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