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. Rollin Smoke BBQ and Hard Eight BBQ sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R Rollin Smoke BBQ | ▲3 | +19.7% |
| 2 |
H
Hard Eight BBQ
|
- | +12.0% |
| 3 | H Hurtado Barbecue | - | +3.2% |
| 4 |
R
Rudy's Country Store and Bar-B-Q
|
- | +3.1% |
| 5 | T Terry Black's Barbecue | - | +0.9% |
| 6 | K Kreuz Market | ▲1 | +0.6% |
| 7 |
P
Pappas Bar-B-Q
|
- | +0.2% |
| 8 | B Bodacious Bar-B-Q | - | +0.2% |
| 9 | T Tender Smokehouse | - | -0.5% |
| 10 | B Big Horn BBQ | - | -0.6% |
| 11 | K King's BBQ | - | -0.8% |
| 12 |
S
Spring Creek Barbeque
|
- | -2.3% |
| 13 |
R
Rudy's Country Store & Bar-B-Q
|
▲1 | -2.3% |
| 14 | S Sonny Bryan's Smokehouse | - | -2.8% |
| 15 |
F
Famous Dave's
|
- | -3.0% |
- Bill Miller Bar-B-Q
- Rudy's Country Store and Bar-B-Q
- Pappas Bar-B-Q
- Terry Black's Barbecue
- Hutchins BBQ
- Dickey's Barbecue Pit
- Hard Eight BBQ
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
1,423 tracked store locations in Texas. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Bill Miller Bar-B-Q (78)
- Rudy's Country Store and Bar-B-Q (31)
- Pappas Bar-B-Q (25)
- Terry Black's Barbecue (5)
- Hutchins BBQ (2)
- Dickey's Barbecue Pit (143)
- Hard Eight BBQ (5)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
D
Dickey's Barbecue Pit 143
-
2
B
Bill Miller Bar-B-Q 78
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3
R
-
4
P
-
5
S
Smokey Mo's BBQ 17
-
6
S
Soulman's Bar-B-Que 17
- 7 B Bodacious Bar-B-Q 11
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8
S
-
9
T
Texas Best Smokehouse 7
-
10
R
Riscky's Barbecue 6
-
11
R
- 12 T Tony's BBQ and Steakhouse 6
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13
H
-
14
R
RibCrib BBQ 5
- 15 T Terry Black's Barbecue 5
- 16 C Cousins BBQ 5
- 17 B Baker's Ribs 4
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18
S
- 19 H Hurtado Barbecue 4
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20
F
- 21 C Cooper's Old Time Pit Bar-B-Que 4
- 22 B Brookstreet BBQ 3
- 23 S Sonny Bryan's Smokehouse 3
- 24 T Tender Smokehouse 3
- 25 B Big Horn BBQ 3
- 26 K King's BBQ 3
-
27
A
Ace's BBQ 3
- 28 R Rollin Smoke BBQ 3
- 29 K Kreuz Market 3
- 30 T Texas Best Bbq 2
- 31 O Old House BBQ 2
- 32 S Stubbs Bar-b-q 2
- 33 S Southside Market & Barbeque 2
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34
B
Bar-B-Cutie Smokehouse 2
- 35 V Vaqueros Texas Bar-B-Q 2
- 36 S Splendora Cafe & BBQ 2
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37
P
Prasek's Family Smokehouse 2
- 38 L Lockhart Smokehouse 2
- 39 W Willie's Bar-B-Q 2
- 40 M McKenzie's Barbeque & Burgers 2
- 41 P Pinkerton’s Barbecue 2
- 42 D Demeris Bar-B-Q 2
- 43 B Barrel & Bones 2
- 44 H Helberg Barbecue 2
- 45 M Meat U Anywhere BBQ 2
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46
K
Killen's BBQ 2
-
47
S
Sticky Fingers 2
-
48
H
Hutchins BBQ 2
- 49 R Rib Hut 2
- 50 S Stiles Switch BBQ 2
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