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.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
T
The Smoke Shop BBQ
|
- | -5.5% |
- Formaggio Kitchen
- The Smoke Shop BBQ
- Firefly's BBQ
- Causeway Boston
- The Blackwater Grille
- The Pickled Onion
- Goody Cole's Smokehouse
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
45 tracked store locations in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Formaggio Kitchen (2)
- The Smoke Shop BBQ (5)
- Firefly's BBQ (1)
- Causeway Boston (1)
- The Blackwater Grille (1)
- The Pickled Onion (1)
- Goody Cole's Smokehouse (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
T
- 2 F Formaggio Kitchen 2
- 3 R Rita's Catering 2
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4
S
Smokey Bones 2
- 5 B BARK BBQ 1
- 6 B Blackstrap BBQ 1
- 7 P Pit Stop Barbecue 1
- 8 C Code 1 BBQ 1
- 9 A A La Esh 1
- 10 J Joff's Backyard Grill 1
- 11 P PORKY'S BBQ 1
- 12 B Blue Ribbon BBQ 1
- 13 P Pit Stop BBQ 1
- 14 N Northeast Smokehouse 1
- 15 B Billy's Texas BBQ 1
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16
L
Larry J's BBQ Cafe 1
- 17 H Hubba's Real Pit BBQ 1
- 18 S Sarcastic Swine BBQ South 1
- 19 M Mitchell Hill BBQ 1
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20
R
Rivershed 1
- 21 T Tim's Drunken Sauces and Rubs 1
- 22 F Firefly's BBQ 1
- 23 C Causeway Boston 1
- 24 T The Blackwater Grille 1
- 25 T The Pickled Onion 1
- 26 G Goody Cole's Smokehouse 1
- 27 B Beach Deck Bar & Grill 1
- 28 B Blue Ribbon Barbecue 1
- 29 R Reunion BBQ 1
- 30 T Tennessee's Real BBQ 1
- 31 S Shane's Texas Pit 1
- 32 M Mr Sippy 1
- 33 B Blondie's Barbecue 1
- 34 M Main St Grille & Taphouse 1
- 35 T Tennessee's 1
- 36 S Smoke Shack Cafe 1
- 37 M M&M BBQ 1
- 38 S Sarcastic Swine Restaurant & Catering 1
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