Jethro's BBQ Southside

4337 Park Ave, Des Moines
(515) 630-6374

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Original or Waffle Fry Nachos
Bubba’S Boneless Wings
Brisket and Pulled Pork
Jethro's Wing Combo
Sweet Potato Fries
Jalapeno Sausage
Brisket Sandwich
Brisket Platter
Pulled Chicken
Mashed Potatoes

Menu

Breakfast Vittles
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 smothered with white cheddar cheese sauce, topped with three extra large eggs scrambled with your choice of one of Jethro's amazing slow smoked corn pico, guacamole, and sour cream.
The Jethro Burrito
Scrambled eggs with smoked sausage, pico, sour cream, guacamole topped with cheddar cheese sauce.

Fixin's First
Bubba's Boneless Wings Full Order
Jethro's Rib Taster (6 bones)
Jethro smokes them all day; then he pours on sweet bourbon glaze and serves with fries.
Bubba's Boneless Wings Half Order
Tender white meat chicken soaked in buttermilk, lightly breaded, flash fried to a crispy finish and served with your choice of sauces for dipping.
Chicken Tenders
Country fried chicken tenders, tossed in your choice of sauce, or have it on the side for some real dipping fun.
Bayou Pickle Chips
Thin sliced pickle chips soaked in buttermilk, lightly breaded, flash fried crispy, and served with chipotle ranch for some real dipping fun.
Amazing Slow Smoked Wings
Hard wood smoked, fried to a crispy finish, tossed in your choice of sauces with a blue cheese or ranch dressing.
Fried Cheese Squares
Aged white Cheddar with our special country coating, served warm and gooey with our double secret chipotle ranch.
Texas Bacon Burger Sliders
3- Angus beef blended with chopped brisket topped with Texas bacon, American cheese, secret sauce on our slider buns and served with pickles on the side.
Waffle Fry Nachos
Just like our smoked chicken nachos, but we substitute waffle fries 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.
Smoked Chicken Nachos
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.
Jethro's Wing Combo
Half order of Bubba's boneless wings and 5 slow smoked Jethro's wings, tossed in your choice of sauces with blue cheese or ranch dressing.
Quesadillas
Fresh flour tortillas, layered with cheese and smoked chicken, with pico, guacamole and sour cream.
Onion Rings
Sweet onions hand cut, soaked in buttermilk, lightly breaded, flash fried, and dusted in our famous rub.
Buster's Shrimp
Flash fried sweet shrimp, Buffalo-style are Jethro's favorite or pick from one of our houses made sauces.
Queso Dip
Aged white Cheddar and pepper Jack cheese spiked with a hint of chili and lime. Serve with fresh fried corn chips.

Jethro's Biggest
The Jethro
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.
The World Famous Adam Emmenecker
Top it with slabs of Texas brisket, applewood 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.

Bigfoot Burger Bar
Papa's Burger
1/2 lb Angus steak patty, grilled to perfection. Choose your favorite cheese, we'll bring the lettuce, onion, tomato, and pickle. Made with fresh Angus steak burger, sourced locally with choice of side.
BBQ Bull dog Burger
1/2 pound Angus steak patty topped with sliced brisket, cheddar cheese, sauteed green peppers and onions, and drizzled in Jethro's Secret BBQ Sauce.
Western Burger
1/2 lb Angus steak burger glazed with Jethro's secret BBQ sauce topped with pepper Jack cheese, cripsy onion strings, and our housemade texas bacon. Made with fresh Angus steak burger, sourced locally with choice of side.

Amazing House Smoked Meats
Dinners for 1
Comes with two sides and a corn muffin or white bread.
Brisket Platter
Slow smoked sliced brisket, chopped brisket & smoky sweet burnt ends. Slow smoked sliced brisket, chopped brisket & smoky sweet burnt ends. Slow smoked sliced brisket, chopped brisket, & smoky sweet burnt ends. Comes with two sides and a corn muffin or white bread.
1/2 Slab 2 Meat Dinner for 2
Half slab baby back ribs & 2 meats. Comes with 4 sides and a corn muffin or white bread.
Ribs and Boneless Wings Combo
Baby back ribs and boneless wings

The Melts
"Better Homes & Gardens" Melt
A unique combination of Swiss and American cheeses melted on top of Carolina pulled pork and smoked turkey.

Sandwiches and Vittles
BBQ Sandwich
Choice of Smoked Meat sandwich and choice of one side.
Tenderloin
Pounded flat, fried crispy and served on a toasted bun with onion and pickles. Comes with one side.
Fried Shrimp Dinner
1/2 lb of Buster's shrimp, flash-fried crispy, tossed with your choice of sauce. Served with two made from scratch side. Comes with one side.
Roscoe's Buffalo Chicken Wrap
Buffalo boneless wings, crisp lettuce, tomatoes, and blue cheese or ranch dressing all wrapped up in a fresh flour tortilla. Comes with one side.
Salmon Dinner
Cajun blackened, served with two made from scratch sides and your choice of toast or corn muffin. Comes with one side.

Green Stuff
Orlondo's House Salad
Crisp greens tossed with Orlondo's original creamy Italian dressing, pepperoncini, croutons, and mozzarella cheese.
Becky Sue's Crispy BBQ Chicken
Crisp greens, tossed with tangy honey mustard dressing, topped with our country fried boneless chicken coated in our Jethro's BBQ sauce, tomatoes, onions, and shredded cheese.
Sally Sue Southwestern
Crisp greens, topped with smoked chicken, Cheddar, and Jack cheeses, black bean corn salsa, pico, guacamole, sour cream, and tossed in our double secret chipotle ranch, served in a crispy taco shell.

Soup
Jake's Spicy BBQ Steak Chili
Large bites of aged steak and smoked beans make this chili uniquely Jethro's. Topped with cheese, sour cream, and fresh jalapenos.
Gramma's Gumbo
Smoked chicken and sausage.

Homemade Dessert
Buster's Big Chocolate Cake
Layers of fudgey, gooey delight.
Wilma's Fried Apple Pie
With vanilla ice cream.

Beverages
Ice Tea

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Recent Reviews

This place is FANTASTIC! You almost don’t even need to read the rest of the review but if you do, here’s the skinny. Great service, Great food, super fun and home atmosphere. Saydee treated my party so well and brought out ALL their sauces for us to try. they even accommodated us after they closed. a highlight of our cross country road trip, thank you Jethro’s
August 2025
We ordered wings, baby back ribs and pull pork sandwiches, the wings were very good but the ribs and pork were very dry, I hope to come back another time and that it can be improved.
May 2025
I have been to two of the other Jethro's locations before. The menu at this one on Park was very limited (and this was in the evening). Food was adequate, neither bad nor great. Won't likely return.
April 2025

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Jethro's BBQ Southside

4337 Park Ave, Des Moines, IA 50321
(515) 630-6374