Popular Items
Papa's Burger 1/2 pound Angus steak patty with your choice of cheese; we?ll bring the lettuce, onion, tomato and pickle.
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 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 Aged white cheddar with our special country coating, served warm and gooey with our double secret chipotle ranch.
Waffle Fry Nachos Topped with smoked chicken and all the fixins?.
Fixin's First
Amazing Slow Smoked Wings Hardwood smoked, fried to a crispy finish, tossed in your choice of sauces with a blue cheese or ranch dressing. Choose 10 or 20 wings.
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'.
Jethro's Wing Combo Half order of Bubba's boneless wings and five slow smoked Jethro's wings, tossed in your choice of sauces with blue cheese or ranch dressing.
Buster?s Shrimp Flash fried sweet gulf shrimp, buffalo style are Jethro?s favorite or pick from one of our house made sauces.
Bayou Pickle Chips 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 Aged white cheddar with our special country coating, served warm and gooey with our double secret chipotle ranch.
Chicken Tenders Country fried boneless chicken tenders, tossed in your choice of sauce, or have it on the side for some real dippin' fun.
Quesadillas Fresh tortillas, layered with cheese, smoked chicken, pico, guacamole, and sour cream.
Jethro's Rib Taster Four bones. Jethro smokes them all day, then he pours on sweet bourbon and serves 'em with fries.
Texas Bacon Burger Sliders House brisket burgers, topped with Texas bacon, American cheese, and secret sauce.
Onion Rings Sweet onions hand cut, soaked in buttermilk, lightly breaded, flash fried, and dusted in our famous rub.
Original Waffle Fry Nachos Topped with smoked chicken and all the fixins?.
Waffle Fry Nachos Topped with smoked chicken and all the fixins?.
Pit Master Platters
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 come with two sides, and a corn muffin or white bread.
1/2 lb. Two Meats Dinner 1/4 lb. of each meat, 1/2 lb. total.
Brisket Platter Slow smoked sliced brisket, chopped brisket, and smoky sweet burnt ends.
Half Slab Baby Back Ribs and Two Meats Dinner for Two 1/2 Slab of Baby Back Ribs and 2 house smoked meats, 4 sides and corn muffins or Texas Toast.
Lowa Platter Brisket, pulled chicken, pulled pork, Jalapeno sausage and Smoked Bourbon Bacon with 4 sides and corn muffins or Texas Toast.
Family Favorites (Feeds 4-6) 1/2 Slab of Baby Back Ribs, full order of boneless wings and 1 house smoked meat. Comes with 2 family sized sides and corn muffin or Texas Toast.
Slow Smoked Baby Back Pork Ribs
comes with two sides and a corn muffin or Texas Toast.
Ribs and Wings Combo Four baby back ribs and five wings.
Ribs and Burnt Ends Combo Three baby back ribs and smoky sweet burnt ends.
The Earl of Sandwiches
Includes one side and your choice of white bread or a freshly baked bun.
BBQ Sandwich Pick one of your favorite house slow smoked meats.
BBQ Melt Sandwich Pick one of your favorite house slow smoked meats.
The ?Better Homes and Gardens?Melt ?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 cheese melted on top of Carolina Pulled Pork and Smoked Turkey?.
The Des Moines Melt Triple decker of pit ham, pork belly and bacon. Served on Texas toast with melted cheddar and American cheese.
Brisket Bacon Melt Texas brisket, bacon, Swiss cheese, sauteed mushrooms and onions on griddled rye with 1000 island dressing.
Angus Steak Burgers
1/2 pound Angus steak burger, sourced locally, with choice of side.
Papa's Burger 1/2 pound Angus steak patty with your choice of cheese; we?ll bring the lettuce, onion, tomato and pickle.
Bourbon Blue Cheese 1/2 pound Angus steak patty, topped with House Smoked Bourbon Bacon and creamy blue cheese.
Bacon Grilled Cheese *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 1/2 pound Angus steak patty, topped with pulled pork tossed in Jethro?s Secret BBQ sauce, pepper jack cheese and crispy onion strings.
Sandwiches and Vittles
Includes one side.
Chicken Finger Grilled Cheese Three handbreaded all white meat chicken fingers smothered with ranch, crispy bacon, american and swiss cheese on garlic parmesan Texas Toast.
Pork Tenderloin (Iowa?s favorite way to eat pork) Giant Iowa tenderloin pounded flat and fried cripsy, served with onion and pickle.
Roscoe's Buffalo Chicken Wrap Buffalo boneless wings, crisp lettuce, tomatoes, tossed with bleu cheese or ranch dressing.
Crispy Chicken (Why did the chicken cross the road?) Jethro?s secret breading, on a toasted bun with lettuce, tomato, creamy mayo and bread & butter pickle.
The Really Big Club (Inches Make a Champion) Piled high with smoked ham, turkey and thick slab bacon on Texas Toast with Swiss and cheddar cheeses, lettuce, tomato and mayo.
Texas Dip (No French Spoken Here) Chopped Texas brisket, Swiss cheese, caramelized onions and BBQ jus.
Blackened Salmon (Fresh Fish & Fun) Jessie Bob rubs Atlantic salmon with his magical spice and blackens the 6 oz filet to perfection, served with two sides and choice of bread.
Shrimp Dinner (Fried or Grilled) 1/2 lb of Busters shrimp, flash fried crispy, or grilled then tossed with your choice of sauce. Served with two sides.
The Big Club 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.
Jethro's Biggest
Comes with One Side.
*The World Famous Adam Emmenecker As seen on "Man Vs. Food" Pork tenderloin, Angus steak burger, Texas brisket, bacon, fried cheese, buffalo chicken tenders and cheese sauce.
The Jethro As seen on the "Food Network" It is porktastic and 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.
Green Stuff
Sally Sue Southwestern Salad Smoked chicken, cheddar and Jack cheeses, black bean corn salsa, pico, guacamole, and sour cream, tossed with chipolte ranch dressing served in a crispy taco shell.
Becky Sue?s Crispy BBQ Chicken Salad Tossed with tangy honey mustard dressing, topped with Jethro?s BBQ coated chicken tenders, tomatoes, onions and cheese.
Southside Salad Crisp greens, tossed with creamy Italian dressing, pepperoncini, croutons and mozzarella cheese.
Soup
Jake's Spicy BBQ Steak Chili Cheese, jalapeno and sour cream.
Gramma?s Cajun Gumbo Smoked chicken and sausage with white rice.
Homemade Desserts
Jethro?s Weekend Brunch
Hours Today: Unavailable all day.
These items are not currently availableThe Jethro Burrito Scrambled eggs with smoked sausage, pico, sour cream, guacamole topped with cheddar cheese sauce.
Breakfast Quesadillas Flour tortillas layered with cheese, scrambled eggs and your choice of smoked chicken, Carolina pulled pork, or hickory smoked bacon, with pico, guacamole and sour cream on the side.
Spike?s Breakfast Nachos Crispy waffles fries with white cheddar cheese sauce, three extra large eggs scrambled with your choice of one of Jethro?s amazing slow smoked meats, shredded cheese, finished with smoked corn pico, guacamole, sour cream.
