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.
Barbecue restaurants
- Al Tazaj
- Andy Nelson's Southern Pit Barbecue
- Arthur Bryant's
- Barbara Ann's Bar-B-Que
- B.T.'s Smokehouse
- Bill Miller Bar-B-Q Enterprises
- Billy Sims BBQ
- Blue Ribbon Barbecue
- The Blues Kitchen
- Bonnie Blue Southern Market & Bakery
- Chicken Treat
- City Barbeque
- Chooks Fresh & Tasty
- Cooper's Old Time Pit Bar-B-Que
- Dickey's Barbecue Pit
- Dinosaur Bar-B-Que
- Dixie's BBQ
- Dreamland Bar-B-Que
- Dukes Bar-B-Que
- Famous Dave's
- Fiorella's Jack Stack Barbecue
- Fogo de Chão
- Franklin Barbecue
- Gates Bar-B-Q
- Gator's Dockside
- Golden Rule Bar-B-Q
- Gorilla BBQ
- Gyu-Kaku
- Holy Trinity Barbecue
- Joe’s Kansas City Bar-B-Que
- Jones Bar-B-Q Diner
- Jones Bar-B-Q
- L&L Hawaiian Barbecue
- Lem's Bar-B-Q
- Leon's Bar-B-Q
- Lil Red Takeout and Catering, Seattle
- Louie Mueller Barbecue
- Lucille's Smokehouse BBQ
- Matt's BBQ
- Mission BBQ
- Montgomery Inn
- Nando's
- Pappas Restaurants
- Pappy's Smokehouse
- Phil's BBQ
- Podnah's Pit Barbecue
- Red Hot & Blue
- Reo's Ribs
- Rib Crib
- Rudy's Country Store and Bar-B-Q
- Russell's Barbecue
- The Salt Lick
- Sconyers Bar-B-Que
- Scores
- Shane's Rib Shack
- Slow's Bar BQ
- Smithfield's Chicken 'N Bar-B-Q
- Smokey Bones
- Snow's BBQ
- Sonny Bryan's Smokehouse
- Sonny's BBQ
- Southside Market & Barbeque
- Texas de Brazil
- Tony Roma's
- Vera's Backyard Bar-B-Que
- Weber Grill Restaurants