Bob Sykes Bar B Q

Bob Sykes Bar B Q

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🐷Bob Sykes Bar B Q is a family owned local tradition since 1957 cooking fresh meats over an open fire pit located in the dining room. Legendary Alabama BBQ.

Open Monday-Thursday 10:30-8:30pm. Friday-Saturday 10:30-9pm. Closed Sunday’s. Bessemer, AL 🔥 Order Online, Grab and Go! https://bobsykes.takeout7.com/Ourmenu

08/23/2024

🏈 Football season is here and Bob Sykes Bar B Q Tailgate Special is the winning deal! Includes slab of ribs, 2 pint sides, bread and 1 gallon of tea. Order Online, Take-Out, Delivery, Drive-Thru, Dine-In, or Catering! Call 205-426-1400 or order online 🔥https://bobsykes.m.takeout7.com/menu-panel

08/21/2024

🥤Get your Bob Sykes Souvenir Cup! Save your cup and bring it back on your next visit and pay only $1.50 for your favorite Bob Sykes drink of choice including Coca-Cola Bottling Company UNITED, Inc., Lemonade or Iced Tea! Cheers! 🎉 https://bobsykes.com/

A Seat at the Table 08/15/2024

Mark your calendars and join Bob Sykes Bar B Q and Urban Purpose for the record breaking dinner table event at Railroad Park on October 7th! Proceeds benefit Urban Purpose a Christ-centered ministry, empowers Birmingham's homeless and hurting population by building relationships and rebuilding lives. For more details about how you can help please visit this link and purchase your tickets today!

A Seat at the Table Join us for a night to remember as we enjoy Bob Sykes Bar-B-Q at a record-breaking dinner table! We need everyone in the community to come out and support A Seat at the Table on Monday, October 7th at Railroad Park because we're going to set the record for the "Biggest Table in Birmingham!" Your tic...

08/14/2024

The August Grills Gone Wild Special is back by popular demand! The BBQ Turkey PoBoy piled high and topped with 3 Onion Rings and served with Bob Sykes Dipping Sauce! Get it while you can! 🔥https://bobsykes.com/

08/12/2024

When in Birmingham…

08/08/2024

💡 Historical Flashing Arrow is back in service! Look out for the arrow and follow your nose to the smells of Bob Sykes Bar B Q! 🔥🐷 https://bobsykes.com/

Photos from Bob Sykes Bar B Q's post 08/07/2024

🥪 ✏️ Back to School means back to Sandwiches! Bob Sykes BBQ Turkey, Bologne and Smokehouse Ham will make sandwiches so much better. All Bob Sykes meats can be purchased by the pound and don’t forget the Bob Sykes BBQ Sauce to elevate the taste! You’ll be creating the most mouthwatering sandwiches that your family will be looking forward to everyday! Call 205-426-1400 and we’ll have your meats ready when you arrive! BobSykes.com

08/06/2024

Wishing ALL teachers and students a great Back to School Year! Enjoy!

Thank you so much Hueytown Area Chamber of Commerce for the Bob Sykes Bar B Q lunch! It was delicious!

08/03/2024

🔥The Bob Sykes Hot Piggie Squad! Van Sykes and his team are excited to be serving BBQ at Smith Lake Alabama Poor Man Poker Run The annual water fundraiser event will benefit Smith Lake search and recovery efforts and local 501c3’s. ♣️♦️♠️♥️🐷

08/02/2024

🔥Bob Sykes Bar B Q Sandwich is ranked as the top in the South. A must eat before you die! Look forward to serving you soon by Drive Thru, Dine In, Order Online, or Delivery. https://bobsykes.m.takeout7.com

08/01/2024

🔥The planning wheels are now rolling for the 14th Annual Bob Sykes BBQ & Blues Festival set for April 26, 2025! Now is the time to sign up as a sponsor or vendor! For more details please visit https://bobsykes.com/blues-festival/

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07/31/2024

🔥It’s Brisket Day-Today and Every Wednesday! We look forward to serving you soon! https://bobsykes.com/

Google review of Bob Sykes BAR-B-Q by Saxon Monk 07/31/2024

THANK YOU for giving us your feedback! We read each review and will continue to work hard to earn your 5 star reviews! We look forward to serving you soon! www.BobSykes.com

Google review of Bob Sykes BAR-B-Q by Saxon Monk ★★★★★ "Blown away by how amazing my lunch was. The burger, onion rings, and fries were incredible. Friends had the pork plate and it looked great as well. Can’t wait to go back. Awesome atmosphere on the inside too!"

