Top 100 BBQ Joints
Featured in Smoke & Salt 2018.
Welcome to our list of the best ’cue, smoked in the state that started it all. Our editors and panel of experts selected barbecue joints, food trucks and caterers from all over Virginia well-known for their accomplishments in the pit. We also include restaurants that regularly feature a specialty barbecue dish made from meat that is smoked onsite. Now, dig in y’all.
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Blue Southern BBQ Catering
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Bonefire Smokehouse BBQ
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Bonnie Blue Southern Market and Bakery
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Bootleg BBQ
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Bracken’s BBQ
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Brock’s Barbecue
Barbecue Dishes
BT’s Restaurant
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Bubba-N-Frank’s Smokehouse
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Buddy’s BBQ
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Bull and Bones Brewhaus and Grill
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Burnt Ends BBQ
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Butch’s Nuttin Butt BBQ
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Buz and Ned’s Real Barbecue
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Byler’s BBQ
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Captain Rob’s Pigalicious Barbecue
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Carolina Brothers
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Carolina Son BBQ
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Carter’s Pig Pen Bar-B-Que
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CD’s Barbeque
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Checkered Pig Barbecue
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