBQ Burger A fresh ground 1/2 pound Angus steak patty, topped with pulled pork tossed in Jethro's secret BBQ sauce, pepper jack cheese & crispy onion strings on a freshly baked bun.
Texas Bacon Burger Two 1/4 pound house blend brisket burgers topped with American cheese, Texas bacon & secret sauce.
Dinners
Salads & Soup
Becky Sue BBQ Chicken Salad Crisp greens, tossed with tangy honey mustard dressing, topped with out country fried chicken coated in our Jethro's BBQ sauce, tomatoes, onions & shredded cheese.
Garden Salad Crisp greens, tossed with your choice of dressing, tomatoes, croutons & cheese.
Jake's Spicy BBQ Steak Chili Large bites of aged steak & smoked beans make this chili uniquely Jethro's, Topped with cheese, sour cream & fresh jalapenos.
Gramma's Gumbo Smoked chicken & sausage.... this stuff is good (No road kill in it.)
