BBQ Restaurants in Chattanooga, TN

BBQ in Chattanooga at a glance

• BBQ is the 10th largest food category in Chattanooga, after bars and coffee shops and cafes.
• Its 2.9% share compares with 1.4% across the 506 cities in this guide, so Chattanooga leans toward bbq.
• Of the 39 listed below, 30 are independent and 9 belong to chains; 37 list a website.

BBQ Restaurants in Chattanooga

• Mike's Smokehouse
  Restaurant · BBQ · 7655 E Brainerd Rd
• Jim 'N Nick's
  Restaurant · BBQ · Chain · 2040 Hamilton Place Blvd
• Applebee's
  Restaurant · BBQ · Chain · 401 Market St
• Barque BBQ
  Restaurant · BBQ · 2309 E Main St
• Edley's Bar-B-Que
  Restaurant · BBQ · Chain · 205 Manufacturers Rd Ste 110
• Little Coyote
  Restaurant · BBQ · 3950 Tennessee Ave
• Off The Grill by Chef Q
  Restaurant · BBQ · 4848 Hixson Pike
• Puckett's Restaurant
  Restaurant · BBQ · Chain · 2 W Aquarium Way
• Rib and Loin
  Restaurant · BBQ · 5946 Brainerd Rd
• Mission Bbq
  Restaurant · BBQ · Chain · 1926 Gunbarrel Rd
• Choo Choo BBQ of Hixson
  Restaurant · BBQ · 6410 Hixson Pike
• Sugar's Ribs
  Restaurant · BBQ · 2450 15th Ave
• Chatt Smoke House
  Restaurant · BBQ · 416 E M L King Blvd
• Couch's Barbecue
  Restaurant · BBQ · 8307 Old Lee Hwy
• Wright's Barbecue Kitchen
  Restaurant · BBQ · 1515 Dodson Ave
• Choo Choo Bar-B-Que
  Restaurant · BBQ · Chain · 7910 E Brainerd Rd
• Sweeney's Bar-B-Q
  Restaurant · BBQ · 5928 TN-58
• Southside Market
  Restaurant · BBQ · Chain · 202 W 38th St
• Choo Choo BBQ
  Restaurant · BBQ · 900 Appling St
• Buddy's BBQ
  Restaurant · BBQ · 568 Northgate Mall Dr
• Highway 58 BBQ
  Restaurant · BBQ · 4921 Highway 58
• Big Jeff's Barbecue
  Restaurant · BBQ · 4272 Bonny Oaks Dr Ste A
• Chubby's Bar-B-Q
  Restaurant · BBQ · 3801 Rossville Blvd
• Shane's Rib Shack
  Restaurant · BBQ · Chain · 9448 Bradmore Ln
• Memo's Grill
  Restaurant · BBQ · 430 E Martin Luther King Blvd
• Beka's Back Porch BBQ
  Restaurant · BBQ · 9203 Lee Hwy
• Bones Smokehouse
  Restaurant · BBQ · 7601 E Brainerd Rd
• Chatter Box Cafe
  Restaurant · BBQ · 6801 Shallowford Rd
• Choo Choo Bar-B-Que
  Restaurant · BBQ · 5936 Quintus Loop
• Famous Dave's Bar-B-Que
  Restaurant · BBQ · Chain · 2122 Gunbarrel Rd
• Mimi's Que
  Restaurant · BBQ · 3874 Hixson Pike
• Moe's Original BBQ - Chattanooga
  Restaurant · BBQ · 221 Market St
• Porkers BBQ
  Restaurant · BBQ · 1251 Market St
• Shuford's Smokehouse
  Restaurant · BBQ · 924 Signal Mountain Rd
• Sticky Fingers Rib House
  Restaurant · BBQ · 420 Broad St
• Sugar's Ribs
  Restaurant · BBQ · 3950 Tennessee Ave
• Good Eats "BBQ" Chattanooga
  Restaurant · BBQ · 1817 Market St
• Rib & Loin
  Restaurant · BBQ · 5435 Highway 153
• Dub's BBQ
  Restaurant · BBQ · 5659 Brainerd Rd

BBQ elsewhere in Tennessee

Among the Tennessee cities in this guide, the most bbq listings are in Memphis (91), Nashville (84), Knoxville (30), Clarksville (14), Franklin (13) and Murfreesboro (12).

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