BBQ Restaurants in Wilmington, NC

BBQ in Wilmington at a glance

• BBQ is the 20th largest food category in Wilmington, after bars and coffee shops and cafes.
• Its 1.1% share compares with 1.4% across the 506 cities in this guide, close to the national pattern.
• Of the 10 listed below, 7 are independent and 3 belong to chains; 10 list a website.

BBQ Restaurants in Wilmington

• Jackson's Big Oak Barbecue
  Restaurant · BBQ · 920 S Kerr Ave
• Mission BBQ
  Restaurant · BBQ · Chain · 351 College Rd
• Moe's Original BBQ
  Restaurant · BBQ · Chain · 5818 Oleander Dr
• Smithfield's Chicken 'N Bar-B-Q
  Restaurant · BBQ · Chain · 3705 Patriot Way
• Carolina BBQ
  Restaurant · BBQ · 1602 S College Rd
• Bone & Bean BBQ
  Restaurant · BBQ · 3530 Carolina Beach Rd
• City Tavern
  Restaurant · BBQ · 890 Town Center Dr
• Crave Hot Dogs and Barbecue
  Restaurant · BBQ · 1407 Barclay Pointe Blvd
• Primal BBQ
  Restaurant · BBQ · 1988 Eastwood Rd
• Sloppy Poppy’s
  Restaurant · BBQ · 4540 Fountain Dr

BBQ elsewhere in North Carolina

Among the North Carolina cities in this guide, the most bbq listings are in Charlotte (52), Raleigh (33), Asheville (24), Durham (19), Fayetteville (17) and Greensboro (14).

Run a bbq spot in Wilmington?

You share this list with 9 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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