Mission BBQ

Mission BBQ's Florida stores average -0.29 high-priority violations per routine inspection relative to their county baseline (95% interval -0.50 to -0.07), below the county baseline. Rank 7 of 9 other quick-service brands, counted from furthest below the baseline.

-0.29vs county baseline, 95% interval -0.50 to -0.07

0.81 vs 1.10raw high-priority violations per routine inspection vs the baseline its stores face

31stores in 20 counties, 150 routine inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26

The food: where these dishes come from

Mission BBQ is known for brisket and pulled pork. The stories are about the dishes, not the brand, and live on PlateTales.

By fiscal year

Relative to the county baseline, first visits of routine inspections. Open circle and * = fiscal year in progress (data as of 2026-11-09). Hover a point for n.

Most-cited violation codes

Citations per 100 routine inspections, Mission BBQ vs all Florida inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26 (n = 150). Descriptions are DBPR's.
Code	DBPR description	Mission BBQ	Florida	Ratio
22	Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean	50.7	43.6	1.16x
16	Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated	40.7	17.0	2.40x
31	Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed	38.0	42.0	0.90x
24	Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils	30.0	10.5	2.85x
36	Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved	28.0	39.9	0.70x

Outcomes

18.0% vs 19.6%routine inspections that needed a callback visit, vs all Florida (raw)

0.00% vs 1.01%routine inspections ending in an emergency order recommendation, vs all Florida (raw)

80%of 30 stores with 2+ inspections score below their county baseline after shrinkage toward the brand mean

Emergency closures

No Mission BBQ store appears in DBPR's weekly closure extracts (2025-12-29 to 2026-11-06).

Other other quick-service brands

Ranked other quick-service brands, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26.
Rank	Brand	vs county	95% interval	Stores
1	Playa Bowls	-0.80	-0.97 to -0.62	36
2	Cold Stone Creamery	-0.74	-0.84 to -0.64	100
3	Tropical Smoothie Cafe	-0.56	-0.64 to -0.46	216
4	Panda Express	-0.51	-0.61 to -0.40	117
5	Dairy Queen	-0.49	-0.60 to -0.37	114
6	Cava	-0.41	-0.60 to -0.18	31
7	Mission BBQ	-0.29	-0.50 to -0.07	31
8	Captain D's	-0.25	-0.41 to -0.07	35
9	Pei Wei	-0.10	-0.33 to +0.14	34

Look up a single Mission BBQ location

Store-level matching: a store counts for Mission BBQ when its DBPR business name matches the reviewed aliases in InspectLens's brand list. Co-branded units (for example KFC with Taco Bell) are not counted for either brand.