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. Sonny's BBQ and Mac's Speed Shop sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
S
Sonny's BBQ
|
- | -11.3% |
| 2 | M Mac's Speed Shop | - | -15.7% |
| 3 |
S
Shane's Rib Shack
|
- | -38.9% |
- The Smoke Pit
- Midwood Smokehouse
- Mac's Speed Shop
- Noble Smoke
- Brookwood BBQ
- Hendrix Barbecue
- City Barbeque
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
80 tracked store locations in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- The Smoke Pit (6)
- Midwood Smokehouse (2)
- Mac's Speed Shop (4)
- Noble Smoke (1)
- Brookwood BBQ (1)
- Hendrix Barbecue (2)
- City Barbeque (2)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 T The Smoke Pit 6
- 2 M Mac's Speed Shop 4
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3
S
-
4
S
-
5
M
Midwood Smokehouse 2
- 6 H Hendrix Barbecue 2
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7
C
City Barbeque 2
-
8
T
The Improper Pig 2
- 9 B Bar-B-Q King 2
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10
L
Lancaster's BBQ & Wings 2
-
11
S
Smokey Bones 1
- 12 L Lakeshore BBQ 1
- 13 M Marlow's Bar-B-Q & Seafood 1
- 14 L Little Big Horn 1
- 15 L Libby's Pit Stop 1
- 16 T The Q Shack 1
- 17 T Tex-A-Lina BBQ Company 1
- 18 C Checkered Flag Barbecue 1
- 19 S Southern Prime Smokehouse 1
- 20 R Ray's Smokehouse 1
- 21 J Johnny's Barbecue 1
- 22 B Buttermilks Barbecue and Catering 1
- 23 W Waxhaw Rock Store Bar-B-Q 1
- 24 C Carolina Bar-B-Q 1
- 25 E East Rowan Cafe 1
- 26 C Carolina Country Barbecue 1
- 27 B Boogie's Smoke Shop 1
- 28 P Porky's Bar-B-Q 1
- 29 B Blue Bar & Smokehouse 1
- 30 B Butler's Carolina BBQ 1
- 31 B Brewton's Cafe 1
- 32 B Bubba's Barbecue 1
- 33 C Crave Hot Dogs and BBQ 1
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34
F
Famous Dave's 1
- 35 M MarlieQs Caribbean Queen Food Truck 1
- 36 O Ole Carolina Barbeque 1
- 37 N Noble Smoke 1
- 38 B Brookwood BBQ 1
- 39 H Hillbilly's Barbeque & Steaks 1
- 40 Q Queen City Q 1
- 41 J Jon G's Barbecue 1
- 42 F Field House BBQ 1
- 43 C College Barbecue 1
- 44 C Courtney's BBQ 1
- 45 S Smokin Rail 1
- 46 B Bobbee O's BBQ 1
- 47 R Rock Store BBQ 1
- 48 S Sweet Lew's BBQ 1
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49
B
Big Tiny's BBQ 1
- 50 T The Crazy Pig 1
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