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. Nick's Barbecue and Chicago Pit Stop BBQ sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N Nick's Barbecue | ▲1 | -1.9% |
| 2 | C Chicago Pit Stop BBQ | ▲1 | -2.8% |
| 3 |
M
Mission BBQ
|
- | -5.3% |
| 4 |
F
Famous Dave's
|
- | -9.1% |
| 5 | F Firewater BBQ | - | -16.9% |
| 6 | B Blackwood BBQ | ▼1 | -17.2% |
| 7 |
C
City Barbeque
|
▼1 | -55.3% |
- Bub City
- Mission BBQ
- Old Crow Smokehouse
- Wilma's Famous BBQ
- Green Street Smoked Meats
- Chuck's Southern Comforts Cafe
- Big Ed's BBQ
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
187 tracked store locations in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Bub City (2)
- Mission BBQ (4)
- Old Crow Smokehouse (1)
- Wilma's Famous BBQ (1)
- Green Street Smoked Meats (1)
- Chuck's Southern Comforts Cafe (2)
- Big Ed's BBQ (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
M
- 2 F Firewater BBQ 4
-
3
C
- 4 N Nick's Barbecue 3
- 5 C Chicago Pit Stop BBQ 3
- 6 B Blackwood BBQ 3
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7
F
-
8
S
Soul & Smoke 2
- 9 R Robinson's No 1 Ribs 2
- 10 B BBQ King House 2
- 11 B BBQ'd Productions 2
- 12 U Uncle John's BBQ and Dat Donut 2
- 13 S Sharkos Bbq 2
- 14 B Bombers BBQ 2
-
15
B
Bub City 2
- 16 C Chuck's Southern Comforts Cafe 2
- 17 K Kenny's Ribs & Chicken 2
- 18 S Station One Smokehouse 2
- 19 G Gemato's Wood Pit BBQ 2
-
20
D
Dickey's Barbecue Pit 2
- 21 M Mississippi Boy Southern Kitchen 1
- 22 H Honey 1 BBQ 1
-
23
S
Smokey Bones 1
- 24 B Babygold Barbecue 1
- 25 H Harold's West Loop 1
- 26 B Brothers' BBQ Food Truck & Catering 1
- 27 J Jason BBQ 1
- 28 T Taylormade Que 1
- 29 H Honey Bay's BBQ 1
- 30 J Just Turkey 1
-
31
T
Terrell's Eat The Bone BBQ 1
- 32 R Reggie's Ribs 1
- 33 S Smoke Daddy BBQ 1
- 34 T The BBQ Pit 1
-
35
O
Old Crow Smokehouse 1
- 36 B Ben's Bar-Be-Cue 1
- 37 M MDW Pork Chop BBQ B #6 1
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38
M
Medley Grill & BBQ 1
- 39 W West 52 BBQ 1
- 40 P Piggy's BBQ, Wings & Fish 1
- 41 D Demetri's 1
- 42 B Bro-N-Laws 1
- 43 D Dukes Blues n BBQ 1
- 44 R Roc & Ro BBQ 1
- 45 R Ribs and Soul BBQ 1
- 46 B BBQ & Baker 1
- 47 L Lynnie Ques Airport Bar and Grill 1
- 48 C Chuck's BBQ 1
- 49 B Broosters Char-Broiled 1
- 50 S Smokin Glaze BarBeQue 1
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