Trends · data through September 2026

Barbecue in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

Iceflower tracks 178 stores from 149 barbecue chains in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Woody's Bar-B-Que grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Bludso's BBQ and Gus's BBQ.

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 chains
149
Tracked stores
178
Consumer panel
130M+

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 Bludso's BBQ sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 W Woody's Bar-B-Que - +12.1%
2 B Bludso's BBQ - +5.7%
3 G Gus's BBQ - +4.1%
4 D Dickey's Barbecue Pit logo Dickey's Barbecue Pit - -6.2%
5 W Wood Ranch logo Wood Ranch - -10.4%
6 S Sauced BBQ and Spirits - -30.7%
  • Wood Ranch
  • Gus's BBQ
  • I Can Barbecue Korean Grill
  • Bengal Barbecue
  • Heritage Barbecue
  • Sauced BBQ and Spirits
  • Bludso's BBQ
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

178 tracked store locations in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Wood Ranch (10)
  • Gus's BBQ (3)
  • I Can Barbecue Korean Grill (2)
  • Bengal Barbecue (1)
  • Heritage Barbecue (1)
  • Sauced BBQ and Spirits (3)
  • Bludso's BBQ (3)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 W Wood Ranch logo Wood Ranch 10
  • 2 D Dickey's Barbecue Pit logo Dickey's Barbecue Pit 6
  • 3 G Gus's BBQ 3
  • 4 S Sauced BBQ and Spirits 3
  • 5 B Bludso's BBQ 3
  • 6 W Woody's Bar-B-Que 3
  • 7 C Chris and Pitts BBQ Restaurant 2
  • 8 L Little Skewer 2
  • 9 M Matiki Island BBQ 2
  • 10 H Holy Cow BBQ 2
  • 11 F Famous Dave's logo Famous Dave's 2
  • 12 D Domestic 2
  • 13 I I Can Barbecue Korean Grill 2
  • 14 A Avalon Smokehouse 1
  • 15 E Earle's Grill 1
  • 16 W Willingham's World Champion BBQ 1
  • 17 L Lava Island BBQ 1
  • 18 K King's Mongolian Bar-B-Q 1
  • 19 S Smokin' Jonny's BBQ 1
  • 20 B Bundoo Khan USA 1
  • 21 J Jay Bee's Barbecue 1
  • 22 S Seven Seas Caviar 1
  • 23 C Cocary 1
  • 24 P Paapaiii Bbq 1
  • 25 S Smoke House logo Smoke House 1
  • 26 B Bo Daddy's BBQ 1
  • 27 U Uncle Andre's BBQ 1
  • 28 T Tasty Box BBQ 1
  • 29 B Big Pop's BBQ & Grill 1
  • 30 B Bengal Barbecue 1
  • 31 L Love Chicken and Ribs 1
  • 32 O Old Crow Smokehouse logo Old Crow Smokehouse 1
  • 33 R Ray's Texas BBQ 1
  • 34 B Britt's BBQ 1
  • 35 M My Father's Barbeque 1
  • 36 G Gus and Andy's Kitchen and Bar 1
  • 37 B Big Ant's BBQ 1
  • 38 J Johnny Rebs 1
  • 39 A AA Hawaiian BBQ 1
  • 40 K Kenny's Q Bar-B-Q 1
  • 41 K Kahu Hawaiian BBQ 1
  • 42 R Reddi Chick Rotisserie BBQ 1
  • 43 L Lucille's Smokehouse Bar-B-Que logo Lucille's Smokehouse Bar-B-Que 1
  • 44 B Bolsa BBQ 1
  • 45 M Mk BBQ 1
  • 46 A All American BBQ 1
  • 47 S Santa Maria BBQ and Catering 1
  • 48 A All Kinds of BBQ 1
  • 49 G Gus's Deli BBQ and Grill 1
  • 50 R Ribs USA logo Ribs USA 1

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