The Prime Smokehouse
Barbecue Restaurant
Why pick this one
The Prime Smokehouse serves authentic Texas-style barbecue and hosts scheduled Friday and Saturday jazz performances in Rocky Mount.
Best for
- Diners seeking Texas-style barbecue, smoked ribs, brisket, pulled pork, or chopped beef
- Groups needing barbecue catering packages for at least 10 people
- Dinner guests interested in barbecue paired with jazz performances
- Guests seeking North Carolina craft beer, cocktails, wine, and barbecue
- Diners wanting Southern sides such as collard greens, baked macaroni and cheese, yams, or cornbread
Look elsewhere if
- Catering orders require fewer than 10 people
- The diner needs a barbecue restaurant outside Rocky Mount
Specialties
- Authentic Texas-style barbecue
- Hickory-smoked ribs
- Smoked brisket
- Carolina pulled pork
- Texas chopped beef
- Barbecue catering packages
What makes them different
- The menu features Big Ed’s Famous Smokehouse Ribs, Prime Brisket, pulled pork, chopped beef, smoked links, and barbecue combination platters.
- The restaurant presents a 2026 Dinner Jazz Series with Friday and Saturday performances by regional and national musicians.
- The drink menu includes North Carolina craft beers, imported and domestic bottles, and souvenir growlers.
- Catering packages have a 10-person minimum and include ribs, chicken, pork, beef, sides, cornbread, and desserts.
- Soups are made in-house using seafood, meats, poultry, fresh vegetables, and herbs.
- Serves
- Rocky Mount
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 1151 Falls Rd Ste 1018, Rocky Mount, NC 27804
- Phone
- +12529727770
- Website
- http://primesmokehouse.com
Services
- Dine-in barbecue restaurant
- Southern cuisine
- Seafood entrees
- Steaks and burgers
- Wine, cocktails, and beer service
- Catering
- Live jazz entertainment
- Gift cards