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Yazoo Barbeque Company

2150 Broadway
Denver, CO 80205

303-296-3334 | Website

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Category: Restaurants | Barbecue

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Yazoo Barbeque Company
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Yazoo owner Don Hines brings a little of the Deep South to the heart of downtown Denver. All of his barbecue meats are done dry, with sauce offered on the side. The pulled pork is amazingly redolent of powerful pecan and hickory smoke, and Hines uses only a dry rub to add flavor during the long, low and slow cooking process. There’s a trick to getting good grub at Yazoo, though, and that’s to come early: When the kitchen is empty, Yazoo closes for the night.

  • Cuisine(s): Barbecue

    Hours: Daily 11am-7pm

    Price: $, $$

  • Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards, cash

    Features: Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Delivery, Private Party, Catering, Wheelchair Accessible, Kid Friendly

    Serving: Dinner, Lunch

  • Alcohol: None

    Reservations: Not Accepted

    Parking: Lot Available

  • 2011 | Best BBQ Novelty Item

    We're huge fans of Yazoo's signature dry-rubbed, Memphis-style 'cue — and especially fond of the Bob, a generous chunk of chicken breast that's smoked and swathed in jalapeños and bacon, giving the meat just the right touch of heat and savor.... More >

  • 2009 | Best BBQ

    Small place, big flavor. Sometimes we crave Yazoo's amazing pulled pork, at other times its ribs. But once when we stopped in for ribs, the tiny kitchen was out, so indeed we got a BOB — chicken breast wrapped in bacon and jalapeños. then smoked... More >

  • 2008 | Best Pulled Pork

    Here's how to tell if a barbecue joint is good: Count how many times you've been disappointed because it's sold out of nearly every damn thing. This is a regular problem at the original Yazoo BBQ location (there's a newer outpost in Greenwood... More >

  • 2007 | Best BBQ Pork

    When Yazoo owner Don Hines says he's doing Deep South barbecue, he's not kidding. He's from Mississippi, and it shows when he smokes. His meat cooks low and slow -- twelve hours -- over a combination of hickory and pecan wood, with only a strong... More >

Westword Reviews and News

  • Yazoo Barbecue Company

    By Jason Sheehan | Thu, July 12, 2007

    I'm fairly sure that if you were to make a list of all the songs least likely to be heard in a Deep South barbecue shack, "Dead Man's Party," by Oingo Boingo, would be damn close to the top of the list. And yet that's just what was playing over th... More >

  • Get a 'Cue

    By Jason Sheehan | Thu, July 20, 2006

    Unlike Cabin Creek Smokehouse BBQ (see review, page 53), Yazoo Barbecue Company is not the kind of place you have to scout out. This white-cement bunker -- occasionally wreathed in smoke, partially walled in by a chain-link fence -- is right in th... More >

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    westwordbestof

    | Wed, May 06, 2009

    Small place, big flavor. Sometimes we crave Yazoo's amazing pulled pork, at other times its ribs. But once when we stopped in for ribs, the tiny kitchen was out, so indeed we got a BOB — chicken breast wrapped in bacon and jalapeños. then smoked — and almost died from pleasure right on the spot. In fact, the only problem with Yazoo is that it sells out of certain things so quickly that we can't always get what we happen to be craving at that moment. But that's not a very big problem, because there's always another great option. Adding a second outlet down south has helped expand supply, but we remain faithful to the small downtown spot, which just keeps pouring out that big, big flavor.

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