🔥 The BBQ Trail

BBQ Restaurants

Every BBQ joint on the trail so far.

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Aug 26, 2026 Copper State BBQ Scottsdale, AZ ★★★☆☆ 📝 The Ribs Carried the Day at Copper State
Aug 23, 2026 Wild Barbecue (Wild BBQ) Tempe, AZ ★★★★☆ 📝 The Beef Cheek That Hijacked My Birthday Lunch in Tempe
Apr 21, 2026 Salinas's Smoke Street Globe, AZ ★★★☆☆ 📝 Salinas’s Smoke Street
Sep 2, 2025 The Salt Lick Driftwood, TX ★★★☆☆ 📝 The Open Pit at Driftwood Still Runs the Show
Apr 14, 2024 +2 BBQ Island Tempe, AZ 📝 The Day My Errand List Ended at a Grill Showroom
Mar 3, 2024 Pinkerton's Barbecue Houston, TX ★★★★☆ 📝 The Spring Break Trip That Started With a Brisket Line in Houston
Aug 13, 2021 +1 Little Miss BBQ - Sunnyslope Phoenix, AZ ★★★★☆ 📝 The Time We Ate Little Miss BBQ Like It Owed Us Money
Jan 30, 2020 Terry Black's Barbecue Austin, TX ★★★★☆ 📝 The Austin Tray That Still Haunts My Arizona Cooler
Nov 9, 2018 Hill Country Backyard Bbq New York, NY ★★★★☆ 📝 Digging Through the Archives: A Friendsgiving Feast at Hill Country
Jun 4, 2018 Corky's Memphis Memphis, TN
Jun 4, 2018 One & Only BBQ - Poplar & Perkins Memphis, TN
Jun 2, 2018 Charlie Vergos Rendezvous Memphis, TN
Jun 1, 2018 Naaman's Championship BBQ Texarkana, TX
Jun 1, 2018 The Bar-B-Q Shop Memphis, TN
May 31, 2018 Corkscrew BBQ Spring, TX
May 30, 2018 Killen's BBQ Pearland, TX 📝 The Texas Detour I Still Think About
May 30, 2018 Tejas Chocolate & Barbecue Tomball, TX
May 30, 2018 The Pit Room Houston, TX
May 29, 2018 Roegels Barbecue Co. Houston, TX
Mar 2, 2018 Trapp Haus BBQ Phoenix, AZ 📝 Opening Day at Trapp Haus, and the Photo I Still Have
Aug 8, 2017 Mission BBQ - Nashville Nashville, TN 📝 The Barbecue Truck in the Parking Lot Told Me Everything
Aug 7, 2017 Martin's BBQ Joint Nashville, TN 📝 The Nashville Joint That Cooks Whole Hogs Right in Front of You
Aug 4, 2017 Roaming Buffalo BBQ - Colorado Craft BBQ Denver, CO 📝 The Denver Tray I Still Think About
Aug 3, 2017 Burnt End BBQ Denver Denver, CO
Aug 3, 2017 Ragin' Hog BBQ Denver, CO 📝 The Flaming Hog on the Wall in Denver
Aug 2, 2017 Phat Jacks BBQ Lincoln, NE
May 27, 2017 Sugarfire Smoke House St. Louis, MO
May 26, 2017 Burn Co. BBQ Tulsa, OK
May 25, 2017 Big D Barbecue Round Rock, TX
May 25, 2017 Cattleack Barbeque Dallas, TX
May 24, 2017 Lockhart Smokehouse Dallas, TX 📝 The Dallas Stop I Still Think About Eight Years Later
May 24, 2017 +1 Pecan Lodge Dallas, TX
Apr 11, 2017 +1 NakedQ BBQ 📝 The Day We Were Customers #1 and #2
Aug 14, 2016 Ajax Tavern Aspen, CO
Jul 29, 2016 Char Bar Kansas City, MO
Jul 28, 2016 Jimmy Jacks BBQ Iowa City, IA
Jul 26, 2016 Smoque BBQ Chicago, IL 📝 The Chicago Brisket That Still Lives in My Head
Apr 29, 2016 Gates Bar-B-Q Kansas City, MO 📝 Breakfast of Champions at Gates Bar-B-Q
Apr 27, 2016 Q39 Kansas City, MO
Apr 27, 2016 Slap's BBQ Kansas City, KS 📝 The Kansas City Joint I Still Think About in Arizona
Oct 31, 2015 Louie Mueller Barbecue Taylor, TX 📝 The Beef Rib in Taylor That I'm Still Thinking About
Oct 31, 2015 The Salt Lick Round Rock Round Rock, TX 📝 Even More BBQ: A Halloween Rib Run at The Salt Lick in Round Rock
Oct 30, 2015 Stiles Switch BBQ & Brew Austin, TX 📝 The Austin Trip I Still Measure Brisket Against
Sep 28, 2015 Fireman's Brigade BBQ Buena Park, CA
Jul 10, 2015 Mike's Iron Horse BBQ Oakhurst, CA 📝 Yes, I Found Barbecue
May 30, 2015 Smoke Modern Barbeque Fort Lauderdale, FL
May 4, 2015 Naked BBQ Phoenix, AZ
Sep 28, 2014 Angry Crab Shack Mesa, AZ
May 30, 2014 +1 Little Miss BBQ Phoenix, AZ
Aug 7, 2013 Schoepf's BBQ Belton, TX 📝 The Belton Detour That Still Haunts My Brisket Standards
Feb 15, 2013 Chubby Hubby Bar & Grille Mesa, AZ
Feb 15, 2013 Chubby Hubby BBQ Mesa, AZ
Jun 2, 2012 Honey Bear's BBQ Phoenix, AZ 📝 The Day Barbecue Beat a Nap
Jun 10, 2011 Main Street BBQ Euless, TX
Jun 12, 2010 Rudy’s Country Store & Bar-B-Q Austin, TX 📝 The Barbecue Joint That Told My Kid to Clean Up His Own Mess
Big Daddy's BBQ
Big Earl's BBQ
Bodacious BBQ Loop 281 Longview, TX
Bogart’s Smokehouse St. Louis, MO
Central BBQ Memphis, TN
Cigars & Stripes BBQ Lounge Berwyn, IL
Franklin Barbecue Austin, TX
Freedmen’s Austin, TX
Hutchins BBQ & Brill McKinney, TX
Joe's Real BBQ Gilbert, AZ
Joe’s Kansas City Bar-B-Cue Kansas City, MO
La Barbecue Cuisine Texicana Austin, TX
North Main BBQ Euless, TX
Pappy’s Smokehouse St. Louis, MO
Phil’s BBQ San Diego, CA
Rancho Nipomo Deli and BBQ Nipomo, CA
Smokey Ds BBQ Des Moines, IA
Stacy's Off Da Hook BBQ and Soul Food
Steamboat BBQ
Texas BBQ House
The Notorious Pig All American BBQ Cottonwood, AZ
76 restaurants · 27 reviewed on the blog