Trends · data through September 2026

Barbecue in Michigan

Iceflower tracks 195 stores from 162 barbecue chains in Michigan. Mission BBQ grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Bad Brads BBQ and Famous Dave's.

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
162
Tracked stores
195
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. Mission BBQ and Bad Brads BBQ sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 M Mission BBQ logo Mission BBQ - +11.4%
2 B Bad Brads BBQ logo Bad Brads BBQ - +4.8%
3 F Famous Dave's logo Famous Dave's - -4.7%
4 D Dickey's Barbecue Pit logo Dickey's Barbecue Pit ▲1 -28.0%
5 D Dr. Rolf's Barbeque ▲1 -28.5%
6 S Smokey Bones logo Smokey Bones ▼2 -75.8%
  • Bad Brads BBQ
  • Rocky Top Beer BBQ
  • Mission BBQ
  • Famous Dave's
  • Smokehouse 734
  • Smokehouse 52 BBQ
  • City Barbeque
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

195 tracked store locations in Michigan. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Bad Brads BBQ (4)
  • Rocky Top Beer BBQ (1)
  • Mission BBQ (4)
  • Famous Dave's (6)
  • Smokehouse 734 (1)
  • Smokehouse 52 BBQ (2)
  • City Barbeque (3)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 D Dickey's Barbecue Pit logo Dickey's Barbecue Pit 8
  • 2 F Famous Dave's logo Famous Dave's 6
  • 3 B Bad Brads BBQ logo Bad Brads BBQ 4
  • 4 M Mission BBQ logo Mission BBQ 4
  • 5 C City Barbeque logo City Barbeque 3
  • 6 S Smokey Bones logo Smokey Bones 3
  • 7 D Dr. Rolf's Barbeque 3
  • 8 M Maude's Alabama BBQ 2
  • 9 S Sonny's BBQ logo Sonny's BBQ 2
  • 10 B BBQ Central 2
  • 11 T The Grilling Company 2
  • 12 S Saddleback Barbecue 2
  • 13 W Woodpile BBQ Shack 2
  • 14 T The Iron Pig Smokehouse 2
  • 15 S Smokehouse 52 BBQ 2
  • 16 Z Zukin's Rib Shack 2
  • 17 W Whistle Pig BBQ 1
  • 18 C Curious Pig 1
  • 19 O Outlaw Smoke BBQ 1
  • 20 E Evelyn Mae's BBQ 1
  • 21 T Top Notch BBQ 1
  • 22 S Sully's BBQ 1
  • 23 S Smoked Lotus BBQ 1
  • 24 R Red Crown 1
  • 25 W Websters BBQ 1
  • 26 D Da Red Wagon 1
  • 27 U Uno Chicago Grill 1
  • 28 L Lil Brothers BBQ 1
  • 29 B Bones BBQ 1
  • 30 T The Farm at Bloomingdale 1
  • 31 H Hill's Bang'n BBQ 1
  • 32 S Smoke House logo Smoke House 1
  • 33 D Detroit BBQ Company 1
  • 34 S Skinny Kenny's BBQ 1
  • 35 O OT's Up-N-Smoke BBQ 1
  • 36 T The Q Smokehouse 1
  • 37 B Big O Burgers & Barbecue 1
  • 38 B Baldwin's Smokehouse BBQ 1
  • 39 J Jim's Joint BBQ 1
  • 40 B Backyard BBQ 1
  • 41 B Big Moe's BBQ 1
  • 42 I Island Style BBQ 1
  • 43 P Pour Advice Bar 1
  • 44 V Vicki's Bar-B-Q 1
  • 45 B BBQ DADDY 1
  • 46 S Sweet Racks & Smokin' Butts BBQ, LLC 1
  • 47 S Smoke Ring BBQ 1
  • 48 B Billy Sims BBQ logo Billy Sims BBQ 1
  • 49 C Crackersnacks BBQ 1
  • 50 S Saucy Dog's BBQ 1

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