Chain · United States · data through September 2026

S Smokey Bones logo Smokey Bones

Iceflower tracks 78 Smokey Bones stores across 18 US states. It ranks #8 of 6,262 tracked US barbecue chains by card spend. Its share of tracked category spend moved -57.5% over the last year.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked stores
78
States
18
Category
Barbecue
Category rank
#8

Growth

Smokey Bones against its category

The biggest tracked US barbecue chains by card spend, with year-over-year growth of category share. Share means a chain's slice of tracked category spend. It can decline while the chain's own sales grow. The chart tracks Smokey Bones's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q4 = 100.

# Chain YoY share
1 M Mission BBQ logo Mission BBQ +1.7%
2 S Sonny's BBQ logo Sonny's BBQ -6.6%
3 R Rudy's Country Store and Bar-B-Q logo Rudy's Country Store and Bar-B-Q +11.0%
4 C City Barbeque logo City Barbeque +17.8%
5 B Bill Miller Bar-B-Q logo Bill Miller Bar-B-Q +0.2%
6 F Famous Dave's logo Famous Dave's -7.1%
7 D Dickey's Barbecue Pit logo Dickey's Barbecue Pit -12.3%
8 S Smokey Bones logo Smokey Bones -57.5%
9 M Moe's Original BBQ logo Moe's Original BBQ +3.0%
10 P Pappas Bar-B-Q logo Pappas Bar-B-Q +3.7%

Share of tracked category spend, indexed

100 3.5 2024 Q4 2026 Q3

Store footprint

Store map

78 tracked Smokey Bones locations across 18 US states.

Customer overlap

Who shops at Smokey Bones

Tracked chains Smokey Bones customers also buy from more than a similarly active shopper would, indexed to the strongest overlap (100). From real card transactions.

B Byrne Dairy logo Byrne Dairy 100
K Kroger logo Kroger 68
F Fastrac logo Fastrac 65
L Little Creek Commissary 64
S Sheetz logo Sheetz 63
R Roosters logo Roosters 52

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