Founded in 1989, Hillbillys Bbq & Steaks is a restaurant that features an open-flame cooking pit with mesquite wood. The restaurant serves a selection of starters, soups, salads, sandwiches, desserts, beverages and side dishes. Its menu includes smoked turkey, fried shrimp, chicken strips, and rib eye and sirloin steaks. Hillbillys Bbq & Steaks also specializes in barbecue pork, chicken tenders and Buffalo wings. The restaurant provides full-service catering services for events that include up to 5,000 guests. In addition, its catering services include arrangements for tables, tents, chairs, bands and disc jockeys. Hillbillys Bbq & Steaks offers pickup services, as well as office and pool party packs. The restaurant maintains locations in Gastonia, Lowell and Charlotte in North Carolina.