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This is the kind of neighborhood joint that everyone ought to have in his neighborhood, a place that’s both casually friendly and aggressively social, that serves both PBR on tap and super-call whiskey, and that offers the menus of both a champion barbecue restaurant and a decent locals-only steakhouse. Carolina pork shoulder, closed-pit Texas brisket, fried cheese and half-chickens in Alabama white sauce -- what are you waiting for? Big Hoss Bar-B-Q is one of the best all-around spots in town.

Cuisine(s): Barbecue

Hours: Daily 11am-11pm

Price: $$, $$$
Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards

Features: Takeout, Delivery, Private Party, Catering, Kid Friendly

Serving: Dinner, Lunch
Alcohol: Full bar

Reservations: Accepted, Recommended for Large Parties

Parking: Street

2009 | Best Barbecue Shrimp

No other BBQ joint can touch the shrimp at Big Hoss — and we can't keep our hands off them. Served in a trough and doused with Hoss Orwat's special sauce, they're as close as you can come in Denver to the taste of the vinegar-sharp and spice-shot... More >
2008 | Best New Neighborhood Restaurant

Not only do Hoss Orwat and his crew make some wicked barbecue, but they've made that wicked barbecue the focus of a great neighborhood restaurant — the kind of place that, in a perfect world, would exist within walking distance of every person's... More >
2008 | Best Fried Cheese

Of all the things that man has invented over the course of history — the wheel, zombie movies, the interweb — fried cheese has to be in the top ten. And no one in Denver does fried cheese better than Hoss Orwat and his crew at Big Hoss Bar-B-Q.... More >
2008 | Best BBQ

It has been said, often and loudly, that Denver has no great barbecue restaurants. And while this is true to a point, it's a point beyond which all arguments fall apart. Denver may not have the kind of historic barbecue joints that most folks... More >

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Digesting a year's worth of my best meals in the Mile High City

By Jason Sheehan | Thu, January 01, 2009

I started the year at O's in Westminster, sucking mango-vodka purée out of shells of frozen vanilla, eating matsutake mushrooms and razor-shaved snails and drinking champagne by the bottle. I started the year at Bar Americain in midtown Manhattan,... More >
Big Hoss Bar-B-Q

By Jason Sheehan | Thu, January 31, 2008

I love fried cheese. Of all the things that man has invented over the course of history — the wheel, zombie movies, Gary Busey, the interweb — fried cheese has to be in the top ten. I mean, penicillin is great: You go to Thailand, drink a few too ... More >
Blowing Smoke

By Jason Sheehan | Thu, January 31, 2008

Like all purveyors of great barbecue, Hoss Orwat is a renaissance man, a fine storyteller and a little bit goofy in the head. I've never known a good pit man who didn't come to barbecue sideways — who didn't sneak up on it or stumble into it or (i... More >

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streetsignartist

| Tue, June 29, 2010

best BBQ joint in the highlands hands down

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RubenP

| Sun, May 23, 2010

Big Hoss

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ChristopherG1

| Thu, April 29, 2010

Can't go wrong with anything on the menu. Better bring your appetite... The 3-meat entree awaits. Great sides, too.

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tannaruzicka

| Mon, April 05, 2010

They have awesome BBQ! They have very unique nachos: potoato chips, bbq chicken, black beans and a lot more good stuff.

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Scott657

| Tue, June 30, 2009

Great BBQ on the north side.

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