Trends · data through September 2026

Barbecue in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

Iceflower tracks 98 stores from 84 barbecue chains in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD.

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
84
Tracked stores
98
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 Dickey's Barbecue Pit sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 M Mission BBQ logo Mission BBQ - +8.6%
2 D Dickey's Barbecue Pit logo Dickey's Barbecue Pit - -46.7%
  • Mission BBQ
  • Old South Smoke House
  • Stoltzfus BBQ
  • Stoltzfus BBQ and Fresh Poultry
  • Jesse's Barbecue & Local Market
  • Sweet Lucy's Smokehouse
  • Carolina Blue Smokehouse & Taproom
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

98 tracked store locations in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Mission BBQ (11)
  • Old South Smoke House (1)
  • Stoltzfus BBQ (2)
  • Stoltzfus BBQ and Fresh Poultry (1)
  • Jesse's Barbecue & Local Market (1)
  • Sweet Lucy's Smokehouse (1)
  • Carolina Blue Smokehouse & Taproom (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 M Mission BBQ logo Mission BBQ 11
  • 2 D Dickey's Barbecue Pit logo Dickey's Barbecue Pit 3
  • 3 S Stoltzfus BBQ 2
  • 4 W Whole Hog Cafe 2
  • 5 L Lumpy's BBQ 1
  • 6 S S&T Southern Smokehouse BBQ and Delights 1
  • 7 F Fast Eddie's Pit Beef 1
  • 8 B Bulldawg BBQ, LLC 1
  • 9 C Charlies Country Ribs 1
  • 10 H Hickory Park 1
  • 11 B Big Bad Wolf Barbeque 1
  • 12 P Pavilion Barbecue 1
  • 13 R Racks Smoked Bbq 1
  • 14 B Back Alley Barbeque 1
  • 15 C Christine's House of Kingfish Barbecue 1
  • 16 F Farm Boy BBQ 1
  • 17 R Russell's Quality Foods 1
  • 18 F Famous Sgt Bob Smoke Bbq And Grill 1
  • 19 B Big John's BBQ 1
  • 20 J John Parson’s Texas Barbecue 1
  • 21 S Smoq-N-Meat BBQ 1
  • 22 S Southern Flames BBQ 1
  • 23 B Blowin' Smoque 1
  • 24 M Mabel's Barbeque 1
  • 25 S Sterling Pig Public House 1
  • 26 S Smoke's Smokehouse 1
  • 27 S Smok'd BBQ 1
  • 28 R Rochester's Barbecue and Grill 1
  • 29 H Holy Que Smokehouse 1
  • 30 G Grillbillies Island BBQ 1
  • 31 D David & Sons Meats 1
  • 32 1 1911 Smokehouse Willingboro 1
  • 33 C Chucks Big Time BBQ 1
  • 34 B Big Poppa's 1
  • 35 U Uncle Johns BBQ Stand 1
  • 36 S Smoke BBQ 1
  • 37 S Smokey Bandit Barbecue 1
  • 38 D Dwight's Southern Barbecue 1
  • 39 S Smokey Pint 1
  • 40 B Big Bites BBQ 1
  • 41 T Tim's Barbecue 1
  • 42 B Barkley's BBQ 1
  • 43 S Smoke Shack BBQ 1
  • 44 W Wilson's Secret Sauce 1
  • 45 R Rib Rack 1
  • 46 W Wilma's 1
  • 47 Z Zook's BBQ Barn 1
  • 48 D Dienner Barbecue Chicken 1
  • 49 B Bridgeport Rib House 1
  • 50 F Famous Franks A-lot 1

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