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. Woody's Bar-B-Que and Phil's BBQ sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | W Woody's Bar-B-Que | - | +12.3% |
| 2 |
P
Phil's BBQ
|
▲1 | +7.8% |
| 3 | B Back Forty Texas BBQ | - | +6.2% |
| 4 | B Bludso's BBQ | - | +5.9% |
| 5 | G Gus's BBQ | - | +4.3% |
| 6 | K Kinder's | - | -4.6% |
| 7 |
D
Dickey's Barbecue Pit
|
- | -8.5% |
| 8 | S Sauced BBQ and Spirits | - | -9.5% |
| 9 |
W
Wood Ranch
|
▼1 | -10.2% |
| 10 |
L
Lucille's Smokehouse Bar-B-Que
|
- | -17.5% |
| 11 |
F
Felix's BBQ with Soul
|
- | -24.2% |
- Phil's BBQ
- Wood Ranch
- Firestone Grill
- Ramones
- Salty's BBQ & Catering
- Buckhorn BBQ + Grill
- Sauced BBQ and Spirits
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
589 tracked store locations in California. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Phil's BBQ (4)
- Wood Ranch (17)
- Firestone Grill (2)
- Ramones (1)
- Salty's BBQ & Catering (1)
- Buckhorn BBQ + Grill (5)
- Sauced BBQ and Spirits (7)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
D
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2
W
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3
F
Famous Dave's 8
- 4 S Sauced BBQ and Spirits 7
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5
B
Buckhorn BBQ + Grill 5
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6
P
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7
L
- 8 K Kinder's 4
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9
F
- 10 W Woody's Bar-B-Que 3
- 11 S Santa Barbara Chicken Ranch 3
- 12 B Bludso's BBQ 3
- 13 B Back Forty Texas BBQ 3
- 14 G Gus's BBQ 3
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15
F
Firestone Grill 2
- 16 T The Barbecue Pit 2
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17
R
Red Bee BBQ 2
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18
C
Cali BBQ 2
- 19 L Little Skewer 2
- 20 C Chris and Pitts BBQ Restaurant 2
- 21 H Holy Smoke 2
- 22 R Red Wood Grill 2
- 23 D Destination Smokehouse 2
- 24 K Kinder's Meats Deli BBQ & Catering 2
- 25 D Domestic 2
- 26 B Baby Blues BBQ 2
- 27 B Bounty Hunter 2
- 28 S Sunshine Hawaiian BBQ 2
- 29 S Slow Hand BBQ 2
- 30 E Enzo's BBQ Ale House 2
- 31 I I Can Barbecue Korean Grill 2
- 32 E Everett & Jones Barbeque 2
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33
S
Smoking Pig BBQ 2
- 34 H Hanu Korean BBQ 2
- 35 M Matiki Island BBQ 2
- 36 P Pete's BBQ 2
- 37 S Smokin J's BBQ 2
- 38 E Espetus Churrascaria 2
- 39 P Phillips Bar-B-Que 1
- 40 J Jjukku Jjukku Korean BBQ 1
- 41 J Joey's Bar-B-Q 1
- 42 B Buster's BBQ & Grill 1
- 43 C Copper Top BBQ 1
- 44 M MGD Korean BBQ Express 1
- 45 J Jeffry's Wine Country BBQ 1
- 46 T The Bone Yard Tap Room & Grill 1
- 47 S Shalhoob's Funk Zone Patio 1
- 48 S Stay Gold Deli 1
- 49 C Chris Korean BBQ 1
- 50 B Blake's Place 1
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