07/27/2024

🔥The Mount Rushmore of Alabama Barbecue! From a long list of barbecue giants in our state, Bob Carlton and JD Crowe from al.com have selected these four influential pitmasters including our Van Sykes, who tower head and shoulders over the rest. Two living and two deceased including John "Big Daddy" Bishop of dreamlandbbq , Bob Gibson of Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q, Chris Lilly of Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q and Van Sykes of Bob Sykes Bar-B-Q.

🐷Al.com wrote: Van Sykes was all of 12 years old when his father, Bob Sykes, used to drop him off at the family’s Bessemer barbecue joint for an all-night vigil tending to the pork shoulders smoking on the hickory-fired pit. “And let me tell you,” the younger Sykes said a half-century later, “when it’s 3:30, 4:00, 4:30 in the morning and you’ve been staring into that (pit) and you smell completely like it and you’ve got this nice, greasy sheen to you, and you’ve got to keep turning that meat, you’ve got to keep stoking that fire, and you’re trying not to fall asleep -- I mean, that’s when you learn to become a barbecue man.” Sykes, who just turned 69, is still a barbecue man, and he keeps the fires burning at Bob Sykes Bar-B-Q, the restaurant his late father and late mother, Maxine Sykes, started in 1957. As one of the elder statesmen of Alabama barbecue, Sykes has been at it longer than almost anybody around, and few people are more passionate about what they do -- or more knowledgeable about how to do it -- than he is. This year, Sykes was one of 10 finalists for induction into the national American Royal Barbecue Hall of Fame, and while he did not make the final list of inductees, his time will surely come. Meanwhile, he has a prominent spot on our Mount Rushmore of Alabama Barbecue. 🐷 https://bobsykes.com/

💥To read the full story visit https://www.al.com/life/2024/07/the-mount-rushmore-of-alabama-barbecue.html

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07/26/2024

TGIF for Bob Sykes Smoked Wings 💥 We look forward to serving y’all soon! https://bobsykes.com/

07/25/2024

🦃 Let’s talk Turkey! Bob Sykes’s BBQ Turkey Breast is perfect for back to school meals. Buy it by the pound! 🔥 https://bobsykes.com/

The Mount Rushmore of Alabama Barbecue 07/24/2024

Van Sykes is honored and humbled to be included in this great tribute! Thank you Bob Carlton for your comment- "Van is one of the elder statesmen of Alabama barbecue, Sykes has been at it longer than almost anybody around, and few people are more passionate about what they do -- or more knowledgeable about how to do it -- than he is."
We'll continue to keep the fire burning at Bob Sykes Bar B Q and look forward to serving you for another 67 years. 🔥 www.BobSykes.com

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The Mount Rushmore of Alabama Barbecue These four Alabama barbecue giants stand head and shoulders above the rest.

07/15/2024

🔥GRILLS GONE WILD! Smoked Bologna Sandwich! Thick cut smoked bologna topped with Bob Sykes Bar B Q sauce, cheese, coleslaw, mustard and pickles. Get it while you can! Available for a limited time.🔥 https://bobsykes.com/

Photos from al.com's post 07/12/2024

Thank you al.com for including Bob Sykes Bar B Q Red Velvet Cake! We look forward to serving you soon!

Google review of Bob Sykes BAR-B-Q by nia 101 07/11/2024

Thank you for giving us your feedback! We love serving and earning your 5 Star Reviews!

Google review of Bob Sykes BAR-B-Q by nia 101 ★★★★★ "Everything is delicious and the atmosphere is very nice the people are very friendly."

07/10/2024

Join Bob Sykes Bar B Q AT THE TABLE for the 2024 Birmingham BHAM FOOD PLUS FOOD+Culture Festival. We’ll be bringing the heat 🔥 alongside 30+ other talented chefs and pitmasters at Southernlivingmag FOOD+Fire, taking place September 21st. Early bird tickets are on-sale NOW! For tickets, dates and more information, check out BHAM FOOD PLUS. See you there, food lovers! 🍽️🍾🐷

07/09/2024

🔥GRILLS GONE WILD featuring Bob Sykes Smoked Bologna Sandwich! Thick cut smoked bologna topped with Bob Sykes Bar B Q sauce, cheese, coleslaw, mustard and pickles makes it delicious! Available for a limited time.🔥 https://bobsykes.com/

07/08/2024

Bob Sykes Bar B Q is proud to sponsor this great event and our talented musician friends! Be sure to join us at WORKPLAY this Friday night and ROCK ON!

