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Billy's Texas B.B.Q.
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 24, 2026
- address530 Washington St, Dorchester 02124
Is Billy's Texas B.B.Q. clean?
Billy's Texas B.B.Q. is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 24, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Billy's Texas B.B.Q.?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 24, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Walls and Ceilings Attachments (C) • Observed grease build up dripping from the fire extinguisher and light fixtures next to the hood. Hood sticker exp 7/26 pic acknowledged and will schedule cleaning. Advised to monitor and clean grease build up in between hood cleaning when needed.Walls and Ceilings Attachments (C) • Observed grease build up dripping from the fire extinguisher and light fixtures next to the hood. Hood sticker exp 7/26 pic acknowledged and will schedule cleaning. Advised to monitor and clean grease build up in between hood cleaning when needed.
When was Billy's Texas B.B.Q. last inspected?
Billy's Texas B.B.Q. has 73 inspections on record going back to November 30, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 24, 2026 | Pass | |
| July 17, 2026 | Fail | |
| February 12, 2026 | Pass | |
| February 5, 2026 | Fail | |
| June 23, 2025 | Pass | |
| March 25, 2025 | Pass | |
| August 13, 2024 | Pass | |
| March 19, 2024 | — | |
| November 27, 2023 | Pass | |
| November 17, 2023 | Fail | |
| March 6, 2023 | — | |
| September 8, 2022 | Pass |
Billy's Texas B.B.Q. vs Dorchester
Dorchester runs 85% clean across 542 tracked restaurants — 445 clean, 31 mid, 47 cooked.
Against the 542 spots Cooked tracks in Dorchester, this one comes out cleaner than 14% of them.
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How Boston grades restaurants
Boston reports inspections as a pass or a fail, with no score and no letter. What separates a bad fail from a trivial one is the violation severity ladder: a single star is a minor issue, two stars is more serious, and three stars marks a critical foodborne-illness risk factor — temperature abuse, bad handwashing, cross-contamination. A restaurant can fail on paperwork alone, which is not the same as failing on food safety. Cooked splits Boston fails accordingly: a fail with a three-star violation reads cooked, a fail on minor items only reads mid.
Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated July 24, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.