Firehouse Subs Menu (2026): Prices, Calories & Full Guide

Firehouse Subs does one thing no other national sub chain does, and it is the reason the sandwiches taste different: the meat and cheese go through a steamer before they hit the bread. Not toasted, not griddled — steamed hot, then piled on a toasted roll. The chain was founded in 1994 in Jacksonville, Florida, by two brothers who were both firefighters, Chris and Robin Sorensen, and it now runs 1,200+ locations across the US. The signature sub is the Hook & Ladder — smoked turkey breast and Virginia honey ham with Monterey Jack — at $9.49–$9.99 for a medium (710–720 calories) in November 2026, and every sub comes with a free pickle spear.

Firehouse Subs publishes no national price list, and nearly all of its locations are franchised, so operators price locally. The prices below are November 2026 ranges from two independent sources: a three-store official pickup-menu check in Atlanta, Dallas and New York (September 9, 2026) and a November 2026 tracker snapshot — where the two disagree, this guide shows the range rather than picking one. Your store’s number is the only one that counts, and delivery-app prices run $1.50–$2 higher than the counter. Calories are Firehouse’s own official per-size figures; where trackers disagree on a calorie figure, the range is shown. The full item-by-item nutrition breakdown is in the Firehouse Subs nutrition guide, the off-menu builds are in the Firehouse Subs secret menu guide, and the current offers are in the Firehouse Subs coupons and deals guide.

Hot Specialty Subs

This is the core of the menu and where the steamer does the work. Subs come in three sizes — small 4 inch, medium 8 inch, large 12 inch — and the medium is the value size: two smalls cost about $12.98 for the same 720 calories one medium gives you for $9.49–$9.99. The Hook & Ladder is the sub most people order first and keep ordering. The Smokehouse Beef & Cheddar Brisket is the heaviest hitter on the board, and the Pepperoni Pizza Meatball is the highest-calorie medium at 1,250. The Firehouse Steak & Cheese was relaunched as the Steak & Cheese Melt in 2026 — same build, new name — and the Smokin’ Honey melts are the newest permanent additions.

Three figures to flag. The Turkey Bacon Ranch is the widest calorie disagreement on the board: one source lists the medium at 830 calories and the large at 1,170, another at 900 and 1,430 — both are shown above. The Steak & Cheese range is wide because the 2026 Melt relaunch repriced it at some stores, with mediums listed from $9.29 to $11.99. And the large Smokehouse Brisket tops out at $18.19 in the most expensive market checked, the highest single-sub price on the menu. For how the Hook & Ladder stacks up against the other big sub chains, see the Subway menu, the Jersey Mike’s Subs menu and the Jimmy John’s menu.

Build Your Own Subs

Single-protein subs, served the same way — meat and cheese steamed, your choice of toppings — hot or cold. They run a little cheaper than the specialty list and they are where you go if you want to control exactly what lands on the bread. Every one comes with a pickle spear, and you can add extra cheese or double the meat for a flat upcharge. One data point to double-check: the New York store in the three-store check showed an identical $10.99 large across all eight cold builds, a noticeably smaller step-up from medium than every other sub or market — if you are ordering a large cold sub in New York, confirm the total before checkout.

The Veggie is the cheapest sub on the whole board at $8.39–$9.49 medium — but at 710–730 calories it is not the lightest, because the cheese and the dressing carry most of the number. A medium smoked turkey at 670 calories is lighter and costs about a dollar more. The tuna is the heaviest sandwich on the menu relative to its size, at 890–910 calories for a medium and 1,550 for a large — more than the brisket — and that is the mayonnaise, not the fish. Ask for it Fully Involved and you get the full standard topping set — mayo, deli mustard, lettuce, tomato, onion and Italian dressing — free with the sub. Sub in a Tub gets you the same filling served in a bowl with no bread.

Cold Subs

Two of them, and they are the only things on the menu that skip the steamer entirely.

No medium calorie figure could be verified for the Cold Italian, so it reads “–” here rather than a guess; the large is listed at 1,450 calories by one tracker. The Cold Italian is Genoa salami, pepperoni, Virginia honey ham and provolone with Italian dressing — the same build as the hot Italian, served cold.

Snackers

Snackers are half of a large sub sold on its own at a flat price, and they are the cheapest way to eat a real sandwich at Firehouse. The lineup is separate from the main menu and does not overlap with it.

At five dollars flat a Snacker undercuts every small on the menu and gives you more food than one, because half of a large is 6 inches against the small’s 4. If you are ordering on price alone, this is the section to read first.

