Off The Hook BBQ

Off The Hook BBQ is a family-owned barbecue restaurant in Gladstone, Missouri, that opened its brick-and-mortar location in 2025 after more than a decade building the business through tailgating, catering, a food truck, and a walk-up window in Parkville. Owned by Wardell Hooks Jr. with his son Martell Hooks and mother Judy Jones, it is known for flavorful, tender barbecue made with a simple rub-and-spritz method and family recipes.

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Description

Off The Hook BBQ occupies a welcoming space on North Oak Trafficway in Gladstone. After more than ten years of building a loyal following through tailgate catering, a food truck, and a limited walk-up window in downtown Parkville, the family opened its first full brick-and-mortar restaurant in Gladstone in 2025. The menu focuses on classic Kansas City barbecue — brisket, pulled pork, ribs, and sides — executed with a straightforward approach that emphasizes flavor, tenderness, and consistency.

Ownership and history

Wardell Hooks Jr. began seriously pursuing barbecue about a decade before the Gladstone opening, starting with backyard smoking and tailgate parties while working full-time at UPS (where he spent 38 years, the last 25 in management). He progressed to catering, purchased a food truck, and later opened a limited walk-up window on Main Street in Parkville. In 2025 the family opened the Gladstone location at 7506 N Oak Trafficway. Wardell’s son Martell works alongside him (particularly on saucing), and his mother Judy Jones (approaching 80) contributes family recipes and works in the restaurant. The name “Off The Hook” reflects both the quality (“off the hook”) and the family’s journey.

Menu

Last verified: 2026-06-20 · Source: Off The Hook BBQ official site · URL(s): https://offthehookbbqllc.com/gladstone-off-the-hook-bbq-food-menu · Confidence: High

Despite the “Off The Hook” name, this is a Kansas City–style barbecue house — no seafood or fish on the menu. The name reflects the quality (“off the hook”) and the family’s Hooks-surname journey from tailgating to a food truck to the Gladstone storefront.

Signature BBQ meats (by the pound)

• Burnt ends — the house signature; the most-photographed item on review sites — $25.99/lb¹
• Sliced brisket — slow-smoked, “melt-in-your-mouth” tender — $22.99/lb¹
• Chopped brisket — $21.99/lb¹
• Pulled pork — $19.99/lb¹
• Sliced turkey — $17.99/lb¹
• Cajun andouille sausage — $17.99/lb¹
• Pulled chicken — $17.99/lb¹

Plates & combos

• Sample platter — ribs, sausage, brisket, turkey, and wings with two sides; serves two — $44.99¹
• Spare rib dinner — 4–5 bones with two sides; ribs are a praised “fall-apart tender” item — $18.99¹
• Two-meat platter — choice of two meats and one side — $23.99¹
• Spare rib combo — 2–3 bones plus one meat and one side — $23.99¹
• Burnt ends dinner — burnt ends with two sides — $22.99¹

Sandwiches (each includes one side)

• Spicy grilled cheese — brisket and pepperjack — $17.99¹
• Sliced brisket sandwich — $16.99¹
• Spicy Bus chicken Philly — $16.99¹
• Cheeseburger (8 oz) — $16.99¹
• Chopped brisket sandwich — $15.99¹
• Pulled pork sandwich — $15.99¹
• Smoked turkey melt — $14.99¹
• Pulled chicken sandwich — $14.99¹

Specialties & loaded items

• Off the Hook hot dog — quarter-pound beef dog topped with brisket, cheese, and jalapeños, with fries — $16.99¹
• Loaded baked potato — meat, mac & cheese, and toppings — $16.99¹
• Nachos / nacho fries — meat, pico, queso, toppings — $15.99¹
• Quesadillas — brisket, pork, or chicken — $14.99¹
• Brisket mac & cheese — $12.99¹
• Wing dinner — 3 wings, one side — $15.99 (jumbo wings $4.50 each)¹

Sides ($4.50 each)

• Beans, mac & cheese, cheesy potatoes, fries, potato salad, coleslaw¹
• Baked potato — $5.99 · Add-ons: cheese curds $10.99, brisket potato skins $12.99, corn nuggets $9.99¹

Also offered

• Breakfast — breakfast burrito or quesadilla (meat, potatoes, eggs, cheese) — $12.99 each¹
• Dessert — ooey gooey butter cake $6.99; triple-chocolate-chip cookie $4.50¹
• Kids menu — hot dog, chicken chunks, grilled cheese, mac & cheese, quesadilla, or meat sandwich, with fries, applesauce, and a drink — $8.00¹

Note: by-the-pound orders of 2+ lbs require two days’ advance notice. Prices current as of the 2026-06-20 verification and subject to change.

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Sources

• Status verified active 2026-06-23 via Yelp — Off The Hook BBQ, Gladstone (accessed 2026-06-23). Listing updated May 2026 (87 reviews, 71 photos), 7506 N Oak Trafficway, Gladstone MO 64118; current hours Mon–Fri 7a–8p, Sat 11a–8p, Sun 11a–4p; open and operating.

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Disputes

(None recorded.)

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Footnotes

1. Off The Hook BBQ — official food menu (verified 2026-06-20). https://offthehookbbqllc.com/gladstone-off-the-hook-bbq-food-menu — asserts: full menu with prices — burnt ends $25.99/lb, sliced brisket $22.99/lb, pulled pork, turkey, andouille sausage, pulled chicken; plates, combos, sandwiches, sides, breakfast, kids menu, desserts; no seafood/fish items. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³ ↩¹⁴ ↩¹⁵ ↩¹⁶ ↩¹⁷ ↩¹⁸ ↩¹⁹ ↩²⁰ ↩²¹ ↩²² ↩²³ ↩²⁴ ↩²⁵ ↩²⁶ ↩²⁷ ↩²⁸ ↩²⁹ ↩³⁰ ↩³¹