Best Thing Smokin

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 17, 2013
• address2451 W 63Rd St, Chicago 60629

Is Best Thing Smokin clean?

Best Thing Smokin is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 17, 2013. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Best Thing Smokin?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 17, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • LIGHTSHIELDS AND ENDCAPS MISSING IN REAR PREP AREA.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • PROVIDE BACKFLOW DEVICE AT UTILITY SINK.

When was Best Thing Smokin last inspected?

Best Thing Smokin has 4 inspections on record going back to June 25, 2013.

Best Thing Smokin vs Chicago Lawn

Chicago Lawn runs 64% clean across 514 tracked restaurants — 328 clean, 77 mid, 106 cooked.

Against the 514 spots Cooked tracks in Chicago Lawn, this one comes out cleaner than 37% of them.

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How Chicago grades restaurants

Chicago does not use letter grades. Every inspection ends in one of three official results: Pass, Pass with Conditions, or Fail. Pass with Conditions means violations were found but corrected on the spot or under a deadline — the restaurant is open, with homework. A Fail means serious violations went uncorrected, and it usually brings a re-inspection within days. Chicago also flags “priority” violations, the ones most likely to actually make someone sick. Cooked reads Pass as clean, Pass with Conditions as mid, and Fail as cooked, and shows the itemized violations behind each result.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated July 17, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.