New & Limited Time

The Thanksgiving Turkey Sub is back for the season: turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce and gravy on the side, from $7.39 for a small, at participating restaurants through December while supplies last. On Veterans Day, Wednesday November 11, veterans and active duty military get a second sub free with the purchase of any size sub, with a valid military ID. The newest permanent-style arrivals reported by trackers in 2026 are the JAGS Stack Sub — a Jacksonville Jaguars tie-in — and the Triple Stack subs, plus a French Dip. Those four are single-tracker figures: confirm them at your store before you go.

The Thanksgiving sub is the one to chase this week — it returns every year and it sells out at some locations before December. For the current deals around it, see our Firehouse Subs coupons guide.

Chopped Salads

The plain Firehouse Salad at 130 calories is the lightest thing on the menu by a wide margin, and adding a protein roughly doubles or triples it while adding about $1.60 to the price. Calories below are before dressing — Firehouse serves dressing on the side in a packet, and a full packet of ranch or Italian adds 100 to 200 calories.

The Hook & Ladder Salad is the best balanced option on the salad board: 250 calories and 30 grams of protein before dressing. The Grilled Chicken salad is the protein play at 57 grams. A salad is not automatically healthier — cheese, dressing, processed meat and croutons can push it past a small sub fast.

Soups & Chili

The soups are the only hot items on the menu that are not sandwiches, and a cup with a Snacker is a full lunch for around nine dollars. Soup rotation varies by restaurant and by season, so not every location carries all three on the same day.

The chicken and dumpling at 120 calories a cup is the lightest hot item Firehouse sells. The Loaded Potato Soup price is the one disagreement in this section: one tracker lists the cup at $3.19, another at $3.99.

Sides

Sides run from a $1.69 bag of chips to a bowl of chili. Fries are not at every Firehouse — they rolled out across the chain rather than launching everywhere at once, so a location that has been open a long time may still not have a fryer. Call ahead if the fries are the reason you are going.

French fries prices are the messiest figures on this page: trackers list a medium from $2.99 to $4.99 depending on the store, so the range is shown rather than a single number. The garlic bread is the sleeper side — 420 calories for $1.25–$1.99, and the same garlic-herb butter roll the French Dip is built on.

Kids Combos

Every kids combo is the same price and includes the sub, a side and a drink. All four are steamed the same way as the adult subs.

For a lighter kids’ meal, choose turkey with water or a zero-calorie drink — the chips, cookies and drinks can add hundreds of calories to the meal total.

Desserts

Cookies and brownies, baked in store, and the bundles are the only real discount on the menu that applies without an app. The 12-piece bundle at $14.99 works out to $1.25 each against $1.69 bought singly; the 6-piece at $9.99 is barely a discount at all. If you are buying more than three, skip straight to the twelve.

Cookie prices are the cheapest items on the menu, running as low as $0.99 for a Cookies & Creme cookie at some stores. The brownie at 430 calories is heavier than a small Hook & Ladder.

Drinks

Most Firehouse restaurants run a Coca-Cola Freestyle machine with free refills in the dining room, and bottles and cans sit in a cooler by the register. Cherry Lime-Aid is the house drink — it does not exist at the other sub chains — and at 330 calories in a single cup it is more than a small Hook & Ladder.

Making any medium a combo — chips plus a drink — adds a flat $3.69–$3.79 depending on the market. That is usually cheaper than buying the chips and drink separately.

Hot Sauce Wall

Every Firehouse has a rack of hot sauces by the drinks, and it is not a gimmick shelf of the same three national brands. The one to look for is Captain Sorensen’s Datil Pepper Hot Sauce, made with the datil pepper, which grows almost nowhere in the United States except around St. Augustine, Florida. It sits at roughly habanero heat but tastes sweeter and fruitier. Bottles are for sale to take home, and the open ones on the shelf are free to use in the restaurant.

Ask for a datil on a Spicy Cajun Chicken or a Firehouse Steak & Cheese rather than on something already sweet. The wall is free to sample — it is treated by regulars as part of the ordering process, not a condiment stand.

Catering

Firehouse catering is built around two shapes, the platter for a table and the box lunch for one person. Both need ordering in advance and both are priced by the restaurant rather than nationally, so treat the figures below as a working band. A half platter serves about five people, a full platter about ten.

Box lunches are the ones people underrate. A Lieutenant box at $13.99 is a medium sub, a side and a cookie — roughly what the same three items cost bought separately — except it arrives labeled with a name on it. For an office order where people want different subs, that labelling is the entire value. If you are ordering for more than four people, price a half platter against individual subs before you decide: around five people the platter usually wins, below that it usually does not.

