Woodpeckers Backyard BBQ
Last inspected: Feb 3, 2026
61
Score
Going back to 2022, Woodpeckers Backyard BBQ has 11 inspections in the public record. The latest inspection on file is from Feb 3, 2026. Medium risk typically reflects a handful of issues that inspectors wrote up but didn't deem critical.
Inspection results have stayed in a similar range over the last few visits, averaging around five violations each.
Across the inspection history, “food-contact surface soiled with food debris” is the issue that surfaces most often, recorded three times.
Woodpeckers Backyard BBQ's latest score of 61 falls below the St. Augustine average of 81. The full record sits in fairly typical territory for a working restaurant.
11
Inspections
2
Critical latest
1
Major latest
2
Minor latest
Inspection History
Feb 3, 2026
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 1 major violation. 2 minor violations.
View 5 violations
High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Spray bottle of sanitizer stored hanging facing rolls of aluminum pans and foil on metal tub under front counter, bottle moved. **Corrected On-Site**
41-10-4
High Priority - Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Employees showed up to work and put on gloves and began to portion out cobbler, but did not wash hands before putting gloves on. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
12A-16-4
Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Soda nozzles dumped in hand wash station sink at front counter to air dry.
31A-11-4
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink over prep table in small prep area between front line and ware washing area, drink removed. **Corrected On-Site**
12B-07-4
Basic - Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Build up of debris behind large ice machines by bathrooms. Build up of food debris on flooring under racks in walk in freezer. Also build up of water on flooring outside around smokers and walk in cooler, manager began to clear off water. **Corrective Action Taken**
36-73-4
61
Jul 31, 2025
Complaint Full
No violations found.
100
Jul 30, 2025
Complaint Full
6 critical violations. 4 major violations. 2 minor violations.
View 12 violations
High Priority - Employee rubbed hands together for less than 10-15 seconds while washing hands. Employee at front counter rubbed hands together for less then 5 seconds while washing hands.
12A-17-4
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food prepared from/mixed with ingredient(s) at ambient temperature not cooled to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 4 hours. green beans (64F-72F - Cooling, over 4.5 hours, 2 pots); baked beans (67F-69F - Cooling, over 4.5 hours, 6 pot) in large metal covered pots, filled over 2 inches deep in walk in cooler, per manager all items where taken out of cans, mixed together, and placed in walk in cooler over 4 hours prior. **Warning**
03D-06-5
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. coleslaw (46F,47F - Cold Holding) in bottom of reach in cooler on make line, per employee doors have been consistently open for several hours, slaw moved to walk in cooler. **Corrective Action Taken**
03A-02-5
High Priority - Stop Sale issued due to food originating from an unapproved source. 40 individual containers of banana pudding in walk in cooler that manager on site states is made by someone else in their private home and brings it to the store and other employees state that it is made somewhere else but they do not know where. **Warning**
01B-04-5
High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Expired 6/1/2025, renewed during inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
50-17-3
High Priority - Food prepared in a private home. See stop sale. 40 individual containers of banana pudding in walk in cooler that manager on site states is made by someone else in their private home and brings it to the store and other employees state that it is made somewhere else but they do not know where. **Admin Complaint**
01A-03-4
Intermediate - Food being cooled by nonapproved method as evidenced by inadequate rate of cooling during time of inspection. green beans (64F-72F - Cooling, over 4.5 hours, 2 pots); baked beans (67F-69F - Cooling, over 4.5 hours, 6 pot) in large metal covered pots, filled over 2 inches deep in walk in cooler, per manager all items where taken out of cans, mixed together, and placed in walk in cooler over 4 hours prior. **Warning**
03D-15-4
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Blade of can opener in prep area, employee corrected during inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
22-02-4
Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Bin for dirty towels blocking hand wash station on make line, bin moved. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
31A-09-4
Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Bottle with blue and yellow liquid in storage area and front counter.
41-17-4
Basic - Food stored on floor. Container of potatoes in walk in cooler under racks. Boxes of food in walk in cooler. Dali peppers in walk in freezer. **Repeat Violation**
08B-38-4
Basic - Standing water in floor drain/floor drain draining very slowly. At floor drain outside by storage sheds on concrete slabs.
29-19-4
25
Apr 24, 2025
Routine - Food
No violations found.
100
Apr 15, 2025
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 2 major violations. 3 minor violations.
View 6 violations
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. baked chicken (109-115F - Hot Holding) in warming box in main prep area, per employee chicken and a large amount of other smoked/bbq items was taken out of smokers then placed in warmer about 1 hour prior, chicken put back in smoker to reheat. **Corrective Action Taken**
03B-01-6
Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Hand wash station in the main prep area blocked by soiled towel bin, bin moved. **Corrected On-Site**
31A-09-4
Intermediate - Handwash sink removed from food preparation/dishwashing area. Must be reinstalled in the same location where removed. Hand wash sink by outside smokers has been removed. **Warning**
31A-04-4
Basic - Food stored on floor. Cases of water by bathrooms. Boxes of turkey in walk in freezer. Employee corrected during inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
08B-38-4
Basic - Unsealed concrete floor in food preparation, food storage, warewashing area or bathroom. In walk in cooler and walk in freezer. In outside smoker area.
36-02-5
Basic - Floor area(s) covered with standing water. Around outside smokers/walk in cooler.
36-22-4
61
Nov 13, 2024
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 2 major violations. 3 minor violations.
View 7 violations
Certified Food Manager Identification
FL-02
Employee Health Policies Present
FL-03
Hands Clean and Properly Washed
FL-08
Potentially Hazardous Food Held at Proper Temperature
FL-16
Wiping Cloths Properly Used and Stored
FL-41
Food and Non-Food Contact Surfaces Designed and Constructed
FL-50
Hot and Cold Water Available; Adequate Pressure
FL-25
50
Apr 3, 2024
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 3 major violations.
