This is a list of notable barbecue restaurants. Barbecue is a method and apparatus for char grilling food in the hot smoke of a wood fire, usually charcoal fueled. In the United States, to grill is to cook in this manner quickly, while barbecue is typically a much slower method utilizing less heat than grilling, attended to over an extended period of several hours. The term as a noun can refer to the meat, the cooking apparatus itself (the "barbecue grill" or simply "barbecue") or to the party that includes such food or such preparation methods. The term as an adjective can refer to foods cooked by this method. The term is also used as a verb for the act of cooking food in this manner. Barbecue has numerous regional variations in many parts of the world.
Australia
Canada
England
India
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
- Nando's, Johannesburg, South Africa; multiple locations
United States
Alabama
Arkansas
California
Florida
Georgia (state)
Hawaii
Illinois
- Barbara Ann's Bar-B-Que, Chicago, Illinois
- Lem's Bar-B-Q, Chicago, Illinois
- Leon's Bar-B-Q, Chicago, Illinois
- Russell's Barbecue, Chicago, Illinois
- Uncle John's BBQ, Chicago, Illinois; multiple locations
Kansas
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Missouri
New York (state)
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
- Bark City BBQ, Portland, Oregon
- Holy Trinity Barbecue (2019âÂÂ2021), Portland, Oregon
- Matt's BBQ, Portland, Oregon; multiple locations
- Matt's BBQ Tacos, Portland, Oregon; multiple locations
- The People's Pig, Portland, Oregon
- Podnah's Pit Barbecue, Portland, Oregon
- Reo's Ribs, Portland, Oregon
- Reverend's BBQ, Portland, Oregon
- Rib Crib, Tulsa, Oklahoma; multiple locations
South Carolina
Tennessee
- The Abbey, Townsend
- Bennett's, Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg
- Boss Hogg's BBQ, Pigeon Forge
- Buddy's BBQ, Knoxville, Tennessee, multiple locations
- Bustin' Butts BBQ, Sevierville, Tennessee
- Calhoun's , Knoxville, Tennessee, multiple locations
- Cook Out, multiple locations
- Dead End BBQ, Knoxville, Tennessee
- Delauder's BBQ, Gatlinburg
- Hardwood BBQ, Knoxville, Tennessee
- Hungry Bear BBQ, Gatlinburg
- Myron Mixon BBQ Co., Gatlinburg
- Preachers Smokehouse, Sevierville
- Smash Mouth BBQ, Knoxville
- Tennessee Jed's, Gatlinburg
- Tony Gore's Smoky Mountain BBQ & Grill, Sevierville, Tennessee
Texas
- Banger's Sausage House & Beer Garden, Austin, Texas
- Barbs B Q, Lockhart, Texas
- Black's Barbecue, Lockhart, Texas; multiple locations
- Bill Miller Bar-B-Q Enterprises, San Antonio, Texas
- Burnt Bean Co., Seguin, Texas
- Cattleack Barbeque, Farmers Branch, Texas
- Cooper's Old Time Pit Bar-B-Que, Llano, Texas
- CorkScrew BBQ, Spring, Texas
- Dayne's Craft Barbecue, Aledo, Texas
- Dickey's Barbecue Pit, Dallas, Texas
- Fogo de Chão, Dallas, Texas
- Franklin Barbecue, Austin, Texas
- Goldee's Barbecue, Fort Worth, Texas
- InterStellar BBQ, Austin, Texas
- La Barbecue, Austin, Texas
- LeRoy and Lewis Barbecue, Austin, Texas
- Louie Mueller Barbecue, Taylor, Texas
- Panther City BBQ, Fort Worth, Texas
- Pappas Restaurants, Houston, Texas; multiple locations
- Pinkerton's BBQ, Houston, Texas; multiple locations
- Rudy's Country Store and Bar-B-Q, San Antonio, Texas; multiple locations
- The Salt Lick, Driftwood, Texas; multiple locations
- Smokey Mo's BBQ, Cedar Park, Texas; multiple locations
- Smoke'N Ash BBQ, Arlington, Texas
- Snow's BBQ, Lexington, Texas
- Sonny Bryan's Smokehouse, Dallas, Texas; multiple locations
- Southside Market & Barbeque, Elgin, Texas; multiple locations
- Terry Black's Barbecue, Fort Worth, Texas; multiple locations
- Texas de Brazil, Addison, Texas; multiple locations
- Truth BBQ, Houston, Texas
- Vera's Backyard Bar-B-Que, Brownsville, Texas
Virginia
Washington (state)
Washington, D.C.
Wisconsin
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