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TOP 25 BBQ RESTAURANTS IN THE UNITED STATES

Start salivating right now. We are proud to present our choices for the top 25 BBQ restaurants in the United States. We have personally eaten at a handful of these BBQ joints, and if you read the Yelp.com and Tripadvisor.com reviews of the rest of them, you will see why we chose each of these for our top 25 BBQ restaurants in America list.

This top 25 list is sorted alphabetically by state (and not by quality or rank). If any of these restaurants close their doors (which would be a tragedy), please let us know by emailing gparsons66@hotmail.com.

STATE	BBQ RESTAURANT NAME	TOWN / CITY	READ THE REVIEWS	READ THE REVIEWS
Arizona	Little Miss BBQ	Phoenix	yelp.com	tripadvisor.com
California	Copper Top BBQ	Big Pine	yelp.com	tripadvisor.com
California	Phil's BBQ	San Diego	yelp.com	tripadvisor.com
California	Bludso’s BBQ	Compton	yelp.com	tripadvisor.com
California	Aptos St. BBQ	Aptos	yelp.com	tripadvisor.com
California	Coop’s West Texas Barbeque	Lemon Grove	yelp.com	tripadvisor.com
Florida	4 Rivers Smokehouse	Winter Park	yelp.com	tripadvisor.com
Georgia	Southern Soul Barbeque	St. Simons Island	yelp.com	tripadvisor.com
Georgia	Heirloom Market BBQ	Atlanta	yelp.com	tripadvisor.com
Georgia	Joe's BBQ	Blue Ridge	yelp.com	tripadvisor.com
Illinois	Smoque BBQ	Chicago	yelp.com	tripadvisor.com
Kansas	Joe’s Kansas City Bar-B-Que	Kansas City	yelp.com	tripadvisor.com
Louisiana	Joint, The	New Orleans	yelp.com	tripadvisor.com
Missouri	Q39	Kansas City	yelp.com	tripadvisor.com
Missouri	Pappy’s Smokehouse	St. Louis	yelp.com	tripadvisor.com
Missouri	Bogart’s Smokehouse	St. Louis	yelp.com	tripadvisor.com
Nevada	Rollin Smoke Barbeque	Las Vegas	yelp.com	tripadvisor.com
New York	Dinosaur Bar-b-Que (chain restaurant)	Syracuse	yelp.com	tripadvisor.com
North Carolina	12 Bones Smokehouse	Asheville	yelp.com	tripadvisor.com
Ohio	Eli’s BBQ	Cincinnati	yelp.com	tripadvisor.com
Texas	Killen’s BBQ	Pearland	yelp.com	tripadvisor.com
Texas	Salt Lick BBQ, The	Driftwood	yelp.com	tripadvisor.com
Texas	Franklin BBQ	Austin	yelp.com	tripadvisor.com
Texas	la Barbecue	East Austin	yelp.com	tripadvisor.com
Texas	Big Bib BBQ	San Antonio	yelp.com	tripadvisor.com

Joe’s Kansas City Bar-B-Que, Kansas City, Kansas

Full Rack of Spare Ribs, BT's Smokehouse, Stubridge, Massachusetts

RUNNER-UPS: BBQ RESTAURANTS ALMOST GOOD ENOUGH TO MAKE THE TOP 25 LIST

Here are a list of other outstanding BBQ restaurants in the United States that we considered for the top 25 list above. Please email us at gparsons66@hotmail.com if you think there are any other BBQ restaurants of this quality that we should be considering, either for this "runners-up" list or for the top 25 list above.

STATE	BBQ RESTAURANT NAME	TOWN / CITY
California	Gus’s Barbeque	South Pasadena
California	Baby Blues BBQ	Venice
Colorado	Smokin' Dave's BBQ & Tap House	Estes Park
Connecticut	Bear’s Smokehouse	Hartford
Florida	Buck’s Smokehouse	Destin
Florida	Captains BBQ	Palm Coast
Florida	Reuben’s Smokehouse	Fort Myers
Georgia	Fat Matt’s Rib Shack	Atlanta
Kentucky	Smoketown USA	Louisville
Massachusetts	B.T.’s Smokehouse	Sturbridge
Massachusetts	Redbones	Somerville
Mississippi	Shed Barbeque & Blues Joint, The	Ocean Springs
Missouri	Arthur Bryant’s Barbeque	Kansas City
New York	Fette Sau	Brooklyn
North Carolina	Pit, The	Raleigh
North Carolina	Backyard BBQ Pit	Durham
Ohio	Ray Ray’s Hog Pit	Columbus
Oregon	Podnah’s Pit Barbecue	Portland
South Carolina	Southern Belly BBQ	Columbia
Tennessee	Central BBQ	Memphis
Tennessee	Martin's BBQ Restaurant	Nashville
Tennessee	Elwood’s Shack	Memphis
Texas	Black's BBQ	Lockhart
Texas	Lockhart Smokehouse	Dallas
Texas	Pecan Lodge	Dallas
Texas	Snow’s BBQ	Lexington
Texas	Hard Eight BBQ	Coppell
Utah	R&R BBQ	Salt Lake City
Virginia	HogsHead Café	Richmond
Virginia	Alamo BBQ	Richmond
Wisconsin	Bob's Bitchin' BBQ	Dodgeville

TOP U.S. STATES FOR BBQ

California
Florida
Georgia
Missouri
North Carolina
Tennessee
Texas

TOP U.S. TOWNS/CITIES FOR BBQ

Asheville, North Carolina
Austin, Texas
Greenville, South Carolina
Kansas City, Kansas
Kansas City, Missouri
Lockhart, Texas
Memphis, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Owensboro, Kentucky
St. Louis, Missouri

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