Tattooed Hog BBQ

Tattooed Hog BBQ is Danny Hawkins’s pit-smoked BBQ concept at the Iron District container park — 1599 Iron St, North Kansas City, opened mid-March 2026. Dry-rubbed meats, vinegar-forward sauce served on the side (bridging KC and Carolina traditions), brisket and pulled pork as anchors. Named for the hog-cut diagram tattooed on Hawkins’ right shin. KC Magazine and KCUR covered the opening.

| Cuisine | Pit-smoked BBQ — dry-rubbed meats, vinegar-based sauce on the side; KC + Carolina tradition bridge |¹ | | Name origin | Hog diagram tattoo on Hawkins’ right shin |¹ |

Description

Tattooed Hog BBQ is Danny Hawkins’s pit-smoked BBQ restaurant at North Kansas City’s Iron District container park — a concept built from years of festival circuits, catering gigs, and a pop-up stint at Worth Harley-Davidson before Hawkins signed a lease and opened in mid-March 2026. The name comes from a tattoo on his right shin: a hog with a diagram of the cuts of meat. Hawkins dry-rubs all meat and serves his vinegar-forward sauce on the side — a deliberate bridge between Kansas City and Carolina BBQ traditions that avoids the heavy sweet sauce KC is known for. All sides and desserts except the fries and coleslaw are made from scratch. His partner Sarah Knox (a Texas transplant who moved to KC and, per KC Magazine, prompted Hawkins to “reassess the local BBQ scene”) handles operations alongside him. Menu anchors include The Tribal (pulled pork grilled cheese, $16), The Rosco Spavins (brisket, onion, pickles, $15), and brisket by the pound at $26. KC Magazine ran a full feature profile in May 2026; KCUR and Startland News covered the Iron District opening.

Menu

Last verified: 2026-08-12 · Source: Tattooed Hog BBQ official site · URL: https://tattooedhogbbq.com/ · Confidence: High (item names, first-party descriptions, and prices from the restaurant’s own site; Firecrawl 2026-08-12). All sandwiches include one side. The site’s “Order Online” button is order.online (aggregator) — not used for prices.²

House line: a tight menu built around house-smoked meats, toasted bread, and pickle-bright sides.²

Sammiches (all with 1 side)

• Full Sleeve — brisket, pulled pork, turkey, and sausage on a toasted potato bun — $18²
• Chest Piece — burnt ends piled on a toasted potato bun — $18²
• The Tribal — pulled pork grilled cheese with pickle and sauce on sourdough — $16²
• Half Sleeve — choice of 2 meats on a toasted potato bun — $16²
• Rosco Spavins — sliced brisket on a toasted potato bun with onion and pickle — $16²
• Tramp Stamp — pulled pork piled high with french-fried onions, pickle, and sauce — $15²
• Sloppy Hog — jalapeño cheddar smoked sausage smothered in burnt-end baked beans, slaw, and fried onions, drizzled with sauce — $14²

Plates

• The Body Suit — sampler: 4 oz brisket, pulled pork, sausage, turkey, 2 ribs, potato salad, slaw, 2 corn muffins, and baked beans — $55²
• Dinner Plate #1 — 1 meat with 2 sides — $20²
• Dinner Plate #2 — 2 meats with 2 sides — $25²
• Pulled Pork Mac N’ Cheese — smoky pulled pork over a hot bowl of mac — $16²

Meat by the pound

• Brisket — $26/lb²
• Burnt Ends — $28/lb²
• Pulled Pork — $20/lb²
• Turkey — $18/lb²
• Sausage — $16/lb²
• Full Slab Ribs — $28²
• Half Slab Ribs — $16²

Sides

• Corn Muffins — $2²
• French Fries — $5²
• Fried Pickle Spears — $6²
• Burnt End Baked Beans — $8²
• Elote Corn Salad — $8²
• Coleslaw — $8²
• Dill Pickle Potato Salad — $8²
• Mac N’ Cheese — $8²

Quick bites

• One Meat Sliders — 2 per order — $8²
• Rib — single bone — $3²

Kid’s menu

• Hot Dog N’ Fries — $8²
• Kid’s Mac N’ Cheese — $6²

Desserts & drinks

• Cheesecake Cups — $6²
• Fruit Cobbler — $8²
• Pepsi products / Lemonade / Sweet Tea / Bottled Water — $3²

Sources

Footnotes

1. KC Magazine — “Tattooed Hog aims to elevate KC barbecue culture with zero shortcuts” (May 12, 2026) — Confirms: Danny Hawkins (pitmaster/owner); Sarah Knox (partner; Texas transplant to KC); mid-March 2026 Iron District opening; “bridges Kansas City and Carolina traditions”; vinegar-based sauce on side; all scratch sides; “represent Kansas City” quote; name origin (hog-cut tattoo). KCUR — “North Kansas City’s Iron District debuts new restaurants this summer” (April 11, 2026) — kcur.org — confirms NKC Iron District opening and hours. Startland News (April 2026) — startlandnews.com — confirms opening. Tattooed Hog BBQ official — tattooedhogbbq.com — confirms: 1599 Iron St, NKC MO 64116; (816) 266-9542; tattooedhog@gmail.com; hours; full menu with prices. Iron District Facebook — official open announcement March 14, 2026. Instagram — instagram.com — prior Worth Harley-Davidson popup September 27, 2025. (Accessed 2026-06-29.) ↩ ↩²

2. Tattooed Hog BBQ — official site — first-party sandwich, plate, by-the-pound, side, dessert, and drink menu with prices (re-scraped 2026-08-12). The linked “Order Online” storefront is order.online and was not used for prices. ↩ ↩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 ↩³² ↩³³ ↩³⁴ ↩³⁵