Trends · data through September 2026

Barbecue in Wisconsin

Iceflower tracks 102 stores from 81 barbecue chains in Wisconsin. Mission BBQ grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Parker John's BBQ & Pizza and Famous Dave's.

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
81
Tracked stores
102
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. Mission BBQ and Parker John's BBQ & Pizza sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 M Mission BBQ logo Mission BBQ - -1.9%
2 P Parker John's BBQ & Pizza - -3.7%
3 F Famous Dave's logo Famous Dave's - -5.1%
  • Famous Dave's
  • Mission BBQ
  • David Alan Alan's
  • Parker John's BBQ & Pizza
  • Smokin' Jack's BBQ
  • Speed Queen Bar-B-Q
  • Richard's Bar and BBQ
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

102 tracked store locations in Wisconsin. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Famous Dave's (8)
  • Mission BBQ (5)
  • David Alan Alan's (2)
  • Parker John's BBQ & Pizza (6)
  • Smokin' Jack's BBQ (1)
  • Speed Queen Bar-B-Q (1)
  • Richard's Bar and BBQ (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 F Famous Dave's logo Famous Dave's 8
  • 2 P Parker John's BBQ & Pizza 6
  • 3 M Mission BBQ logo Mission BBQ 5
  • 4 D David Alan Alan's 2
  • 5 D Dickey's Barbecue Pit logo Dickey's Barbecue Pit 2
  • 6 J J's BBQ 2
  • 7 L LD's BBQ 2
  • 8 T The Smokehouse 2
  • 9 Y Yummy Bones BBQ Restaurant & Catering 1
  • 10 T Tastebuds Smokehouse 1
  • 11 2 2 Vets BBQ 1
  • 12 L Leroy's Grill 1
  • 13 F Fat Jacks Barbecue 1
  • 14 A Atwood Hwy BBQ Shack 1
  • 15 H Hawg Tyed BBQ 1
  • 16 P Papa B's Pizza & Barbecue 1
  • 17 T Thirsty Wrangler 1
  • 18 M Mancave BBQ 1
  • 19 T The Smokin' C's BBQ 1
  • 20 J Jim's Barb-Ie-Q Shack 1
  • 21 S Smoky Jon's Number 1 BBQ 1
  • 22 S Saz's State House logo Saz's State House 1
  • 23 H High Kaliber BBQ & Catering 1
  • 24 T The Checkpoint 1
  • 25 B Bougey's Bar and Grill 1
  • 26 B Big Billy's Bar & Grill 1
  • 27 P Pat's Rib Place 1
  • 28 J Jacobs Smokehouse 1
  • 29 B Burlington Tap and Smokehouse 1
  • 30 B Brickyard BBQ 1
  • 31 B Beard Bros BBQ 1
  • 32 B Backyard Barbecue 1
  • 33 S Smokehouse Barbeque 2 1
  • 34 J Juniors Smoked BBQ 1
  • 35 S Sir Smoke A Lot BBQ 1
  • 36 B Bob's BBQ Emporium 1
  • 37 H Heaven’s Table Bbq 1
  • 38 L Lazy Ace Saloon 1
  • 39 B Boots BBQ & Catering 1
  • 40 P Pink Heifer Saloon and Smokehouse 1
  • 41 D DeVine Grilling 1
  • 42 R Red Line BBQ and Catering 1
  • 43 S Smokehouse Barbeque 1
  • 44 O Oh Dennis Saloon & Charcoal House 1
  • 45 C Cadillac Jax BBQ & Brew 1
  • 46 F Fort 88 Smokehouse 1
  • 47 T Timeline Saloon & BBQ 1
  • 48 B Beef Butter BBQ 1
  • 49 B BBQ'd Productions 1
  • 50 B Big geno's 1

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