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K BBQ FACTORY received a B, scoring 89 out of 100, in a Gwinnett County food-service inspection on Oct 27, 2026. The official report lists four findings. [1]
Inspection purpose: Routine
The inspector observed a lighter stored on a prep shelf over a prep table with an open container of lettuce being prepped. [2]
The inspector also observed a food employee preparing/dishing out sides without a hair restraint. [3]
A separate finding described the back door and front door propped open at the beginning of the inspection. [4]
Showing 4 of 4 findings
Observed a lighter stored on a prep shelf over a prep table with an open container of lettuce being prepped. Poisonous or toxic materials shall be stored so they cannot contaminate food, equipment, utensils, linens, and single-service and single-use articles by: 1. Separating the poisonous or toxic materials by spacing or partitioning; (P) and 2. Locating the poisonous or toxic materials in an area that is not above food, equipment, utensils, linens, and single-service or single-use articles. (P) Corrective Actions: The lighter was moved to the bottom shelf.
Code .07(6)(c)
Observed a lighter stored on a prep shelf over a prep table with an open container of lettuce being prepped. Poisonous or toxic materials shall be stored so they cannot contaminate food, equipment, utensils, linens, and single-service and single-use articles by: 1. Separating the poisonous or toxic materials by spacing or partitioning; (P) and 2. Locating the poisonous or toxic materials in an area that is not above food, equipment, utensils, linens, and single-service or single-use articles. (P) Corrective Actions: The lighter was moved to the bottom shelf.Official report · Item 8-2B ↗
Observed 2 spray bottles of sanitizer without a common name label. Working containers used for storing poisonous or toxic materials such as cleaners and sanitizers taken from bulk supplies shall be clearly and individually identified with the common name of the material. (Pf) Corrective Actions: The bottles were labeled with their common name.
Code .07(6)(b)
Observed 2 spray bottles of sanitizer without a common name label. Working containers used for storing poisonous or toxic materials such as cleaners and sanitizers taken from bulk supplies shall be clearly and individually identified with the common name of the material. (Pf) Corrective Actions: The bottles were labeled with their common name.Official report · Item 8-2B ↗
Observed a food employee preparing/dishing out sides without a hair restraint. Employees preparing or handling food shall use effective and clean, disposable or easily cleanable nets or other hair restraints approved by the Health Authority, worn properly to restrain loose hair including beards and mustaches longer than one half inch (1/2"). (C) Corrective Actions: The food employee put a hair restraint on.
Code .03(5)(j)
Observed a food employee preparing/dishing out sides without a hair restraint. Employees preparing or handling food shall use effective and clean, disposable or easily cleanable nets or other hair restraints approved by the Health Authority, worn properly to restrain loose hair including beards and mustaches longer than one half inch (1/2"). (C) Corrective Actions: The food employee put a hair restraint on.Official report · Item 12B ↗
Observed the back door and front door propped open at the beginning of the inspection. ***THIRD CONSECUTIVE VIOLATION*** Outer openings of a food service establishment shall be protected against the entry of insects and rodents by: 1) filling or closing holes and other gaps along floors, walls, and ceilings; (C) 2) closed, tight-fitting windows; (C) and 3) solid self-closing, tight-fitting doors. (C) Corrective Actions: Both doors were closed.
Code .07(2)(m)
Observed the back door and front door propped open at the beginning of the inspection. ***THIRD CONSECUTIVE VIOLATION*** Outer openings of a food service establishment shall be protected against the entry of insects and rodents by: 1) filling or closing holes and other gaps along floors, walls, and ceilings; (C) 2) closed, tight-fitting windows; (C) and 3) solid self-closing, tight-fitting doors. (C) Corrective Actions: Both doors were closed.Official report · Item 18 ↗
Correction and repeat labels quote the report. An absent label leaves correction status unknown; a deadline does not confirm a correction.
Gwinnett County · Oct 27, 2026
02 / Same facility ↗Official inspection historyAvailable records for this official facility
03 / How scoring works ↗Georgia’s food-service rulesScores and findings describe the dated inspection, not current operating conditions. A correction deadline does not establish whether an issue remained unresolved afterward.
Findings quote the official report captured . “Corrected on site” and “repeat” reflect explicit report markers. “COS” and “CA” in the inspector’s notes refer to corrections and corrective actions; an instruction to act is not proof that it was completed.
History links the same official facility ID within the issuing authority and may omit intervening inspections. Same-day results have no inferred sequence. Report excerpts follow source order, not a severity ranking.
This report comes from Gwinnett County. History includes only this authority’s exact facility ID.
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