Papa Bob’s Bar-B-Que

Excellent people working in this restaurant! Pulled Pork sandwiches are GREAT! I love the décor aswell!!!

My husband and I eat lunch here about once a month. We usually share a pulled pork sandwich and it’s always great! Last time we shared a destroyer. Beef, pulled pork & sausage. DELICIOUS! We also got to taste a new mayonnaise based potato salad they are testing and we thought it had a really nice balance of flavors!
Keep up the great job!

I was recommended by word of mouth from a local business down the block and I was very disappointed. I was expecting more for my money. I ask for there best selling plate and the waiter recommended a plate because of the quantity on the plate. I did not get what I was told. I paid 14 for plate and 2.50 for pop. I wish I would’ve took a picture of it. So I could’ve post it. The taste was good but I had better on my plate. Sorry bad experience if they ware to ask me about that place I would never forget that experience.

This is about the strangest bbq place I think I’ve ever run across. Had a meat sampler with turkey (good), ribs (marginal), and smoked pastrami (very good). Also tried all 10 or 12 sauces they make; and couldn’t find one that I liked. The fries weren’t very special. Overall? Not such a great BBQ place; but the pastrami is worth stopping in to get.

Best BBQ in town. I bought 2 bottles of the sauce to take home. I loved the destroyer brisket sandwich. The service was wonderful, friendly and helpful.
I will always recommend this a place to eat. I will go back and eat the Ultimate destroyer sandwich

Couldn’t leave KC without heading to the last Man v. Food KC stop. Home of the Ultimate Destroyer Challenge. It’s a simple interior, with counter space or table seating.
Five people had completed the 7 lb challenge as of September 2015. I told the server that I knew three of the five winners. Since that $ 62 meal would have taken me all week to finish (and I didn’t have that much time left in the state anyway), I got a burnt end sandwich ($ 9.50) topped with their homemade BBQ sauce.
It was fine for what it was, but for $ 9.50, the appearance left something to be desired. It didn’t lack meat, but I would have liked a bit more protein.
The Nathan’s horseradish pickles ($ 2.75 for a side) are sweet and pack a horseradish flavor without all that spice going up your nose.
I was pleased that Papa Bob’s has a habanero (Bobanero) and a ghost pepper (Blazin’ Bhut) BBQ sauce. The Bobanero is one of their most popular sauces.
With a few real good BBQ places already in KC, it would be a hard sell to get me to come back (even with the ghost BBQ sauce), unless a buddy of mine wanted to take on the Ultimate Destroyer.

Ribs were very very dry and flavorless. Tasted like been sitting around. Sad to say the beans were the most flavor items. Needless to say no need to come back

Best barbecue spot after a week in Kansas City. Unassuming exterior with delicious barbecue and sides inside! Charred tips were out of this world.

Very good Bar-​B-​Q. Everything we tried was delicious. Papa Bob made sure we tried other foods than what we ordered by giving us several samples. All the meats were tender and juicy. Beans, slaw and onion rings delicious. We had dinners and had a hearty portions. Highly recommend you give Papa Bob a try!

Papa Bob’s is AMAZAZING! We stopped there on our road trip to see about The Destroyer featured on Man vs Food. My hubby thoroughly enjoyed it. (The regular sized one which was still pretty big) The kids ate every bite of their sandwiches. I thought I’d just order a simple grilled chicken sandwich, but it was so much more. They marinate it in an Italian dressing beforehand mmmmm. After our excellent lunch, Papa Bob himself came out to see how everything was. He was THE nicest guy and taught us a bit more about BBQ and let us try some burnt ends for free. Service was excellent, staff very helpful and all smiles. They could benefit with some new booths, but otherwise, it felt like we were welcomed regulars. I highly recommend Papa Bob’s to everyone and anyone. Thanks, Papa Bob!

Great little bbq joint! Our band stops by on occasion and the sandwiches never disappoint! Come out and give them a try if you’ve never been. Live music this saturday btw from 5 till 8 by JAB!

A bbq place on the higher side of the list, good food good sauce, good sides. Smaller place and a bit of a drive but if you’re near there it would be one of my recommendations

My husband and I are HUGE BBQ fans. We saw the episode from Man vs Food and although we didn’t try the challenge, we wanted to see what all they offered.
I had the burnt ends sandwich and my husband had the ribs and fries.
We were not wowed however, their sauces are pretty good.
Altogether, we paid about $ 41 which I did not feel we got our money’s worth.
The foods good, but the place is overrated and the prices are not worth returning to.