07/08/2024

Closed today to give our hard working team a day of rest from the July 4th weekend. Thank you for being our loyal guests and for spending your holiday with Bob Sykes Bar B Q. We look forward to serving you again tomorrow when we reopen. https://bobsykes.com/

07/05/2024

🔥Smoked Wings on the menu every weekend at Bob Sykes Bar B Q! Look forward to serving you soon! https://bobsykes.m.takeout7.com/home

07/04/2024

🇺🇸HAPPY JULY 4th from Bob Sykes Bar B Q! We’ll be OPEN today from 9am-8pm! 💥We look forward to serving you today!! 🐷https://bobsykes.m.takeout7.com/menu-panel

07/02/2024

💥🇺🇸OPEN July 4th-6th! Celebrate Independence Day the American way with Bob Sykes Bar B Q! ORDER ONLINE for DELIVERY or PICK-UP. You can also DINE-IN or DRIVE-THRU! We look forward to serving you! 🐷205-426-1400 https://bobsykes.m.takeout7.com/menu-panel

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Keeping the Fire Burning Since 1957 🔥🐷

Keeping the Fire Burning since 1957!

Bob Sykes Bar B Q is a locally family owned, locally operated, and local bbq tradition since 1957. Founders Bob and Maxine Sykes opened an ice cream and hamburger stand in Central Park area of Birmingham, Alabama. This was about the time Bob built his first pit and began to cook the barbeque he remembered so fondly as a child growing up in the hills of western Tennessee. The rest as they say is history. Bob Sykes has been the benchmark for others to match for true southern barbecue. Times may have changed, but nothing has changed in the way Bob Sykes prepares and cooks their famous barbecue and special sauce. The experience and traditions of excellence has been passed down to Bob and Maxine’s son, Van Sykes, who is passing on his knowledge to Jason Jewell, their grandson.

Bob Sykes Bbq has begun every day at 3am barbecuing fresh pork shoulders over a natural fire of hickory coals steeped in tradition and bound by history of excellence. Three generations of the Sykes family has proudly served authentic southern barbecue that literally goes from the pit to the plate.

Bob Sykes has received numerous awards and recognition over the years. The Alabama Tourism Department inducted Bob Sykes into the Alabama Barbecue Hall of Fame for serving legendary bbq for more than 50 years. Bob Sykes was voted as the number one bbq sauce and the bbq pork sandwich was chosen as one of the “100 dishes to eat in Alabama before you die.” The restaurant has received national news coverage for its lemon ice box pie and bbq. The Travel Channel says Bob Sykes is “Not a chain, it’s just a good old fashioned joint with a pig sign and a happy man running it. The Bbq pit is the first thing you see when you enter and Van Sykes will tell you all about it if you ask.”

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🔥Grills Gone Wild Special! The BBQ Turkey PoBoy piled high and topped with Onion Rings!  Get it while you can!          ...
💡 Historical Flashing Arrow is back in service! Look out for the arrow and follow your nose to the smells of Bob Sykes B...
🔥🇺🇸HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY! OPEN today 9am-8pm. We’re doing the hard work for you so you can relax ! Order Online to Pick-Up ...
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LIVE on Talk 99.5 with Van Sykes and Leland Whaley 🔥🔥🔥
LIVE on Talk 99.5 with Van Sykes and Leland Whaley 🔥🔥🔥
Van Sykes LIVE on News Radio 105.5 WERC 🔥
LIVE with Bob Sykes BBQ & BLUES Festival   Get your discounted tickets early at https://bobsykes.com/blues-festival/
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1724 Ninth Avenue North
Bessemer, AL
35020

Opening Hours

Monday 10:30am - 8:30pm
Tuesday 10:30am - 8:30pm
Wednesday 10:30am - 8:30pm
Thursday 10:30am - 8:30pm
Friday 10:30am - 9pm
Saturday 10:30am - 9pm

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