Hercules BBQ

Love love love this place. Great staff, heavenly barbecue, and such a beautiful community of people...
Thank you all for making our day so wonderful, even though we locked the keys up inside the car..... You were all so helpful... We live an hour away and I bet this will Always be our barbecue place from now on. Pork steaks that don't require a knife or teeth.. 😂 Best sweet tea as well. Love the side dishes,too full for dessert but next time we are going to share a plate and get some fried pies...

It was great! Very good proportion sizes, taste great, and very well priced! And the staff was extremely friendly and considerate!

The food was AMAZING!! I ordered small rib plate and the ribs were all meat! They were great!! My boyfriend had the fish and shrimp and it was good. They could have cooked the fish a little longer, other than that it was great!
We will for sure go back again.

Passed by many times but stopped after reading in Missouri Electrical Coop Best of Missouri; glad we did! Great ribs, super tender, meat fell off the bones, equally good pulled pork and excellent fries. New York Strip Steak was done as ordered, but not ss good as ribs; still a very nice meal. Will return; highly recommended!

We drove from Farmington after hearing about the restaurant. So happy we did. Hubby ordered the fried chicken and I had pulled pork nachos. Both were delicious. Service was excellent. We were seated immediately and our food was delivered quickly. We will certainly return and bring friends.

I was driving through the town and stopped in for lunch. Ordered the prime rib sandwich and the loaded fries. Enjoyed my lunch! Well done. Looking forward to getting back for some steak and Q in the future!

Excellent Fried chicken 🍗. 2 piece chicken Okra, side salad..and a to go order of bbq chicken wings! YUMMY

If you want awsome BBQ, this is the place to go! Great sides, awsome service! Try the ribs, my personal favorite. Steaks on Sat. You can't beat it! New outdoor seating is quite nice as well.

The best BBQ in the area (and the state according to Missouri Rural Magazine ! ) and very friendly staff!!

Hercules has the best smoked meats, so tender no knife is needed. I ordered a pork steak that was fantastic and I never once used my knife, are the entire steak only using a fork. My Daughter order a side if ribs, I usually cut them for her, no need to, the ribs were so tender the bones pulled right out. And the flavor was amazing 🤩. The only non-excellent food item that was ordered by my family was the Mac & Cheese. It needs some work, might have been an off batch, but it was very bland, definitely needs work. The prices were unbelievably low. My pork steak meal with 2 awesome sides was only $10! I'm not from the piedmont area, we made a special trip to try Hercules BBQ, and they did not disappoint. I will definitely make that my go to restaurant anytime I'm in the area.

We drove an hour and a half to try this place and we were not disappointed. We will definitely be coming back again. We had a half chicken, pulled pork and ribs with sides. Delicious BBQ. The meat was seasoned and cooked well, keeping it moist and flavorful. You could really taste the BBQ flavor, even without the sauce. Great prices too! Only critique is that I wish there were some BBQ sauce options (hot, mustard, tangy, etc). Overall, very yum. Can't wait to go back.

I eat here all the time. The places is definitely some of the best barbecue you will find. However I am not a big fan of any, of their Fried Chicken. I will also add the owners are, great people, super nice, and always friendly.

AMAZING BBQ! Look no further for the most tender best tasting pork steak you have ever had! The brisket could end wars its so good as well!

I've traveled a lot over the years, all over the country for work, and love good BBQ. I don't recall having better pulled pork or ribs than I've had at this place. No need for sauce, it's excellent "dry", which is the way I order it everywhere, so I can actually taste the meat, becausee a sauce can mask BBQ that's just good to mediocre.

Though a little taste of their sauce is good to, I don't think it's necessary. I would always recommend trying any restaurant's BBQ dry first, so you can know what the meat is really like, then add a little sauce if you want to mask the meat's flavor or judge their sauces, but don't ever confuse the flavors.

Do yourself a favor and try it dry.

I can't imagine how it would be possible to leave a bad review for this place, so it's probably best to just ignore those from the "never satisfied" crowd.

Best food in Piedmont. The owner is great. The food is always fantastic. Whether it's rib eye or pulled pork! Smokes the rest of the local eateries...pun intended.

Great food and service. Good prices! Highly recommend the pork steak.

Fantastic meats. Literally fall off the bone ribs. Pork steak was amazing, sauce fantastic, sides excellent. Great little place hitting on all cylinders. Only nit to pick is that the outside literally looks like an abandoned building. We almost didn't stop, and weren't sure it was open until we tried the door. Inside was cheerful and charming, great service. Not sure why so many great BBQ joints look deserted.

Amazing place to eat. Great atmosphere, terrific service, amazing food at mind blowing prices as well. My husband and I go for steak on Saturday night and now we won't go anywhere else for it. We love Hercules!!! An we hope they stay in business for a very long time.

This place has the BEST BBQ we have ever eaten. We are the Mayfield's. We come all the way from KC twice a yr. We eat and buy some to take home.

I did a takeout order for the first time tonight, it was the first time I ever ate from here. I ordered the pork steak dinner, I have never had a pork steak so tender before, it literally fell apart! I always thought everyone was just exaggerating when they said it melts in your mouth but it really does! I honestly never eat any kind of steak because I really never liked it but Hercules has changed my mind and I will order pork steak from here again! Plus, we paid as much to eat here for a family of 4 as we would at Sonic or Mcdonald's and Hercules was SO much better!