We stopped here because of the Ultimate Destroyer challenge from Man vs Food. Four of us split the Ultimate Destroyer, which is massive, and didn’t finish it. The bbq was very good, but the reason I loved this place was the service. Our server was fantastic and struck up conversation with us. Then the owner (I assume he is the owner) came by the chat and took our picture with the monstrous bbq sandwich. He added one of the pictures to the slideshow and gave us a copy to remember the painful meal. We finished the meal and put a pin on a large map showing where we are from. We rolled out satisfied and stuffed. Even if you don’t try the Ultimate Destroyer (I recommend it with a team 5 people.) the bbq is smoked perfectly (even on the giant sandwich). Great place for families. The owner obviously loves what he does and makes sure everyone feels like family when they walk in.

Im a local, somewhat regular. Over time the staff seems to get friendlier… unfortunately the prices seem to get higher and the portions smaller. I love BBQ, especially our homegrown places. The majority the time, Papa Bob puts out decent meat (honestly, I only get beef sandwiches) and the sauces are unique and tasty… something for everyone. I always grimace when the bill comes… never feels like I’ve fully gotten my money’s worth. I think it is because the sides add up so quickly. I won’t quit the place, but I would eat there a lot more if I didnt have to save up to do it.

Very welcoming atmosphere (very welcoming/​accommodating…), decent meat, tasty sauces and even better baked beans. My traveling crew grew in numbers a few months ago while visiting this place. Roughly 14 of us sat down to enjoy the BBQ offered by Papa Bob himself. Papa Bob even sat down with us. Seriously, he never left, even thought sometimes it was awkward. Furthermore, it was fairly «intimate» to say the least. Pretty sure he hit on a few of the girls. It was nothing uncomfortable, it was more like a grandpa interacting with some young, attractive female (s).
Now, back to the food — the baked beans stole the show like Kanye West at the Grammy’s. The baked beans (not Kanye) were sweet, tangy and flavorful. Pretty sure we tasted cinnamon and cumin. The meat itself was average at best. However, the showcase of sauces were helpful to soak the meat in to take away from any dryness. On second thought, perhaps the meat was dry because of the cool, dry Edwardsville air.
Sincerely, Beans beans beans the magical fruit… and I did poop!

We are always looking for another ‘go to’ BBQ place, unfortunately this is not it. Ordered the burnt ends plate and for the amount paid we should have gotten twice as much meat. We also ordered the combo with two meats and ribs — the ribs were tender but not very much meat. The sausage was good, but the pulled pork was dry.
If you like Sonic jalapeño poppers, you will like these as well. The crinkle fries could also have been purchased at the local grocery store, they were not great. Tried to support a local restaurant, but we will continue to drive further to some of our other favorites.

We were visiting from Colorado and decided to try some authentic BBQ at Papa Bobs. It was fantastic!
The service was great, very friendly people. The food came out fast and was delicious!
The kids are hooked now and we don’t have anything here as good! Papa Bob, please come to Colorado Springs. :)
We had the burnt ends sandwich and pulled pork sandwich– yum!

Amazing hole-​in-​the-​wall BBQ joint with a huge menu and a Man-​vs-​Food beating 6 lb meal that’s free if you can demolish the whole thing in 40 – 45 minutes. (The hospital bill does cost extra.) The meats were outstanding, the sauce, including Bob’s spicy offering, were all AAA, and, as is custom in the midwest, they have more desserts than they have tables in the place, and the ones which we tried, the strawberry-​rhubarb pie and a chocolate peanut-​butter thing, rocked. They have a fish fry on Tuesdays or Wednesdays but with barbecue this good, what the heck are you doing eating fish here?
I have to drop them one star for sticking high fructose corn syrup in the bottled barbecue sauce. You wouldn’t serve beer to a kid. Why take great tasting sauce and load it full of stuff just as toxic?

Went here to check out the hype due to the Ultimate Destroyer Challenge that has also been featured on Man vs Food. I was rather excited based on that alone.
The restaurant is pretty homey, which is exactly what I wanted. BBQ shouldn’t be fancy and there is nothing fancy about Papa Bob’s, so that’s a plus.
The service was pretty slow, as we waited about 10 minutes for the waitress to take our order. I went with the Large Pulled Pork sandwich and a side of fries. My son had the kids chicken fingers with tots, and my mom had a cheeseburger and fries.
The pulled pork was fair. It didn’t wow me like other BBQ places. The sandwich was also anything but large. It was $ 8 by itself and you’ll get about half as much as Arthur Bryant.
My mom’s cheeseburger was dry as a bone and the buns were cold.
My son gobbled his food down and was very happy with it.
I will say that the sauce was very delicious and sweet. I definitely enjoyed it. Everything else was very average at best and definitely not worth the $ 40 we had to pay.
If you want to try an incredible food challenge then this is the place for you and I would recommend it for that. If you aren’t going for the challenge then I’d say there are much better BBQ places in the metro.