BBQ Restaurants in Cedar Rapids, IA

BBQ in Cedar Rapids at a glance

• BBQ is the 13th largest food category in Cedar Rapids, after bars and pizza.
• Its 1.8% share compares with 1.4% across the 506 cities in this guide, close to the national pattern.
• Of the 12 listed below, 10 are independent and 2 belong to chains; 12 list a website.

BBQ Restaurants in Cedar Rapids

• Cr Midnight Smoker Bbq
  Restaurant · BBQ · 1100 3rd St Se # Booth
• CR Midnight Smoker BBQ
  Restaurant · BBQ · 301 F Ave NW
• Up In Smoke BBQ
  Restaurant · BBQ · 92 16th Ave SW
• Willie Ray’s Q Shack
  Restaurant · BBQ · 266 Blairs Ferry Rd NE
• Billy Sims Barbecue
  Restaurant · BBQ · 5300 Fountains Dr NE
• County Line Catering & BBQ BARN
  Restaurant · BBQ · 6677 16th Ave SW
• Al & Irene's
  Restaurant · BBQ · 2020 N Towne Ln NE
• Backyard BBQ
  Restaurant · BBQ · 2020 Scotty Dr SW
• BBQ This
  Restaurant · BBQ · 560 Boyson Rd NE
• Dickey's Barbecue Pit
  Restaurant · BBQ · Chain · 5300 Edgewood Rd NE
• Bandana's Bar-b-q Cedar Rapids Ia
  Restaurant · BBQ · 3707 1st Ave SE
• Famous Dave's Bar-b-que (to Go Only)
  Restaurant · BBQ · Chain · 4755 1st Ave SE

BBQ elsewhere in Iowa

Among the Iowa cities in this guide, the most bbq listings are in Des Moines (15) and Davenport (8).

Run a bbq spot in Cedar Rapids?

You share this list with 11 other bbq listings. The ones guests reorder from are the ones that are easy to order from directly. Servestack gives you your own ordering site with zero commission, and Studio designs the menu, flyers and posts to go with it. Run your numbers with the commission savings calculator.

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