Allergen Information

Firehouse Subs publishes full ingredient and allergen statements at firehousesubs.com, and the allergen picture is straightforward: sub rolls, garlic bread and several sides contain wheat and gluten; cheeses contain milk; mayonnaise contains egg; the tuna sub contains fish; several sauces and dressings contain soy. The meatballs contain gluten, so customers avoiding gluten should check the current allergen menu. Many locations carry a gluten-sensitive roll for medium subs at an additional charge, and Sub in a Tub serves any sub without bread — but neither is prepared in a dedicated gluten-free area, and the same prep surfaces, utensils and steamer handle regular rolls all day, so cross-contact is likely and it is not safe for celiac disease. Peanuts and tree nuts can appear in cookies and desserts. If you are managing an allergy, confirm the current allergen details directly with the store or Firehouse’s official nutrition page rather than relying on this guide alone.

Nutrition at a Glance

A medium Firehouse sub commonly runs 700 to 930 calories before chips, cookies or a regular fountain drink. The lightest sub on the board is the small smoked turkey at 330–340 calories; the heaviest single item is the large Pepperoni Pizza Meatball at 1,920. Sodium is the number to watch: a medium specialty sub carries roughly 1,700 to 2,650 milligrams. The full per-size breakdown — calories, fat, sodium and protein for every sub, salad and kids item — is in the Firehouse Subs nutrition guide.

Hours

Most Firehouse Subs locations open at 10:00 AM and close at 9:00 PM, seven days a week. Many locations stay open until 10:00 PM on Friday and Saturday. Hours vary by location and by franchise, and some mall and airport locations run shorter days — check your store in the app before you go. Firehouse is closed on major holidays at most locations; Christmas Day is closed chain-wide.

Reviews

Firehouse Subs has no single national rating — Yelp scores run location by location, from 3.0 stars at the Totowa, New Jersey location (118 reviews) to 3.6 at Lakewood, Washington (92 reviews), 3.9 at Superior, Colorado (599 reviews) and around 4.1 at Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. The pattern in the reviews is consistent: the food gets praised, the prices get questioned. “Fire as always! Fresh ingredients, yummy meats,” wrote a Yelp reviewer in Totowa, New Jersey. “First time trying Firehouse Subs and I must say I’m impressed,” wrote another reviewer at the same location. “The staff here are so nice! They are very accommodating and kind. The food is always good, as expected for firehouse subs, and it’s clean,” wrote a reviewer in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin in September 2026. “Fire house subs are basically the best of all the sandwich chains. The smoked Turkey with provolone never disappoints,” wrote a reviewer in Superior, Colorado. “Their food is freaking AMAZING. Cheddar beef brisket is the best sandwich you’ll find in Tacoma!” wrote a reviewer in Lakewood, Washington. The recurring complaint is value: “I was disappointed in how much the sub costs in relation to the size of sub and amount of toppings. Competitors a better value,” wrote a reviewer in Superior, Colorado in April 2026. “Solid subs, but toasting could be better,” wrote a reviewer in Wauwatosa. The honest summary: the steamed subs earn their fans, and the bill is the thing people argue about.

Firehouse Subs Menu Facts

1. Firehouse Subs was founded in 1994 in Jacksonville, Florida, by firefighter brothers Chris and Robin Sorensen.
2. The chain has 1,200+ locations in the US, plus locations in Canada and Puerto Rico.
3. Meat and cheese are steamed before they hit the bread — the chain’s central difference from Subway, Jersey Mike’s and Jimmy John’s.
4. The Hook & Ladder — smoked turkey breast, Virginia honey ham and Monterey Jack — is the signature sub and the most-ordered item.
5. Subs come in three sizes: small 4 inch, medium 8 inch, large 12 inch. The medium is exactly double the small; the large is triple.
6. Every sub comes with a free pickle spear on the side.
7. Fully Involved is Firehouse language for the full standard topping set: mayo, deli mustard, lettuce, tomato, onion and Italian dressing — free with the sub.
8. Sub in a Tub serves any sub’s filling in a bowl with no bread.
9. The Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation has run since 2005 and buys equipment for fire and police departments; it states 90 cents of every dollar donated goes directly to its programs.
10. Empty five-gallon pickle buckets are sold by the door for a $4 donation to the foundation.
11. Captain Sorensen’s Datil Pepper Hot Sauce is made with the datil pepper, which grows almost nowhere in the US except around St. Augustine, Florida.
12. The chain was acquired by Restaurant Brands International — owner of Burger King, Popeyes and Tim Hortons — in 2021.
13. Snackers are half of a large sub sold flat for $5.00 — more sandwich than a small, for less money.
14. The Thanksgiving Turkey Sub returns every year for a limited time, with turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce and gravy on the side.
15. A gluten-sensitive roll is available for medium subs at participating locations, for an additional charge — but it is not prepared in a gluten-free area.
16. Cherry Lime-Aid is the house drink and exists only at Firehouse: 330 calories in a single cup.
17. Delivery-app prices run $1.50–$2 higher per sub than the counter, before fees — ordering ahead in the Firehouse app and collecting it yourself is the cheapest way to buy the same sandwich.
18. Firehouse Rewards earns 100 points per $1 spent, with a free medium sub on your birthday and a free large drink at signup.
19. The lightest sub is the small smoked turkey at 330–340 calories; the heaviest is the large Pepperoni Pizza Meatball at 1,920.
20. Most locations open at 10:00 AM and close at 9:00 PM, with Friday and Saturday often running to 10:00 PM.

