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What Happened to Fat Daddy's Smokehouse After Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

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As of September 2026, Fat Daddy's Smokehouse has closed — confirmed via dinersdriveinsdiveslocations.com, September 13, 2025.

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What the source shows: The Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives locations directory and Yelp both mark the address permanently closed, and the business's former website now displays unrelated foreign-language content.

  • Season / episode Season 25, Episode 1
  • Original air date
  • Address 1913 S Kihei Rd, Kihei, HI 96753

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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited this Kihei smokehouse for the 'Soakin' Up Maui' episode, aired 2016-07-01, which featured Fat Daddy's Texas-style smoked meats. Fat Daddy's Smokehouse served ribs, brisket, pulled pork, and smoked brats by the pound, as plates, or as sandwiches at 1913 S Kihei Rd, according to Maui Hawaii's restaurant directory. The Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives locations page for the address lists the business as permanently closed, with the page last confirmed 2025-09-13. Yelp's listing for the address is also marked permanently closed, with the page last updated 2026-08. At our check on 2026-09-08, the restaurant's former web address, fatdaddysmaui.com, no longer referenced the business and instead displayed unrelated foreign-language content, consistent with the listings marking it closed. No dated news account of the closure or a specific closing date was found in the sources checked.

Featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

Season / episode
Season 25, Episode 1
Original air date
Episode title
Soakin' Up Maui
What was featured
Kihei smokehouse's Texas-style smoked ribs, brisket, and pulled pork
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Fat Daddy's Smokehouse

Frequently asked questions

Is Fat Daddy's Smokehouse still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, Fat Daddy's Smokehouse has closed — confirmed via dinersdriveinsdiveslocations.com, September 13, 2025.

What happened to Fat Daddy's Smokehouse after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited this Kihei smokehouse for the 'Soakin' Up Maui' episode, aired 2016-07-01, which featured Fat Daddy's Texas-style smoked meats. As of September 2026, Fat Daddy's Smokehouse has closed — confirmed via dinersdriveinsdiveslocations.com, September 13, 2025.

Is Fat Daddy's Smokehouse permanently closed?

As of September 2026, Fat Daddy's Smokehouse has closed — confirmed via dinersdriveinsdiveslocations.com, September 13, 2025. We publish a closure only with a dated source behind it, and we say plainly when it has not been independently confirmed.

Where is Fat Daddy's Smokehouse located?

1913 S Kihei Rd, Kihei, HI 96753. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured Fat Daddy's Smokehouse?

Season 25, Episode 1 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, first aired July 1, 2016. The episode is titled “Soakin' Up Maui”.

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Address
1913 S Kihei Rd, Kihei, HI 96753
Venue type
restaurant
Official website
fatdaddysmaui.com

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