Charlotte Big Board

Charlotte Barbecue Joint Big Board – January 2015

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Boone’s Bar-B-Que Kitchen
Midwood Smokehouse
Brooks’ Sandwich House
521 BBQ & Grill
The Improper Pig

Last time around, I thought the best hope to shake up the Charlotte rankings was Kyle Fletcher’s in Gastonia. While the portions were huge, it only lands at #6 in our latest big board (though we will be visiting again in a few weeks). The Improper Pig recently opened in December and shows promise, but didn’t quite deliver on our first visit landing at #8, and Bar-B-Q King just made the top 10 due to its neat drive-in setting. Outside of those, the rest of the new reviews since last May were mainly disappointing. At this point, we are running out of new Charlotte-proper spots to try so we may be branching out into Gastonia, Concord, and Kannapolis more.

What other Charlotte area joints should we check out? Feel free to weigh in on your favorite in the comments and if you present a strong enough case we will try to head there next.

-Monk

  1. Boone’s Bar-B-Que Kitchen (food truck)
  2. Midwood Smokehouse (original review)
  3. Queen City Q
  4. Sauceman’s
  5. Bill Spoon’s Barbecue
  6. Kyle Fletcher’s Barbecue & Catering new
  7. Old Hickory House
  8. The Improper Pig new
  9. Elwood’s Barbecue & Burger Bar
  10. Bar-B-Q King new
  11. 521 BBQ and Grill (Tega Cay) new
  12. 521 BBQ and Grill (Indian Land) new
  13. Jim ‘N Nick’s Bar-B-Q (Concord) 
  14. Smoke & Go Bar-B-Que (food truck)
  15. Mac’s Speed Shop
  16. R&R Bar-B-Que
  17. Lancaster’s BBQ (Huntersville)
  18. Lancasters’s BBQ (Mooresville) new
  19. Rock Store Bar-B-Q
  20. Moe’s Original Bar-B-Que
  21. McKoy’s Smokehouse and Saloon
  22. Brooks’ Sandwich House new
  23. Rock Store Bar-B-Q (Mint Hill)
  24. Bobbee-O’s BBQ
  25. Farmer’s BBQ
  26. Bubba’s Barbecue 
  27. JJR’s BBQ Shack
  28. City Smoke
  29. OooWee BBQ (food truck)
  30. Carolina Ribs on the Run new
  31. R.O.’s Bar-B-Que new

Still to review: Dan the Pig Man (food truck), Q2U, Fort Mill BBQ Co, Bodrick’s BBQ

Previous Big Boards: May 2014, December 2013, July 2013

Charlotte Barbecue Joint Big Board – May 2014

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Big shakeup at the number one spot in our Charlotte leader board. We’ve added 5 reviews to the Charlotte rankings since December and Boone’s Bar-B-Que Kitchen, a food truck run by a Dan “Boone” Gibson, who helped create the original Mac’s Speed Shop and Queen City Q, takes the top spot with it’s moist, tender, smokey barbecue with a perfect bark. It’s high quality brisket and sausage only help to solidify it’s ranking. Speedy and I will be revisiting Midwood Smokehouse soon for a proper re-review, and it will be interesting to see just how it stacks up on its second official review. The next best hope to challenge the top spot is Kyle Fletcher’s in Gastonia, which we have yet to review despite it winning the Charlotte Observer Barbecue Bracket in spring 2013.

What other Charlotte area joints should we check out? Feel free to weigh in on your favorite in the comments and if you present a strong enough case we will try to head there next.

-Monk

  1. Boone’s Bar-B-Que Kitchen (food truck) new
  2. Midwood Smokehouse
  3. Queen City Q
  4. Sauceman’s
  5. Bill Spoon’s Barbecue
  6. Old Hickory House
  7. Elwood’s Barbecue & Burger Bar new
  8. Jim ‘N Nick’s Bar-B-Q (Concord) new
  9. Smoke & Go Bar-B-Que (food truck)
  10. Mac’s Speed Shop
  11. R&R Bar-B-Que new
  12. Lancaster’s BBQ new
  13. Rock Store Bar-B-Q
  14. Moe’s Original Bar-B-Que
  15. McKoy’s Smokehouse and Saloon
  16. Rock Store Bar-B-Q (Mint Hill)
  17. Bobbee-O’s BBQ
  18. Farmer’s BBQ
  19. Bubba’s Barbecue 
  20. JJR’s BBQ Shack
  21. City Smoke
  22. OooWee BBQ (food truck)

Still to review: Kyle Fletcher’s, Bar-B-Q King, Dan the Pig Man (food truck), Q2U, Fort Mill BBQ Co, R.O.’s Bar-B-Que

Previous Big Boards: December 2013, July 2013

Charlotte Barbecue Joint Big Board – December 2013

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Since July, we’ve added 6 new joints to the Charlotte Big Board, with no real shake up at the top. In fact, the highest reviewed place since July went only as high as fifth – Old Hickory House. I can’t see much left out there in Charlotte to shake things up too much, but I am really curious about two places – The Que Stand out of a gas station in Harrisburg as well as Kyle Fletcher’s, the winner of the Observer bracket challenge last spring.

  1. Midwood Smokehouse
  2. Queen City Q
  3. Sauceman’s
  4. Bill Spoon’s Barbecue
  5. Old Hickory House
  6. Smoke & Go Bar-B-Que (food truck)
  7. Mac’s Speed Shop
  8. Rock Store Bar-B-Q
  9. Moe’s Original Bar-B-Que
  10. McKoy’s Smokehouse and Saloon
  11. Rock Store Bar-B-Q (Mint Hill)
  12. Bobbee-O’s BBQ
  13. Farmer’s BBQ
  14. Bubba’s Barbecue
  15. JJR’s BBQ Shack
  16. City Smoke
  17. OooWee BBQ (food truck)

Still to review: The Que Stand, Kyle Fletcher’s, Bar-B-Q King, Elwood’s BBQ Burger Bar, Lancaster’s BBQ, Dan the Pig Man (food truck)

Previously: July 2013 Leaderboard

What other Charlotte area joints should we check out? Feel free to weigh in on your favorite in the comments and if you present a strong enough case we will head there next.

Charlotte Barbecue Joint Leaderboard – July 2013

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You may or may not have noticed this, but we’ve been ranking our Charlotte area joints as we’ve been reviewing them. This won’t necessarily be a monthly feature or anything but we’ll check in periodically when it makes sense or there is a big shakeup.

  1. Midwood Smokehouse
  2. Queen City Q
  3. Sauceman’s
  4. Bill Spoon’s Barbecue
  5. Smoke & Go Bar-B-Que (Food Truck)
  6. Rock Store Bar-B-Q (Stallings) 
  7. Rock Store Bar-B-Q (Mint Hill)
  8. Mac’s Speed Shop
  9. Moe’s Original Bar-B-Que
  10. Bobbee-O’s BBQ
  11. City Smoke

Still to review: Bubba’s BBQ, Farmer’s, Ole Hickory House, The Que Stand, Sage Garden BBQ, Kyle Fletcher’s, Bar-B-Q King, Elwood’s BBQ Burger Bar, Lancaster’s BBQ, McKoy’s Smokehouse

What other Charlotte area joints should we check out? Feel free to weigh in on your favorite in the comments and if you present a strong enough case we will head there next.

-Monk