FAQs

How much is a medium sub at Firehouse Subs in 2026?

A medium runs about $9.49–$11.99 depending on the sub and the market, based on a three-store official pickup-menu check in Atlanta, Dallas and New York plus a November 2026 tracker snapshot. A small runs about $6.29–$7.99 and a large about $10.99–$18.19. The most expensive single sub is the large Smokehouse Beef & Cheddar Brisket at up to $18.19.

What is a Hook & Ladder at Firehouse Subs?

The chain’s signature sub: smoked turkey breast and Virginia honey ham with melted Monterey Jack, steamed and served on a toasted roll with lettuce, tomato, onion, mayo and deli mustard, plus a pickle spear on the side. It is 360 calories in a small, 710–720 in a medium and 1,120–1,140 in a large, and it is one of the lighter specialty subs on the board.

What does Fully Involved mean at Firehouse Subs?

It is Firehouse’s own term for the full standard topping set — mayo, deli mustard, lettuce, tomato, onion and Italian dressing. The toppings are included in the sub price, so asking for it Fully Involved is faster than naming six things and costs nothing extra.

Does Firehouse Subs have gluten-free bread?

Many locations carry a gluten-sensitive roll for medium subs at an additional charge, and Sub in a Tub serves any sub without bread. Neither is prepared in a dedicated gluten-free area, and cross-contact is likely, so it is not safe for celiac disease. Ask your restaurant what they stock — the roll is not carried everywhere.

Why is Firehouse Subs more expensive on DoorDash and Uber Eats?

Restaurants raise menu prices inside delivery apps to cover the commission the app charges — a medium Hook & Ladder that is $9.49–$9.99 at the counter commonly shows around $11.60 in an app before fees. The delivery fee, service fee and tip sit on top of the raised price.

What is the cheapest thing at Firehouse Subs?

A Cookies & Creme cookie can run as low as $0.99 at some stores. For a real sandwich, the Snackers at $5.00 flat — half a large sub — undercut every small on the menu.

What is the Firehouse Subs pickle bucket?

The empty five-gallon buckets the pickles arrive in, sold by the door for a $4 donation to the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation. People use them for garden storage, tools and camping. The foundation states 90 cents of every dollar donated goes to its programs.

Does Firehouse Subs have a secret menu?

Not officially — the chain does not publish one. But many locations serve off-menu builds from ingredients already in the kitchen, and fans share them online. The best-known are the Brisket Hat Trick and the BBQ Bacon Cheddar Meatball. The full list is in our Firehouse Subs secret menu guide.

What time does Firehouse Subs open and close?

Most locations open at 10:00 AM and close at 9:00 PM, seven days a week, with many staying open until 10:00 PM on Friday and Saturday. Hours vary by location.

Is the Thanksgiving Turkey Sub back in 2026?

Yes — it is back for a limited time from $7.39 for a small, at participating restaurants through December while supplies last, with turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce and gravy on the side.

Conclusion

Firehouse Subs earns its price with the steamer: hot, soft, generous subs in a firehouse that gives its profits to first responders. The Hook & Ladder medium at $9.49–$9.99 is the order to start with, the Snackers at $5.00 flat are the order to start with on a budget, and the medium is the value size every time — two smalls cost about three dollars more for identical food. Prices vary by market and the chain publishes no national list, so check the app before you order, ask for it Fully Involved, and take the free pickle spear. For the numbers behind every sub, see our Firehouse Subs nutrition guide; for the off-menu builds, our Firehouse Subs secret menu guide; and for the deals, our Firehouse Subs coupons guide. For more sub boards, browse the Sandwiches & Deli category and the full menu category.

Sources: Firehouse Subs official nutrition data (per-size figures); three-store official pickup-menu price check, Atlanta/Dallas/New York, September 9, 2026; November 2026 tracker snapshot. Prices checked November 2026. Prices vary by location; confirm in the Firehouse Subs app before ordering.