A gift card is worth whatever it buys, and this is the one chain where that sentence works in your favor. Full Moon Bar-B-Que sells the cheapest barbecue sandwich in chain America at $6.99, which means a $25 card here does roughly what a $40 card does at most of the competition. The catch is geography, and it is a real one.
Full Moon Bar-B-Que prices at a glance
The prices referenced on this page, collected up front. They vary by location and change without notice.
| Card | What it covers |
|---|---|
| $15 | A pork sandwich ($6.99) and a Trimming ($3.99) with change, or a Bar-B-Que Pork plate ($14.99) exactly |
| $25 | Two full sandwich-and-side lunches at $10.98 each, with change |
| $35 | Two Classic Rib Plates at $16.99 — the ribs the chain is known for, for two |
| $50 | Four sandwich lunches, or a rib plate and a pork plate with sides and drinks |
| $100 | Roughly nine sandwich-and-side lunches, or a small group order |
Where to buy one
- At the counter. Any Full Moon restaurant will sell you a physical card, load it with the amount you name, and hand it over immediately. This is the simplest route and the one that works for any amount.
- Online at fullmoonbbq.com. The chain sells cards through its website, including e-gift cards delivered by email — useful when the recipient is not in the same city and you have left it late.
- Not in supermarkets. Full Moon is a roughly thirty-restaurant regional chain, not a national brand with a rack in every grocery checkout. Do not go looking for one in a gift card display; buy direct.
What each amount actually feeds
The number worth remembering is $10.98 — a regular pork sandwich plus a Trimming, which is the standard Full Moon lunch. Divide any card amount by eleven and you have the number of meals it represents. A $50 card is four and a half lunches here; at a chain where the same lunch costs $18, it is under three.
The geography problem
This is the one thing to get right before you buy. Full Moon runs about thirty restaurants and the great majority of them are in Alabama, clustered around Birmingham with others across the state and a handful beyond it. A Full Moon gift card is a wonderful present for someone in Hoover or Huntsville and a useless one for someone in Denver.
Check there is a restaurant within a sensible drive of the recipient before you buy. Otherwise the card sits in a drawer, which is the fate of most restaurant gift cards and is avoidable here with one look at a location map.
Checking a balance
Two reliable methods, in order of ease:
- Ask at any Full Moon counter. They will scan the card and tell you. Ten seconds, no account, no website.
- Use the balance check on fullmoonbbq.com, which asks for the card number and, usually, the PIN or security code from the back.
Keep the physical card even when it is nearly empty. A card with $2.40 left on it still covers a Moon Dog ($2.99) most of the way, or a bag of Potato Chips ($1.49) outright, and small balances are far easier to spend at a chain with items priced this low.
Expiry, fees and the fine print
Under federal law, gift card funds cannot expire for at least five years from purchase, and inactivity fees are restricted. In practice a Full Moon card found in a drawer three years later is almost certainly still good, though the card carries its own terms and any restaurant can confirm them.
One limit worth knowing: a card cannot be combined with a military discount to produce cash back — the discount applies to the bill, the card pays the bill.
Bulk and corporate orders
For staff gifts, client thank-yous or a fundraiser, buy through the restaurant rather than online. Call the location nearest your office and ask for the manager. Because Full Moon operates store by store rather than through a national gift card desk, the person who can help you is local, and bulk quantities, custom amounts and invoicing are all handled that way.
Volume pricing for large orders is a conversation, not a published rate. If you are feeding a group directly instead of handing out cards, the catering math comes out at about $10.98 a head — often the better use of the same budget. Prices throughout are from the Full Moon Bar-B-Que menu.