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
- Boone’s Bar-B-Que Kitchen (food truck)
- Midwood Smokehouse (original review)
- Queen City Q
- Sauceman’s
- Bill Spoon’s Barbecue
- Kyle Fletcher’s Barbecue & Catering new
- Old Hickory House
- The Improper Pig new
- Elwood’s Barbecue & Burger Bar
- Bar-B-Q King new
- 521 BBQ and Grill (Tega Cay) new
- 521 BBQ and Grill (Indian Land) new
- Jim ‘N Nick’s Bar-B-Q (Concord)
- Smoke & Go Bar-B-Que (food truck)
- Mac’s Speed Shop
- R&R Bar-B-Que
- Lancaster’s BBQ (Huntersville)
- Lancasters’s BBQ (Mooresville) new
- Rock Store Bar-B-Q
- Moe’s Original Bar-B-Que
- McKoy’s Smokehouse and Saloon
- Brooks’ Sandwich House new
- Rock Store Bar-B-Q (Mint Hill)
- Bobbee-O’s BBQ
- Farmer’s BBQ
- Bubba’s Barbecue
- JJR’s BBQ Shack
- City Smoke
- OooWee BBQ (food truck)
- Carolina Ribs on the Run new
- 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