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A1 Hawaiian Barbecue
- ratingRated Okay
- inspection score30 pts
- critical violations4
- last inspectedMarch 6, 2026
- address12932 Se Kent Kangley Rd, Kent 98030
Is A1 Hawaiian Barbecue clean?
A1 Hawaiian Barbecue is currently Rated Okay from Public Health — Seattle & King County, from an inspection on March 6, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 4 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at A1 Hawaiian Barbecue?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 6, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧊food not cooled down rightcritical2110 - Proper cold holding temperatures; greater than 45 degrees Fahrenheit (F) (7 degrees Celsius (C))
- 🥩raw meat handled sketchycritical1400 - Raw meats below and away from ready-to-eat food; species separated
- ⚠️0100 - PIC present, demonstrates knowledge and performs duties to maintain AMC; certified manager on staff unless exemptcritical0100 - PIC present, demonstrates knowledge and performs duties to maintain AMC; certified manager on staff unless exempt
- ⚠️2600 - Compliance with valid permit; operating and risk control plans, and required written procedurescritical2600 - Compliance with valid permit; operating and risk control plans, and required written procedures
When was A1 Hawaiian Barbecue last inspected?
A1 Hawaiian Barbecue has 7 inspections on record going back to April 19, 2022, averaging 33 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 6, 2026 | Rated Okay | 30 pts |
| February 19, 2025 | Rated Okay | 15 pts |
| May 6, 2024 | Rated Okay | 23 pts |
| June 27, 2023 | Rated Okay | 65 pts |
| January 17, 2023 | Rated Okay | 0 pts |
| December 12, 2022 | Rated Okay | 66 pts |
| April 19, 2022 | Rated Okay | 33 pts |
A1 Hawaiian Barbecue vs Covington
Covington runs 85% clean across 175 tracked restaurants — 148 clean, 25 mid, 2 cooked.
Against the 175 spots Cooked tracks in Covington, this one comes out cleaner than 2% of them.
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How Seattle grades restaurants
Public Health — Seattle & King County posts a word, not a letter: Excellent, Good, Okay, or Needs To Improve. The rating is deliberately not a snapshot — it averages the establishment’s recent routine inspections, so one bad day does not sink a consistently clean kitchen and one good day does not rescue a bad one. Inspectors score violations in red points for things that directly cause foodborne illness and blue points for everything else; around 45 red points triggers a mandatory re-inspection. Newly opened or recently changed spots can show as Not Rated until enough inspections accumulate.
Source: Public Health — Seattle & King County via King County Open Data. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated March 6, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.