Trends · data through September 2026

Barbecue in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA

Iceflower tracks 71 stores from 61 barbecue chains in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA.

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
61
Tracked stores
71
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.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 K Kinder's - -9.6%
  • Kinder's
  • Sauced BBQ and Spirits
  • Back Forty Texas BBQ
  • Everett & Jones BBQ
  • Espetus Churrascaria
  • Kinder's Meats Deli BBQ & Catering
  • The Smokehouse
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

71 tracked store locations in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Kinder's (4)
  • Sauced BBQ and Spirits (2)
  • Back Forty Texas BBQ (1)
  • Everett & Jones BBQ (1)
  • Espetus Churrascaria (2)
  • Kinder's Meats Deli BBQ & Catering (2)
  • The Smokehouse (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 K Kinder's 4
  • 2 D Dickey's Barbecue Pit logo Dickey's Barbecue Pit 2
  • 3 F Famous Dave's logo Famous Dave's 2
  • 4 E Everett & Jones Barbeque 2
  • 5 S Slow Hand BBQ 2
  • 6 K Kinder's Meats Deli BBQ & Catering 2
  • 7 E Espetus Churrascaria 2
  • 8 S Sauced BBQ and Spirits 2
  • 9 M Ming Kee Restaurant 1
  • 10 S Scott's 1
  • 11 E Emil Villa's Hickory Pit 1
  • 12 R Redwood City BBQ 1
  • 13 P Pete's BBQ 1
  • 14 T The South Smokin BBQ 1
  • 15 B B and W Kitchen 1
  • 16 B Barbecue Factory 1
  • 17 C Clement BBQ 1
  • 18 C Carmen's Family BBQ 1
  • 19 E ECR Pub 1
  • 20 C Cai You Kee B.B.Q 1
  • 21 H Horn Barbecue 1
  • 22 B Bounty Hunter 1
  • 23 T Taste of Texas Barbecue 1
  • 24 H Hip Hop Bbq Shack 1
  • 25 L Let's Eat BBQ & More 1
  • 26 H Horn BBQ 1
  • 27 T Top SF BBQ 1
  • 28 B Black Bark BBQ 1
  • 29 S Smokin' Woods BBQ 1
  • 30 F Fijian BBQ 1
  • 31 A Armadillo Willy's BBQ 1
  • 32 B Big Jim's BBQ 1
  • 33 D Dad's BBQ Next Generation 1
  • 34 F Family BBQ Hickory Pit 1
  • 35 B Back Forty Texas BBQ 1
  • 36 E Everett & Jones BBQ 1
  • 37 T The Smokehouse 1
  • 38 C Canyons BBQ 1
  • 39 T The Original Hick'ry Pit 1
  • 40 4 4505 Burgers & BBQ 1
  • 41 C Capelo's Barbecue 1
  • 42 H Hazy Barbecue logo Hazy Barbecue 1
  • 43 B Breakwater Barbecue 1
  • 44 B Buckhorn BBQ + Grill logo Buckhorn BBQ + Grill 1
  • 45 F Fikscue Craft BBQ 1
  • 46 A Armadillo Willy's 1
  • 47 S Smoking Pig BBQ logo Smoking Pig BBQ 1
  • 48 S Stay Gold Deli 1
  • 49 T The Embers 1
  • 50 R Red Wood Grill 1

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