PERRY'S BBQ

3800 US 98 N #668, LAKELAND, Polk County. DBPR licence 6306908. 8 inspection visits from 2023-09-25 to 2026-09-21.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-09-21: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 1 intermediate, 4 basic violations

2 of 7routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Polk County average that year (5 had none)

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

1inspections prompted by a complaint

Every inspection visit

Newest first. Violations: high-priority / intermediate / basic. County average = high-priority violations at a first routine visit, Polk 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
2026-09-21	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	4	0.43	5 areas 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
2026-02-23	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	1	0.40	2 areas 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2025-09-16	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	3	0	0.40	3 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2025-03-18	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	3	0.39	3 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2) 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean
2024-10-29	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	2	0.39	3 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2024-02-14	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2	0.41	2 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 29 Plumbing installed and maintained
2023-11-28	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2		2 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean
2023-09-25	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	2	2	0.41	4 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2) 11 Personnel with infections restricted 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation

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.