Trends · data through September 2026

Barbecue in Alabama

Iceflower tracks 348 stores from 278 barbecue chains in Alabama. Saw's BBQ grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Dickey's Barbecue Pit and Rodney Scott's BBQ.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
278
Tracked stores
348
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked barbecue chains

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Saw's BBQ and Dickey's Barbecue Pit sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 S Saw's BBQ logo Saw's BBQ ▲1 +14.9%
2 D Dickey's Barbecue Pit logo Dickey's Barbecue Pit - +8.3%
3 R Rodney Scott's BBQ - +0.5%
4 L LawLers Barbecue logo LawLers Barbecue - -1.5%
5 F Full Moon BBQ logo Full Moon BBQ - -2.0%
6 D Dreamland BBQ - -9.6%
7 M Moe's Original BBQ logo Moe's Original BBQ - -10.9%
8 J Jim 'N Nick's Bar-B-Q - -11.5%
9 W Whitt's Barbecue logo Whitt's Barbecue - -14.2%
10 H Hook's BBQ ▼1 -17.9%
  • Moe's Original BBQ
  • Dreamland BBQ
  • LawLers Barbecue
  • Pruett's Bar-B-Q
  • Full Moon BBQ
  • Bob Sykes Bar-B-Q
  • Uncle Sams BBQ
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

348 tracked store locations in Alabama. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Moe's Original BBQ (18)
  • Dreamland BBQ (5)
  • LawLers Barbecue (10)
  • Pruett's Bar-B-Q (1)
  • Full Moon BBQ (15)
  • Bob Sykes Bar-B-Q (1)
  • Uncle Sams BBQ (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 M Moe's Original BBQ logo Moe's Original BBQ 18
  • 2 F Full Moon BBQ logo Full Moon BBQ 15
  • 3 L LawLers Barbecue logo LawLers Barbecue 10
  • 4 D Dickey's Barbecue Pit logo Dickey's Barbecue Pit 6
  • 5 D Dreamland BBQ 5
  • 6 J Jim 'N Nick's Bar-B-Q 4
  • 7 G Good Ole Boys BBQ 3
  • 8 H Hook's BBQ 3
  • 9 S Saw's BBQ logo Saw's BBQ 3
  • 10 R Rodney Scott's BBQ 3
  • 11 W Whitt's Barbecue logo Whitt's Barbecue 3
  • 12 T Ted's Bar-B-Q 2
  • 13 S Southern Hickory Barbecue 2
  • 14 H Hog Rock Bar-B-Q 2
  • 15 G Golden Rule BBQ 2
  • 16 P Pig Out 2
  • 17 R Rick's Barbecue 2
  • 18 B Buddy's BBQ 2
  • 19 S Shane's Rib Shack logo Shane's Rib Shack 2
  • 20 B Brothers Bootleg BBQ 1
  • 21 R Reel Deal BBQ & Seafood 1
  • 22 M Mud Creek BBQ 1
  • 23 H Holy Smoke 1
  • 24 R Rocket Pit BBQ 1
  • 25 B Big Man's Barbecue 1
  • 26 T The Tree Bar-B-Que & Lounge 1
  • 27 B BawBaw’s BBQ 1
  • 28 T The Feedlot BBQ 1
  • 29 H Haglers BBQ 1
  • 30 S Sho'Nuff BBQ 1
  • 31 S Smokehouse 227 1
  • 32 S Southern Style Barbecue 1
  • 33 D Dad's Bar-B-Que 1
  • 34 J John's Bar-B-Que 1
  • 35 T Tin Roof BBQ 1
  • 36 P Partners Pit BBQ 1
  • 37 C Chief and Snoogie's Hickory Pit 1
  • 38 C Chuck Wagon BBQ 1
  • 39 B Buddy's Bar-B-Q logo Buddy's Bar-B-Q 1
  • 40 P Pig-N-Out Barbeque 1
  • 41 B BBQ Haven 1
  • 42 S Smokems Bbq 1
  • 43 U Uncle Bob's Bar Grill 1
  • 44 A Archibald & Woodrow's BBQ 1
  • 45 P Pigskin All Sports BBQ 1
  • 46 T Tim's Walk Hard BBQ 1
  • 47 S Smoked Magic 1
  • 48 S Shotgun BBQ Restaurant and Grill 1
  • 49 S Shaw's BBQ 1
  • 50 F Fatback's 1

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