SLOW & LOW BBQ
5490 STADIUM PARKWAY, Viera FL 32940 · 321-735-4809
Last inspected Aug 11, 2026 · 7 visits since November 2023
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5 inspections within 12 points of each other. Whatever this kitchen does, it does consistently.
★ Spotless◆ Clean streak● Perfect year✓ Never fined
Awarded on the inspection record alone. What they mean →
Inspection history
7 visits, newest first
Aug 11, 2026Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 5 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
1 High priority1 Intermediate3 Basic
What the inspector wrote — 5 findingsThe state's own report →
Vacuum breaker missing at mop sink faucet or on fitting/splitter added to mop sink faucet. Need a vacuum breaker installed on fresh water hose side
Food manager certification expired. A list of accredited food manager certification examination providers can be found at https://www2.myfloridalicense.com/hotels-restaurants/food-lodging/food-manager/ Beolet 5/2021-5/2026
Accumulation of lime scale on the inside of the dishmachine.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood vents
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Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler. Salad station
Nov 4, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionComplaint Investigation
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority0 Intermediate2 Basic
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Equipment in poor repair. Grilled station reach in cooler drawers are starting to tear
Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler. Salad station
Sep 15, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 7 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority0 Intermediate7 Basic
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Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. In meat rub seasoning. Operator remove bowl from meat rub seasoning.
Cold holding equipment not maintained in good repair. Do not store time/temperature control for safety food in this unit until the unit is repaired. 2 door reach in cooler/ reach in freezer not operating or doesn't have any food stored is. Still on the cook line. Manager stated it might get fix or throw it out
Equipment in poor repair. Upright desert reach in cooler door gasket is tearing
Reach-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. Upright desert reach in cooler just storing plates and made in house cheese cake shelving is rusted
Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler. Cold side station cooler. Manager has employee clean out the water
Walk in freezer has ice buildup on door way and inside walk in freezer
Water leaking from pipe and/or faucet/handle. Under 3 compartment sink pipe is leaking water. Establishment does have bus tub underneath to catch the water.
Portable fire extinguisher gauge in red zone. For reporting purposes only. Observed silver fire extinguisher in kitchen is meter is border line in the red.
Mar 21, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority0 Intermediate3 Basic
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Commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged fish bearing a label indicating that it is to remain frozen until time of use no longer frozen and not removed from reduced oxygen package.
Equipment in poor repair. Both reach in cooler and reach in freezer door gaskets are torn
Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. Walk in freezer door can't fully close do to ice
Nov 6, 2024Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 7 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
1 High priority0 Intermediate6 Basic
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Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Observe employee prepping cooked turkey with gloves on. Order came in. Employee took gloves off checked the order ticket then applied new gloves on without washing hands before putting new gloves on. Employee is re-educate to wash hand when you changing task before putting gloves on. Employee understand washed hands at hand wash sink then applied new gloves on to complete that ticket order
Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. In prep area container of seasoning a scoop with no handle stored in the seasoning. Operator removed scoop and place a scoop with a handle. For the seasoning.
Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Cutting boards on cook line
Equipment in poor repair. Walk in freezer door gaskets Reach in freezer 2 door gaskets are torn in poor repair
Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken. In prep area broken food containers. Operator discarded the containers.
Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. Walk in freezer
Old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning. Operator removed the labels and rewash the containers
Mar 21, 2024Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 10 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority1 Intermediate9 Basic
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Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Observed Hand Wash Sink at bar area having an equipment stored in the sink. Operator
Equipment in poor repair. Observed in kitchen both reach in cooler and reach in freezer door gaskets are torn. Also reach in freezer door handles is broken
Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside.
Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair. Observed floor tiles in cooked line and floor tiles in front of walk in cooler are crack and broken. Floor tiles in front of walk in cooler has standing water where the floor tiles are crack and broken
Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken. Observed in kitchen where seasoning is stored food container that has pepper stored in container was broken. Operator transferred pepper to another clean food container and discarded the broken container
Food stored on floor. Observed food container containing potatoes emerge in water stored directly on the floor.
Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. Observed walk in freezer door entrance has build up ice
Observed kitchen ceiling tiles and vents throughout the establishment has accumulation of dust
Water leaking from pipe and/or faucet/handle. Observed behind dish washing machine pipe that connects to dish washing machine and connects to the wall has a small leak
Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Observed squeeze bottle on cookline containing water not labeled. Operator
Nov 14, 2023Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 8 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
1 High priority1 Intermediate6 Basic
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Observed 1live fly around prep area. Talk to supervisor on Duty C. Woods. She stated next unannounced inspection
Observed can opener blade is soiled with food debris. Operator corrected
Both flip tops station on cook line under the flip top cover is soiled with food debris. Operator corrected
Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside.
Observed Hand Wash Sink in dishwasher area not having a hand Wash sign to identify it. Operator corrected
Observed ceiling/ ceiling vents are soiled with accumulation of dust in prep area
Observed dish washing machine exterior is soiled
Observed in walk in cooler buckets containing potatoes submerge in water Store on the floor. Operator corrected
This record follows the licence, not the owner. Restaurants change hands and the licence history normally does not, so an older entry may describe people who no longer run the place. Every inspection above links to the state's own report. Something wrong? Tell us.