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. Bad Brads BBQ and Mission BBQ sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
B
Bad Brads BBQ
|
- | +6.4% |
| 2 |
M
Mission BBQ
|
- | +5.2% |
| 3 |
F
Famous Dave's
|
- | -5.7% |
- Bad Brads BBQ
- Mission BBQ
- Smoke Street BBQ
- Famous Dave's
- Zukin's Rib Shack
- Slows Bar BQ
- Coon Creek
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
73 tracked store locations in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Bad Brads BBQ (4)
- Mission BBQ (3)
- Smoke Street BBQ (1)
- Famous Dave's (4)
- Zukin's Rib Shack (2)
- Slows Bar BQ (1)
- Coon Creek (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
B
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2
F
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3
M
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4
D
Dickey's Barbecue Pit 2
- 5 B BBQ Central 2
- 6 W Woodpile BBQ Shack 2
- 7 Z Zukin's Rib Shack 2
- 8 V Vicki's Bar-B-Q 1
- 9 P Pour Advice Bar 1
- 10 B BBQ DADDY 1
- 11 S Smoke Ring BBQ 1
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12
B
Billy Sims BBQ 1
- 13 C Crackersnacks BBQ 1
- 14 L Lee's Texas Style Bar-B-Q 1
- 15 O Outlaw Smoke BBQ 1
- 16 T Top Notch BBQ 1
- 17 S Sully's BBQ 1
- 18 S Smoked Lotus BBQ 1
- 19 R Red Crown 1
- 20 L Lakeshore Smokehouse 1
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21
S
Smoke House 1
- 22 D Detroit BBQ Company 1
- 23 C Crossfire Grill 1
- 24 B Babybacks Open Pit Restaurant 1
- 25 P Parks Old Style Bar-B-Q 1
- 26 T TDubbs Grubbs 1
- 27 H Hickory BBQ & Grill 1
- 28 M Mr. Pitmaster Barbeque 1
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29
S
Smokey Bones 1
- 30 A AB's Amazing Ribs 1
- 31 B Bad Granny's BBQ 1
- 32 L Lazybones Smokehouse 1
- 33 M Max & Bella’s 1
- 34 W Websters BBQ 1
- 35 S Smoke Street BBQ 1
- 36 S Slows Bar BQ 1
- 37 C Coon Creek 1
- 38 R Round House BBQ 1
- 39 W Woodchips BBQ 1
- 40 J Jayell Smoke House 1
- 41 H Heroes BBQ and Brew 1
- 42 S Southern Smokehouse 1
- 43 W Westpoint Bar-B-Que 1
- 44 T The Boneyard Bar-B-Q 1
- 45 R Royal Barbecue Pizza 1
- 46 R Red Wood Grill 1
- 47 A Arkins Sweet BBQ Pit 1
- 48 N Nikola's 1
- 49 B Bone Yard BBQ 1
- 50 J Jack's Roadside BBQ Bar & Grill 1
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