HQ BBQ AND HOT POT

4958 BAYOU BLVD, PENSACOLA, Escambia County. DBPR licence 2705865. 12 inspection visits from 2023-12-20 to 2026-10-27.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-10-27: complaint inspection, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic violations

1 of 2routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Escambia County average that year (1 had none)

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

7inspections prompted by a complaint

Every inspection visit

Newest first. Violations: high-priority / intermediate / basic. County average = high-priority violations at a first routine visit, Escambia County, same fiscal year. Codes and descriptions are DBPR's; the inspector's written notes are on DBPR's site only.
Date	Visit	Result	High	Inter.	Basic	County avg	What was cited
2026-10-27	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0
2026-07-15	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0
2026-04-24	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2	0.25	2 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 08 Food protection, cross-contamination
2025-09-15	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	0		1 area 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory
2024-11-05	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1		1 area 08 Food protection, cross-contamination
2024-07-01	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	3		3 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2) 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints
2024-06-15	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2024-06-11	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	0		1 area 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2024-04-22	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	3	4	4		9 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory (x2) 03 Food Out of Temperature 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2) 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2024-04-22	Follow-up visit	More time given DBPR: Call Back - Extension given, pending	0	2	0		2 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2024-04-16	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	2	6	3	0.46	5 areas 01 Approved source (x3) 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory (x3) 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x3) 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2023-12-20	Licensing inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0

A routine inspection is one visit on one day. Inspectors in different counties record violations differently, so compare a count with its county average, not with a restaurant in another county. Nothing on this page is a rating. Source: DBPR inspection files, data as of 2026-11-09; DBPR's own record for this licence is the official one.