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. Buddy's Bar-B-Q and Calhoun's Restaurant sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
B
Buddy's Bar-B-Q
|
- | +12.7% |
| 2 |
C
Calhoun's Restaurant
|
- | -2.3% |
- Calhoun's Restaurant
- Buddy's Bar-B-Q
- Dead End BBQ
- The Smoke Pit
- Sweet P's Barbeque & Soul House
- Famous Dave's
- Rickard Ridge BBQ
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
43 tracked store locations in Knoxville, TN. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Calhoun's Restaurant (7)
- Buddy's Bar-B-Q (12)
- Dead End BBQ (1)
- The Smoke Pit (1)
- Sweet P's Barbeque & Soul House (1)
- Famous Dave's (1)
- Rickard Ridge BBQ (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
B
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2
C
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3
D
Dickey's Barbecue Pit 2
- 4 S Sweet P's Barbecue and Downtown Dive 1
- 5 L Little River BBQ 1
- 6 S Stockyard BBQ 1
- 7 G Ganns Pit Stop BBQ 1
- 8 B Big Orange BBQ 1
- 9 J Jim Bob's BBQ 1
- 10 S Smokin' Butts BBQ 1
- 11 S Smokin' Joe's BBQ 1
- 12 P Patches BBQ 1
- 13 B Big O's Famous BBQ 1
- 14 S Sweet P's Uptown Corner 1
- 15 L Li'l Jo's BBQ 1
- 16 L Love That BBQ 1
- 17 F Friends BBQ 1
- 18 T Terrace View Restaurant 1
- 19 S Sons of Smoke 1
- 20 S Small Town BBQ 1
- 21 R Rickard Ridge BBQ 1
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22
F
Famous Dave's 1
- 23 S Sweet P's Barbeque & Soul House 1
- 24 T The Smoke Pit 1
- 25 D Dead End BBQ 1
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