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. Hard Eight BBQ and Hurtado Barbecue sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
H
Hard Eight BBQ
|
▲1 | +12.5% |
| 2 | H Hurtado Barbecue | - | +2.6% |
| 3 |
R
Rudy's Country Store and Bar-B-Q
|
▲1 | +0.4% |
| 4 |
S
Spring Creek Barbeque
|
▲1 | +0.3% |
| 5 | T Tender Smokehouse | - | -1.1% |
| 6 | S Sonny Bryan's Smokehouse | - | -3.4% |
| 7 |
S
Soulman's Bar-B-Que
|
▼1 | -4.4% |
| 8 | C Cousins BBQ | ▼1 | -5.4% |
| 9 | B Baker's Ribs | - | -8.5% |
| 10 |
D
Dickey's Barbecue Pit
|
▼1 | -24.1% |
- Hutchins BBQ
- Terry Black's Barbecue
- Hard Eight BBQ
- Dickey's Barbecue Pit
- Rudy's Country Store and Bar-B-Q
- Soulman's Bar-B-Que
- Spring Creek Barbeque
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
380 tracked store locations in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Hutchins BBQ (2)
- Terry Black's Barbecue (2)
- Hard Eight BBQ (4)
- Dickey's Barbecue Pit (83)
- Rudy's Country Store and Bar-B-Q (6)
- Soulman's Bar-B-Que (15)
- Spring Creek Barbeque (4)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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3
R
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4
R
Riscky's Barbecue 6
- 5 C Cousins BBQ 5
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6
T
Texas Best Smokehouse 5
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9
S
- 10 H Hurtado Barbecue 4
- 11 B Baker's Ribs 4
- 12 S Sonny Bryan's Smokehouse 3
- 13 T Tender Smokehouse 3
- 14 V Vaqueros Texas Bar-B-Q 2
- 15 O Old House BBQ 2
- 16 M Meat U Anywhere BBQ 2
- 17 B Barrel & Bones 2
- 18 L Lockhart Smokehouse 2
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19
O
OAK'D BBQ 2
- 20 W Winners BBQ 2
- 21 F Fat Ni BBQ 2
- 22 S Southern BBQ 2
- 23 O Off The Bone BBQ 2
- 24 T The Smoke Pit 2
- 25 H Harris Bar-B-Que 2
- 26 P Prairie House Restaurant 2
- 27 R Railhead Smokehouse 2
- 28 T Terry Black's Barbecue 2
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29
H
Hutchins BBQ 2
- 30 W Woody Creek BBQ 2
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31
P
Pappas Bar-B-Q 2
- 32 M Marty B's 1
- 33 H Hardeman's Bar B Que & Catering 1
- 34 H Harold Dean Smoked Goods 1
- 35 B Burnt Bbq & Tacos 1
- 36 E Elliott's BBQ 1
- 37 S Smith Spot BBQ 1
- 38 R Redwine's BBQ Eats & Sweets 1
- 39 N Not Just Q 1
- 40 J Jeff's BBQ 1
- 41 A Angelo's Barbecue 1
- 42 T The Backporch 1
- 43 B Barn and Grill 1
- 44 3 3-wsmoke Shack 1
- 45 T Texas Smokehouse Bar-B-Que 1
- 46 B Big Jack's BBQ 1
- 47 B Buffalo Creek BBQ 1
- 48 3 3-W's Smoke Shack 1
- 49 N Noonie's BBQ 1
- 50 S Smokin A's Good Eats 1
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