Trends · data through September 2026

Barbecue in Florida

Iceflower tracks 684 stores from 467 barbecue chains in Florida. Woody's BBQ grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Ellie Lou's Brews & BBQ and 4 Rivers Smokehouse.

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
467
Tracked stores
684
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. Woody's BBQ and Ellie Lou's Brews & BBQ sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 W Woody's BBQ - +6.7%
2 E Ellie Lou's Brews & BBQ - +5.8%
3 4 4 Rivers Smokehouse logo 4 Rivers Smokehouse - +3.8%
4 C Colt's Pig Stand ▲2 +3.7%
5 M Mission BBQ logo Mission BBQ - +2.8%
6 P Park Avenue BBQ Grille ▲1 +2.5%
7 F Famous Dave's logo Famous Dave's ▲1 +1.9%
8 O Oakwood Smokehouse and Grill ▲1 +1.8%
9 B Bono's Pit Bar-B-Q logo Bono's Pit Bar-B-Q - +1.0%
10 L Lucille's Bad to the Bone BBQ logo Lucille's Bad to the Bone BBQ - -0.2%
11 D Dustin's Bar-B-Q logo Dustin's Bar-B-Q ▲1 -1.1%
12 S Sonny's BBQ logo Sonny's BBQ - -4.2%
13 D Dickey's Barbecue Pit logo Dickey's Barbecue Pit ▼1 -12.8%
14 R Rib City logo Rib City ▼1 -21.6%
15 W Woody's Bar-B-Q logo Woody's Bar-B-Q ▼1 -25.8%
  • Sonny's BBQ
  • Mission BBQ
  • Bono's Pit Bar-B-Q
  • 4 Rivers Smokehouse
  • Fudpucker's Beachside Bar
  • The Polite Pig
  • Dustin's Bar-B-Q
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

684 tracked store locations in Florida. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Sonny's BBQ (75)
  • Mission BBQ (27)
  • Bono's Pit Bar-B-Q (6)
  • 4 Rivers Smokehouse (14)
  • Fudpucker's Beachside Bar (1)
  • The Polite Pig (1)
  • Dustin's Bar-B-Q (6)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 S Sonny's BBQ logo Sonny's BBQ 75
  • 2 M Mission BBQ logo Mission BBQ 27
  • 3 D Dickey's Barbecue Pit logo Dickey's Barbecue Pit 17
  • 4 S Smokey Bones logo Smokey Bones 16
  • 5 4 4 Rivers Smokehouse logo 4 Rivers Smokehouse 14
  • 6 W Woody's Bar-B-Q logo Woody's Bar-B-Q 11
  • 7 R Rib City logo Rib City 9
  • 8 B BubbaQue's logo BubbaQue's 7
  • 9 B Bono's Pit Bar-B-Q logo Bono's Pit Bar-B-Q 6
  • 10 D Dustin's Bar-B-Q logo Dustin's Bar-B-Q 6
  • 11 O Oakwood Smokehouse and Grill 5
  • 12 P Perry's BBQ 4
  • 13 F Famous Dave's logo Famous Dave's 3
  • 14 W Woody's BBQ 3
  • 15 L Lucille's Bad to the Bone BBQ logo Lucille's Bad to the Bone BBQ 3
  • 16 C Colt's Pig Stand 3
  • 17 E Ellie Lou's Brews & BBQ 3
  • 18 P Park Avenue BBQ Grille 3
  • 19 M Mississippi Sweets BBQ 2
  • 20 O Off The Bone BBQ 2
  • 21 J Jimbo's Pit Bar B-Q 2
  • 22 Y Yellow Dog Eats 2
  • 23 T The Pig Bbq Seafood & Steaks 2
  • 24 S Shorty's BBQ 2
  • 25 T The Bearded Pig 2
  • 26 M Moe's Original BBQ logo Moe's Original BBQ 2
  • 27 T The BBQ Shack 2
  • 28 S Southern Pig & Cattle Co. 2
  • 29 R Robert's Smokin' BBQ 2
  • 30 S Smokin' D's BBQ 2
  • 31 R Rob's Family BBQ 2
  • 32 H Hamaknockers BBQ 1
  • 33 S Smoqehouse 1
  • 34 D Drinking Pig BBQ 1
  • 35 B Big Daddy's Barbeque 1
  • 36 S Smoke'n Pit Bar B Que 1
  • 37 F Fat Boy's Bar-B-Q 1
  • 38 M Michelbob's Ribs 1
  • 39 S Smoke & Donuts 1
  • 40 S Smoked. Southern BBQ 1
  • 41 T Thunder Falls Terrace 1
  • 42 B Bare Bones BBQ and Jerk 1
  • 43 M Mrs. Smokeys Real Pit Bar-B-Q 1
  • 44 B Big Rascal BBQ & Grille 1
  • 45 B BJ's Alabama BBQ 1
  • 46 H Hickory Hollow Barbeque 1
  • 47 F FatDaddy's Smokehouse and Grill 1
  • 48 O Outlaws BBQ 1
  • 49 I Irie Island Eats 1
  • 50 K Konan BBQ 1

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