Best BBQ by State 2025

Texas
73%
Tennessee
37%
Louisiana
34%
South Carolina
32%
Kansas
31%
Georgia
30%
North Carolina
30%
Kentucky
28%
Alabama
26%
Mississippi
24%
Missouri
23%
Oklahoma
20%
California
16%
Montana
16%
New York
16%
Wyoming
15%
Arizona
14%
Colorado
14%
Hawaii
14%
New Mexico
14%
Arkansas
13%
Florida
12%
New Jersey
12%
Pennsylvania
11%
Virginia
11%
Wisconsin
11%
Indiana
10%
Maryland
10%
Massachusetts
10%
Connecticut
9%
Illinois
9%
Nevada
9%
Idaho
8%
Michigan
8%
Nebraska
8%
Ohio
8%
West Virginia
8%
Iowa
6%
Maine
6%
Minnesota
6%
North Dakota
6%
Oregon
6%
Rhode Island
6%
South Dakota
6%
Utah
6%
Vermont
6%
Delaware
5%
New Hampshire
5%
Washington
5%
Alaska
4%
State
BBQ Survey Good
BBQ Ribs Search Volume Index
BBQ Restaurants Per Capita Rank
Alabama Flag
Alabama26%733
Alaska Flag
Alaska4%9341
Arizona Flag
Arizona14%7539
Arkansas Flag
Arkansas13%768
California Flag
California16%6636
Colorado Flag
Colorado14%8126
Connecticut Flag
Connecticut9%7250
Delaware Flag
Delaware5%7627
Florida Flag
Florida12%6911
Georgia Flag
Georgia30%702
Hawaii Flag
Hawaii14%8410
Idaho Flag
Idaho8%8329
Illinois Flag
Illinois9%8421
Indiana Flag
Indiana10%9133
Iowa Flag
Iowa6%8430
Kansas Flag
Kansas31%8114
Kentucky Flag
Kentucky28%7519
Louisiana Flag
Louisiana34%8215
Maine Flag
Maine6%7946
Maryland Flag
Maryland10%7324
Massachusetts Flag
Massachusetts10%6451
Michigan Flag
Michigan8%8347
Minnesota Flag
Minnesota6%8423
Mississippi Flag
Mississippi24%7213
Missouri Flag
Missouri23%754
Montana Flag
Montana16%10016
Nebraska Flag
Nebraska8%8825
Nevada Flag
Nevada9%767
New Hampshire Flag
New Hampshire5%8049
New Jersey Flag
New Jersey12%6435
New Mexico Flag
New Mexico14%8334
New York Flag
New York16%5848
North Carolina Flag
North Carolina30%7117
North Dakota Flag
North Dakota6%9642
Ohio Flag
Ohio8%7731
Oklahoma Flag
Oklahoma20%791
Oregon Flag
Oregon6%7940
Pennsylvania Flag
Pennsylvania11%7137
Rhode Island Flag
Rhode Island6%6545
South Carolina Flag
South Carolina32%745
South Dakota Flag
South Dakota6%9020
Tennessee Flag
Tennessee37%736
Texas Flag
Texas73%729
Utah Flag
Utah6%7538
Vermont Flag
Vermont6%7544
Virginia Flag
Virginia11%6832
Washington Flag
Washington5%8143
West Virginia Flag
West Virginia8%7622
Wisconsin Flag
Wisconsin11%8528
Wyoming Flag
Wyoming15%9818
  • BBQ survey numbers indicate the percentage of survey respondents who believed a given state had good barbeque, whether they had personally eaten it or not.
  • Ribs search volume indicates the relative volume of internet searches originating in that state and searching for restaurants that serve barbeque ribs.
  • Restaurants per capita indicate each state’s national rank in terms of the number of barbeque restaurants per capita are located in the state.