Meat Boss Cottage Hill
Cozy counter-serve BBQ joint known for Alabama-style smoked meats and customizable, flavorful meals.
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Meat Boss Cottage Hill
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Cozy counter-serve BBQ joint known for Alabama-style smoked meats and customizable, flavorful meals.
"This place is a true gem! The BBQ was fantastic, the prices reasonable, and the staff made me feel valued."
Avoid Weekend Crowds
Visit during weekdays for a more relaxed experience; the restaurant is closed on Sundays and Mondays.
Customize Your Combo
Utilize the build-your-own system to create your perfect meal with preferred meats, sauces, and sides.
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Cuisine
Barbecue
Price
Mid-range
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Alabama-Style BBQ Excellence
Savor tender, juicy smoked meats like Boston butt, beef brisket, and ribs, a true taste of Alabama.
Build-Your-Own BBQ Masterpiece
Customize your BBQ with a choice of meat, bread, sauce, toppings, and sides for a personalized meal.
World-Renowned "Boss Beans"
Don't miss the decadent yet light homemade potato salad and the legendary baked beans, a must-try side.
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Avoid Weekend Crowds
Visit during weekdays for a more relaxed experience; the restaurant is closed on Sundays and Mondays.
Customize Your Combo
Utilize the build-your-own system to create your perfect meal with preferred meats, sauces, and sides.
Try the Signature Sides
The homemade potato salad and world-renowned baked beans are highly recommended by diners.
Consider the Burger
If you're looking for something different, the burger with sweet and spicy sauce is a great choice.
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Avoid Weekend Crowds
Visit during weekdays for a more relaxed experience; the restaurant is closed on Sundays and Mondays.
Customize Your Combo
Utilize the build-your-own system to create your perfect meal with preferred meats, sauces, and sides.
Try the Signature Sides
The homemade potato salad and world-renowned baked beans are highly recommended by diners.
Consider the Burger
If you're looking for something different, the burger with sweet and spicy sauce is a great choice.
What Travellers Say
Reviews Summary
Diners consistently praise Meat Boss for its incredibly flavorful and perfectly cooked BBQ meats, especially the ribs and brisket. The build-your-own ordering system and friendly service add to the positive experience. While most reviews are glowing, a few patrons have noted occasional inconsistencies with side dish temperatures or consistency.
"Found this place on google and so glad we decided to stop. We tried a little of everything. Beef brisket, chicken, ribs, sausage, wings, rib candy and baked beans. EVERYTHING was excellent. Leane told us the history of the place including the introduction of the French Fry to the place.
If you are near the area- STOP. Meat boss will not disappoint. Closed Sunday and Monday."
Christina
"Absolutely blown away by this barbecue spot! The ribs were phenomenal—tender, juicy, and packed with flavor. The chicken was just as impressive, cooked to perfection with incredible attention to detail. You can tell this is a family-owned restaurant by the warm, welcoming atmosphere and the passion behind every plate. The environment is relaxed and inviting, and the people are simply amazing. I felt right at home from the moment I walked in. I cannot wait to come back—this place is a true gem!"
MR Consulting
"The food is delicious. The sweet tea is wonderful. I see why the beans are world renowned. The pulled pork sandwich is impressive. The ribs are delicious also. I see why people rave about this place."
B Wells
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Frequently Asked Questions
The signature dishes include pulled pork (Boston butt), beef brisket, ribs, and their renowned baked beans.
You choose your meat, bread, sauce, toppings, and sides from a custom menu card to build your perfect meal.
Yes, Meat Boss offers breakfast on Fridays and Saturdays only.
Customers rave about the homemade potato salad and the 'Boss Beans' (baked beans).
Meat Boss is closed on Sundays and Mondays but is open on other weekdays and Saturdays for breakfast.
Absolutely! You can pile on various unorthodox extras like cheese and Jalapeno jelly.
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Meat Boss Barbecue sandwiches—often dripping sauce from all sides—are very much an Alabama thing, and you'll find one of the best in this part of Alabama at this more recent entry into an already robust barbecue scene. You've got options, but there's a reason why the pulled pork (here, referred to by its Christian name, Boston butt) is first on the list. Then you have your choice of sauces, plus the option to pile all sorts of unorthodox extras on your sandwich—cheese, Jalapeno jelly, you name it, go for it, this isn't Texas, nobody's judging.
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Meat Boss has simplified the ordering process: choose your meat, your bread, your sauce, your toppings, and your sides to build your perfect lunch combo. Looking for something a little different, they also have Brunswick stew, a stew made with their butt, brisket, and chicken. Unlike other BBQ restaurants in mobile, they also offer breakfast, but on Friday and Saturday only.
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Meat Boss Cottage Hill is a cozy counter-serve offering smoked meats and Southern dishes. Its fare is perfect for family get-togethers, workplace cookouts, tailgating, holiday celebrations, and especially grab-and-go meals. Meat Boss specializes in smoked Boston butt, beef brisket, chicken, turkey, pork loin, ham, ribs, and chicken salad, as well as Brunswick stew.
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Meat Boss interested me the most as the have Alabama style barbecue, and Dick Russell’s BBQ is also highly rated. I would also be remiss if I did not point out that, since Mobile is on the gulf, there are many fine seafood restaurants. The two that stood out to me were Bluegill Restaurant and The Mariner Restaurant.
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Benny Chinnis, better known as The Meat Boss, started this restaurant in 2012 with just $3000, his family, and a love to feed people. Since then, they’ve specialized in mouth-watering pulled brisket that’s more than just plain delicious. What makes Meat Boss one of the best if their build-your-own style ordering.
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One of my personal favorites, Meat Boss has some high quality bar b que with some of the finest sides dishes around. Lunch is served with options like smoked chicken breast or pork entrees. Breakfast is also available with outdoor seating available for you and your pets.
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The Meat Boss’s ordering instructions are simple: “Choose your meat, choose your bread, choose your sauce, choose your toppings and choose your side.” Do those things, and you will leave incredibly happy (and satisfied).
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- Rating: 4.5/5 (426 reviews)- Price level: $$- Address: 5401 Cottage Hill Rd Mobile, AL 36609- Categories: Barbecue, American (Traditional), Sandwiches- Read more on Yelp
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That’s because diners select their meat, bread, sauce, toppings and sides from a custom menu card so their meal is exactly how they like it.
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