BBQ Hut — Restaurant in Dyersburg

Both my man and I decided to try this place as we been looking for a great local BBQ place that being with the name BBQ Hut one would assume that BBQ would specialize in major BBQ food and choices!

When you walk in you see a very large white board menu.

On the left you see exactly 3 items of the BBQ nature mixed in with non BBQ items chicken tenders (well they do offer to add bbq sauce to that one as bbq fried chicken), pork chops, country fried steak, hamburgers, cheese burgers. But wait they will be willing to add BBQ Sauce to these items if so wanted. They had bbq ribs (which my man ordered! Way over done and dried out even with all the extra sauce put on them for $12), pulled pork for a sandwich and again bbq fried chicken! They didn’t have country style ribs, short ribs, sliced bbq beef as the usual BBQ place would have. I only ordered French fries because I had my mouth watering for a platter of country style ribs, pulled pork and short ribs with all the fixings of corn on cob, coleslaw and homemade bbq baked beans! Just From what my man got was way over priced for dried out and over cooked beef ribs like it had been cooked at least 2-3 days ago and reheated several times.

The center of the whiteboard listed all their side dishes and drinks. It did offer a platter but only got a choice of the ONLY 3 BBQ items on the menu from the left.

Now their biggest menu items are listed on the right. ALL BREAKFAST!

When speaking with the owner asking why it was called BBQ HUT when over 97% offered is NOT or DOESNT have anything to do with a bbq place as this is a diner instead he stated that he does offer BBQ so it’s considered BBQ HUT. I asked why doesn’t he have other items he says it doesn’t sell. He stated that his bbq is what keeps customers coming. Now mind you the only customers there was my man and I and one other table! I pointed out all the empty tables stating “yes I can see all your tables are full for showing how successful your BBQ was”. He then stated “when you have your own restaurant then I will come to yours and see how yours is doing”.

So, Sir, let me give you my experience as a Certified Culinary Executive Chef of over 20 years. I am also a previous owner (in the 80’s) of a Hot Sauce & BBQ sauce business where I had over 27 different BBQ sauces as my specialty. (Where I received the nickname “Saucy”) I have also worked in 3 high class restaurants, owned my own restaurant for 10 years, then sold that so I could work for the DOD (Department of Defense) then went to Afghanistan as Project General Manager of Food Services whereas I overseen 4K employees, ran 4 DFAC’s (to which I was awarded 19 military coins and certifications of achievements for making sure food was fresh and great.) Also my team of 8 and myself flew either by helo or convoyed to the outside camps to help set up, supply and made sure their portable DFAC’s running proficiently. After spending 3 years over in the war torn country I came home. I wanted to take it easy and worked for a Towboat company as a Towboat Chef to which I finally retired last October. I also have YouTube Channel, TIKTOK, and Instagram of videos with my recipes. So when you say you have experience on how to run a restaurant and I should learn how next time ASK if they do indeed have the experience and knowledge that way over and supersede yours you may want to take their advise to help you achieve and be successful.

In conclusion of my review THIS IS NOT A BBQ PLACE but only a Diner that has some bbq items on it. And not very good BBQ at that! My conclusion will also state and recommend to future customers looking for a BBQ Place this IS NOT THE PLACE TO GO TO! As for a country diner then go for it. But can’t guarantee how the rest of the food is but after what my man received it is to be...

We enjoy the consistent environment, atmosphere and food.

Knowing the owner is the one in the kitchen and in charge of making or breaking your taste buds helps me enjoy my experience. He take personal care to prepare and deliver good down home meals that you would find at granny's house.

The staff are very courteous to their visitors. If you visit often enough they will remember your name and possibly your order. The dining room is always clean and the sweet tea is very good.

I enjoy partaking of their pulled pork barbecue sandwich with tots/fries. I have a spicy flavor to my liking, so their hot sauce satisfies my spicy taste. Very good on the barbecue and my tater tots.

Every once in a while I switch up for the chuckwagon sandwich and tots. Still, I add everything on the sandwich with mustard, mayo, ketchup, and then their hot BBQ sauce adds the right spicy flavor to this sandwich. I enjoy the unoffensive sauce to add the right amount of flavor to my sandwich. The grandson enjoyed a fine grilled cheese sandwich with larg milk. Mmmmmm.....good.

It was great to visit there today. Mr. Jeff and his crew served up a very fine meal for myself, my wife, our youngest son and our grandson. What an excellent meal, and enjoyable time as a family. Oh, by the way the prices have gone up a little, but remain very reasonable---they won't break the bank to eat.

Thanks BBQ Hut for excellent service and clean...

Usually, a place the locals seem to like is a good place to go. This is an exception. There was one server only working, which wasn't necessarily a bad thing, except for the fact that she was more interested in her phone than waiting on customers. The prices didn't seem bad until you got the food, and then you find out some things are a bit overpriced. The BBQ salad was pitiful. A handful of lettuce, a very few small pieces of tomato, an even less amount of cheese, like maybe a tablespoon of cheese, and a miserably small amount of BBQ pork. The pork was very cold and wasn't even really shredded. It was just a few small chunks of pork about 4 inches long, too long to really eat in a bite. I ended up tearing it into shorter, more bite-sized pieces. But the puny amount of pork overall left me eating basically a poor excuse for a side salad. And this was a $10 salad! Supposedly a main course. My wife's BBQ plate was portioned a little better, but the pork was again poor quality. It was barely warm, dry, and not...