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Barbecue

 

My Fave Barbecue Spots in the Denver metro area (in alphabetical order):

  • AJ’s Pit Bar-B-Q
  • Burnt End BBQ
  • GQue Championship BBQ
  • Pit Fiend Barbecue
  • Post Oak Barbecue
  • Roaming Buffalo BBQ
  • Rolling Smoke Bar-B-Que
  • Smok
  • Wayne’s Smoke Shack

Food Trucks

  • Barbosa’s Barbeque (Denver area)

Places around Colorado (in alphabetical order):

  • Georgia Boys BBQ (Longmont)
  • Jim ‘n’ Nick’s (Denver area locations)
  • KT’s BBQ (Boulder, Denver)
  • Lulu’s BBQ (Louisville)
  • Moe’s Original Bar-B-Que (Edwards, Denver)
  • Rudy’s Country Store Bar-B-Q (Colorado Springs, Greeley)
  • Serious Texas Bar-B-Q (Durango, Loveland)
  • Smoke Modern Barbecue (Basalt, Glenwood Springs)

Mentions

These are places that I’ve only been to once or twice, but what I had was really good. I plan to visit a few more times. If the quality is consistent, I’ll bump them up the list.

  • Mississippi Boy Catfish & Ribs (Denver)
  • Stuboy’s BBQ & Catering (Lone Tree)

Nationally

Mid-Atlantic

On the lookout.

Midwest

Ashley’s Bar-B-Que, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Gates Bar-B-Q, multiple locations in the Kansas City, Missouri, area

LC’s Bar-B-Q, Kansas City, Missouri

Q’s Tips & Wings, Chicago, Illinois (my twin sister April seconds this choice!)

South

The Bar-B-Q Shop, Memphis, Tennessee

Cozy Corner Restaurant, Memphis, Tennessee

Dreamland Bar-B-Que, multiple locations in Alabama

Grady’s BBQ, Dudley, North Carolina

Jenkins Quality Barbecue, multiple locations in Jacksonville, Florida

Payne’s Bar-B-Q, Memphis, Tennessee

Rodney Scott’s BBQ, location in Atlanta, GA, Birmingham, AL, and Charleston, SC

Texas

Burns Original BBQ, Houston, Texas

Fargo’s Pit BBQ, Bryan, Texas

Patillo’s Bar-B-Que Restaurant, Beaumont, Texas

Ray’s BBQ Shack, Houston, Texas

West

Bludso’s Bar & Que, Los Angeles, California

Lil’ Red Takeout and Catering, Seattle, Washington

West Alley BBQ and Smokehouse, Chandler, Arizona

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