BBQ Restaurants in Peoria, IL

BBQ in Peoria at a glance

• BBQ is the 15th largest food category in Peoria, after bars and pizza.
• Its 1.7% share compares with 1.4% across the 506 cities in this guide, close to the national pattern.
• Of the 9 listed below, 7 are independent and 2 belong to chains; 6 list a website.

BBQ Restaurants in Peoria

• Smo-King Pit
  Restaurant · BBQ · 2200 W War Memorial Dr
• Hickory River Smokehouse - Peoria
  Restaurant · BBQ · Chain · 5101 West Holiday Drive
• Mission BBQ
  Restaurant · BBQ · Chain · 4513 N Sterling Ave
• The Blue Duck Barbecue Tavern
  Restaurant · BBQ · 212 SW Water St
• Que For You
  Restaurant · BBQ · 301 N MacArthur Hwy
• Smokin Notes BBQ
  Restaurant · BBQ · 3311 N Sterling Ave
• Big Juan's Tejano smokehouse and cantina
  Restaurant · BBQ · 7723 N University St
• TT'S BBQ
  Restaurant · BBQ · 436 S Western Ave
• The Kings House BBQ, Soul Food, & Catering
  Restaurant · BBQ · 1917 N Wisconsin Ave

BBQ elsewhere in Illinois

Among the Illinois cities in this guide, the most bbq listings are in Chicago (175), Springfield (12), Naperville (11), Joliet (10), Champaign (9) and Rockford (8).

Run a bbq spot in Peoria?

You share this list with 8 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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