Ken's Hickory Pit Barbecue

4437 Pinson Valley Pkwy, Birmingham
(205) 853-6488

Recent Reviews

Steve Weldon

I have been a customer of Kens since it was across hwy 79 and up the road a few blocks. Same good people and same great food. Never does a holiday go by without some of their coleslaw and baked beans.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Banana Pudding, Baked Beans, Sausage, Gravy, Sandwich, Sauce, Hamburger Steak, Ribs, BBQ Sauce

Teakeyman Productions

I love coming here for breakfast! The Two egg one meat plate is my favorite!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Danny Pattberg

Saw this place on the side of the road during a family road trip, decided BBQ would be nice for lunch. The smell was heavenly the moment we stepped out of our vehicle, and the taste was delightful! Smoked wings, BBQ ribs, and pork and coleslaw sandwich, all made to perfection! If you find yourself passing by this place and you're feeling hungry, stop in! You won't regret it! Om nom nom!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Sandwich, Ribs

JoLeithea Griffin

Served my 6 yr old molded bread on his BBQ sandwich. The owner(oriental man) sent a waitress to Not apologize, but tell us he would remake it and still charge us for it. I then asked to speak to manager. He sent the waitress back to tell us he was busy.I have seen more reviews about how ppl have gotten seriously ill from the food here.The owner was dismissive. Waitress admitted to Ken not disposing of the old bread!Save yourself!!!

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Dane W.

The sauce and the hickory pork is very good. The sauce has a great vinegar taste which I love. We got there after lunch it wasn't crowded. Ambiance is fine.

Paul Haynes

Food is great, service is slow in the morning unless you're a regular you'll have to wait for a waitress to cater to their regulars, walls are dirty with splatters and food pieces on the table and bench seats from previous night obviously, used to eat at the other location and it seemed more personable there, not so much here. Will return but no rush but still good food.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 5

Service: 3

Ray HOWARD

Double charged my cashapp card and then claimed it wasn't thrm. The owner needs to be aware of what's going on

His Holiness The Crown Prince

Honestly has gone MASSIVELY downhill since they moved down the street. Understaffed half the time. They doubled their square footage but somehow never have any tables open. And they're notorious for shutting down half of the restaurant for these little parties, yet place no signs or any other indicators from outside that they're not accepting business; in fact they have signs saying "Open", "Come On In", & "Take a Seat"....yet have sequestered off half the available space with red tape for a random midday banquet on a Tuesday. Definitely miss their old establishment

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 1

Chris Hughes

Great Barbecue!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Cassandra Wycliffe

Great

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Breta Boykin

Always on point. We go the extra mile to get their BBQ.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Patrick Burns

It was 25 years since I had been to Ken’s.Better than I remembered!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Zo W.

Love this place. The best breakfast in town. Their barbecue is the best also. ! Friendly waitress make the experience complete. The place has a downhome kind of atmosphere.

Rachel Banks

Food was great! Staff was friendly. We got there at 10:29. We were told the wait for lunch would be about 10 minutes. We waited 50 minutes. They were very busy. Would have been 5 stars if the wait was shorter and our waitress hadn't disappeared. Everyone deserves their break time.? It's also very loud in the restaurant.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 2

Recommended dishes: Sandwich

Olivia Ja

Absolutely the best barbecue in town, food is perfect and prices are right.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

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