Delivery from Jim 'N Nick's Bar-B-Q comes with a problem no other barbecue chain has quite so sharply: the single item the chain is famous for — small from-scratch cheese biscuits, hot, straight out of the oven, refilled at the table — is the one item that does not survive a car journey. Everything else travels fine. Understanding that trade-off is most of what you need to decide whether to order in or drive.
Jim 'N Nick's Bar-B-Q prices at a glance
The prices referenced on this page, collected up front. They vary by location and change without notice.
| Order | In-store | Typical app menu price |
|---|---|---|
| Smoked Bologna Sandwich | $9.05 | ~$10.85 |
| Pulled Pork Plate | $14.12 | ~$16.95 |
| Brisket Plate | $18.11 | ~$21.70 |
| Half Rack St. Louis Ribs | $20.12 | ~$24.15 |
| Full Rack Baby Back Ribs | $33.00 | ~$39.60 |
| Creamed Corn | $4.00 | ~$4.80 |
Which apps carry it
Jim 'N Nick's runs roughly 35 restaurants, nearly all in the South-East, and delivery is arranged restaurant by restaurant rather than as one national contract. In practice that means DoorDash, Uber Eats and Grubhub each cover some locations and not others, and the only reliable check is to put your address into each app rather than assume.
The chain's own site, jimnnicks.com, is the better starting point. Where a location offers first-party delivery or pickup it will be listed there at menu price, and where it does not you will at least learn which third party it hands off to. The online ordering guide covers the direct route in detail.
What the markup actually costs
Third-party apps typically list restaurant menus 15% to 25% above in-store pricing, and then add service and delivery fees on top. Applied to real Jim 'N Nick's prices, the gap is easy to see:
Then add a delivery fee, a service fee of roughly 15%, and a tip. A single Pulled Pork Plate at $14.12 in the dining room realistically lands somewhere near $26 at the door. That is not a scandal — it is the cost of a driver — but it does mean the sensible delivery order at Jim 'N Nick's is a family-sized one, where the fixed fees spread across four or five plates instead of one.
What travels and what does not
- Cheese biscuits — no. They steam in a closed bag and go dense. An add-on order is only $2.00, so order them anyway if the food is coming to you, but understand you are getting a different item than the one people write about.
- Ribs — yes. A full rack at $33.00 is the most delivery-proof thing on the menu. Bones hold heat and the bark does not go soggy in twenty minutes.
- Pulled pork — yes, as long as sauce is packed separately. Ask.
- Pork Rinds ($5.03) — no. Made in house, and they lose their snap almost immediately.
- Creamed Corn ($4.00) and Baked Beans ($4.00) — yes. Wet sides are the best travellers on any barbecue menu.
- BBQ Nachos ($13.13) — no. Chips under hot meat are a fifteen-minute item at best.
- Banana Pudding ($7.07) — yes, and it is arguably better cold.
The order that makes delivery worth it
Build around ribs and wet sides. Two full racks ($66.00) with creamed corn, baked beans and two orders of biscuits feeds six, arrives in roughly the condition it left, and spreads a single delivery fee across the whole table. Compare that to ordering one sandwich, where fees can exceed 60% of the food cost.
If you are feeding more than about eight, stop using apps entirely. Jim 'N Nick's handles large orders through each restaurant's own catering desk rather than a national portal, and the catering guide explains how that works and what to ask for. Everything above is priced from the full Jim 'N Nick's menu.