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Top 5 Restaurants -
"Best BBQ"

   (5 restaurants - Include Closed)    
Aired on: June 22, 2015 
Aired on: June 22, 2015 
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Rating Yelp! rating descending order		 Restaurant Notes
Joe's Kansas City BBQSee Joe's Kansas City BBQ Video ($$)
(4725 ratings)

3002 W 47th Ave Map It!
Kansas City, KS 66103
(913) 722-3366
www.joeskc.com
As Seen On:
Barbecue ParadiseBBQ Crawl, Episode: "Missouri Competition"
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Episode: "Genuine Legends"
Man v. Food, Episode: "Kansas City"
Top 5 Restaurants, Episode: "Best BBQ"
  • BBQ
  • Z-Man Sandwich
    slow-smoked beef brisket, smoked provolone cheese topped w/ 2 onion rings on a toasted Kaiser bun; "my favorite BBQ sandwich anywhere in the world"-Danielle Dimovski; looks good
  • Carolina Pork Sandwich
    house specialty; pulled pork served on a toasted bun, w/ spicy cole slaw & Bubba's sauce; looks good
  • Beef Brisket
    top-seller; looks good
  • Burnt Ends
    "one of the best BBQs I've come across"; looks good; only served 3 days/week (check website menu)
  • Ribs
 4.5 out of 5
4725 ratings		 #5 (Top 5 Restaurants-Best BBQ); opened in 1996 after multiple competition awards & catering jobs; in gas station w/ liquor store next door; voted best BBQ by readers of USA TODAY & 10Best (from its website); long lines; also known as Oklahoma Joe's BBQ
Skylight Inn BBQSee Skylight Inn BBQ Video ($)
(229 ratings)

4618 Lee St Map It!
Ayden, NC 28513
(252) 746-4113
www.skylightinnbbq.com
As Seen On:
101 More Amazing Places to Chowdown, Episode: "Countdown 101-81"
BBQ Paradise 2-Another RackMan v. Food Nation, Episode: "Feast Special"
Top 5 Restaurants, Episode: "Best BBQ"
  • Whole Hog Pulled Pork
    BBQ sauce is spicy tomato-vinegar-based; looks good; use oak wood charcoal and cooked for 16 hrs; comes w/ homemade coleslaw, potato salad and corn bread; whole pig can feed up to 80 people!
 4.5 out of 5
229 ratings		 #90 (101 More Amazing Places to Chowdown); #3 (Top 5 Restaurants-Best BBQ); est. 1947; James Beard award winner (American Classics - 2003)
BBQ ShopSee BBQ Shop Video ($$)
(788 ratings)

1782 Madison Ave Map It!
Memphis, TN 38104
(901) 272-1277
www.dancingpigs.com
As Seen On:
Top 5 Restaurants, Episode: "Best BBQ"
  • Ribs
    dry seasoned, smoked for 3 hrs & topped w/ homemade vinegar-based "Dancing Pigs BBQ Sauce"
 4.0 out of 5
788 ratings		 #1 (Top 5 Restaurants-Best BBQ)
Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-QSee Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q Video ($$)
(519 ratings)

1715 6th Ave SE Map It!
Decatur, AL 35601
(256) 350-6969
www.bigbobgibson.com
As Seen On:
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Episode: "Smoky"
Top 5 Restaurants, Episode: "Best BBQ"
  • BBQ Ribs
  • Smoked Bar-B-Q Turkey
    turkey is brined, covered with wet "smear" and dry-rubbed; juicy; looks good
  • BBQ Chicken
    smoked in hickory, bathed in chicken fat, smoked again & finally dipped in signature tangy white sauce; looks good
 4.0 out of 5
519 ratings		 #4 (Top 5 Restaurants-Best BBQ); since 1925; won many awards including 2014 World BBQ Champion in Memphis
Killen's BBQSee Killen's BBQ Video ($$)
(2802 ratings)

3613 E Broadway Map It!
Pearland, TX 77581
(281) 485-2272
As Seen On:
Top 5 Restaurants, Episode: "Best BBQ"
  • Beef Brisket
    smoked for 16 hrs; looks good
 4.0 out of 5
2802 ratings		 #2 (Top 5 Restaurants-Best BBQ); est. 2013; long lines (up to 3 hrs long!)
Top 5 Restaurants -
"Best BBQ"		   (5 restaurants - Include Closed)    
Aired on: June 22, 2015 
Aired on: June 22, 2015