Top 100 BBQ Joints
Featured in Smoke & Salt 2019.
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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Two Drummers Smokehouse
Barbecue Restaurants
Uncle Elder’s Family Restaurant
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Uncle Fred’s BBQ Smoke Shack
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Valley Pig Pickin’
Barbecue Restaurants
Valley Smokehouse
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Vino 9 Market
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Virginia Barbeque
Barbecue Restaurants
Virginia BBQ & Pizza
Barbecue Restaurants
West Salem BBQ
Barbecue Dishes
Whiskey Kitchen
Barbecue Restaurants
Whitner’s Barbecue
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Wildwood Bar-B-Que
Barbecue Restaurants
Wildwood Smokehouse
Barbecue Restaurants
Wilkes Bar-B-Q Co
Barbecue Restaurants
Willard’s BBQ
Barbecue Restaurants
Willey’s Road Stove
Barbecue Restaurants
Wilson Bros. Barbecue
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Wolfe’s BBQ Restaurant and Catering
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Woody’s Serious Food
Barbecue Restaurants
YummyPig BBQ
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