View 4 violations
Employee Health Policies Present
FL-03
Food Contact Surfaces Clean and Sanitized
FL-22
Sewage and Wastewater Properly Disposed
FL-27
Wiping Cloths Properly Used and Stored
FL-41
55
Sep 19, 2023
Complaint Partial
No violations found.
100
Jul 5, 2023
Complaint Full
1 critical violation. 2 major violations. 5 minor violations.
View 8 violations
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. In the hot holding unit closest to the steam table; baked beans (109F - Hot Holding); baked potatoes (112F - Hot Holding). Operator removed the items to the oven to reheat to proper temperature. At conclusion of inspection items still in oven reheating over 135F. **Corrective Action Taken**
03B-01-6
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Can opener on the prep table by the rear exterior door has old food debris on the blade. **Repeat Violation**
22-02-4
Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Chemical spray bottle on the bottom shelf of the front of house prep table missing product labeling. Operator labeled the chemical spray bottle. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
41-17-4
Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Hot holding box on the main cook line by the hand wash sink has a separating door gasket at the top corner. **Repeat Violation**
14-11-5
Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. On the storage shelf opposite the three compartment sink, clean metal containers stacked while wet. Spoke with employee to let air dry. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation**
24-08-4
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Reach in freezer in prep area door gasket has mold like substance spots. Spoke with operator to have someone wipe the door gaskets. **Corrective Action Taken**
23-03-4
Basic - Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. Interior of the microwave in the waitstation prep area has food debris build up. Operator wiped clean and sanitized the microwave. **Corrected On-Site**
22-08-4
Basic - In-use wet wiping cloth/towel used under cutting board. Wet wiping cloths stored under clean cutting boards at the front pass through window. Operator asked employee to switch out the wiping cloths. **Corrective Action Taken**
21-04-4
55
Feb 15, 2023
Routine - Food
3 major violations. 9 minor violations.
View 12 violations
Intermediate - Establishment has no written procedures for employees to follow in response to a vomiting or diarrheal event where the vomit or diarrhea is discharged onto surfaces in the establishment. No bodily fluid clean up kit or written procedures available. Inspector provided written procedures. **Corrective Action Taken**
11-27-4
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Prep area reach in freezer has mold like substance build up on the door gaskets. Employee began to clean and sanitize the freezer door gaskets. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation**
22-02-4
Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. At the waitstation prep area, chemical spray bottle of sanitizer with no product labeling. Operator labeled the chemical spray bottle. **Corrected On-Site**
41-17-4
Basic - Single-service articles improperly stored. In the exterior storage sheds, single service cups and lids stored on the floor. Operator relocated the single service items to the correct storage location. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
25-05-4
Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Wet wiping cloth stored on the clean prep table by the oven. Operator relocated the wet wiping cloth. **Corrected On-Site**
21-12-4
Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Bulk brown sugar container in the prep area with no product labeling. Operator labeled the brown sugar container. **Corrected On-Site**
02D-01-5
Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Styrofoam cup used as a scoop in the bulk container of brown sugar. Operator removed the styrofoam cup. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
14-01-5
Basic - Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. Hot holding boxes on the main cook line have accumulation of food residue on the handles. **Repeat Violation**
23-24-4
Basic - Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. Clean metal pots stored on top of the oven not inverted or covered for protection, operator inverted the metal pots. **Corrected On-Site**
24-05-4
Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. On the storage shelf opposite the three compartment sink, clean metal containers stacked while wet. **Repeat Violation**
24-08-4
Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Hot holding box in the corner of the main cook line by the flip top reach in cooler has a separated door gasket. **Repeat Violation**
14-11-5
Basic - Insect control device installed over food preparation area. In the prep room by the rear exterior door, bug zapper installed over clean prep table. Operator relocated the bug zapper. **Corrected On-Site**
35B-02-4
47
Sep 21, 2022
Routine - Food
3 major violations. 5 minor violations.
View 8 violations
Required Records Available; Shellstock Tags/Labels
FL-14
Food Contact Surfaces Clean and Sanitized
FL-22
Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
FL-23
Toilet Rooms Maintained
FL-53
Personal Cleanliness
FL-40
Approved Thawing Methods Used
FL-31
Hot and Cold Water Available; Adequate Pressure
FL-25
Warewashing Facilities Maintained and Used
FL-24
50
Frequently Asked Questions
When was Woodpeckers Backyard BBQ last inspected?
The most recent health inspection at Woodpeckers Backyard BBQ on file is from Feb 3, 2026. The public record contains 11 inspections in total.
What is the most common violation at Woodpeckers Backyard BBQ?
Across the inspection record, “food-contact surface soiled with food debris” has been cited three times, more than any other issue at Woodpeckers Backyard BBQ.
How does Woodpeckers Backyard BBQ compare to other restaurants in St. Augustine?
Woodpeckers Backyard BBQ most recently scored 61 out of 100, which is lower than the St. Augustine average of 81.
Has Woodpeckers Backyard BBQ's inspection record improved over time?
Results have been roughly steady. Inspections at Woodpeckers Backyard BBQ have averaged around five violations per visit across the recent record.
What does a medium risk rating mean?
A medium risk rating at Woodpeckers Backyard BBQ means the most recent inspection turned up a handful of issues that the health department wrote up but did not classify as critical.
How often is Woodpeckers Backyard BBQ inspected?
Based on the inspection history on file, Woodpeckers Backyard BBQ is inspected around three times per year on average.
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