BBQ restaurants in St Louis are always fun to visit as the atmosphere is often very casual, relaxed and playful. The best part is, the food is spectacular. Barbecue restaurants vary in terms of the type of food that is served. St. Louis loves it some BBQ ribs or even a special event like a pig roast. Some restaurants like to serve Mediterranean or Oriental cuisine, while others are heavily influenced by Asian or American cuisine. No matter what type of cuisine a restaurant goes with, all have this in common: the manner in which the food is cooked. BBQ style cooking involves using wood, an open flame, and charcoal.
St. Louis BBQ Restaurants
Doc’s Smokehouse 618-656-6060 We are a Pro BBQ Circuit team that opened a brick and mortar store. We have hundreds of BBQ awards for our custom smoked meats. Doc has been smoking meats for 40 years! Stop in and check us out!
Tucker’s Place Tucker’s is the place for steaks. For over 30 years Tucker’s has consistently prepared top quality American cuisine and steaks cut fresh daily. Visit our website for location information and menu.
Kenrick’s Meats and Catering Kenrick’s is an old fashioned butcher shop, providing you with the freshest, highest quality meats in the St. Louis area since 1945.
Sugarfire Smokehouse Brain child of well known chef Mike Johnson and Carolyn Downs of Cyrano’s.Our brisket and Memphis style ribs are delicious, as well as our grass-fed burgers, fries, and shakes. Come in and see for yourself!
One reason why barbecue is so popular in St. Louis is because of the sauces that are served. Many restaurants spring up on the left and the right just to compete with other restaurants. Often times the sauce served alongside the food is the ‘secret weapon’. Many of the best St Louis restaurants offer their own unique flavours and characteristics. For instance, some serve mayonnaise with their slaw while others prefer to leave it out.
More modern STL restaurants may use electric grills. Some STL food places have gotten so creative with their methods that they sometimes prepare and serve the food outdoors.
Best BBQ in St. Louis
While the sauces served with the dishes may vary in different states, the type of food served is the same. Meat, poultry and fish are the types of food most commonly used in barbecue restaurants. Popular dishes include everything from grilled lobster to grilled corn. Typical items found on a St Louis barbecue menu include grilled steaks, grilled hotdogs, and burgers, gourmet sausages, marinated skirt, steak, teriyaki chicken strips, Korean BBQ, beef spareribs, pork tenderloin and lamb chops.
BBQ restaurants in Memphis like to use tomato and vinegar-based sauces while Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee usually serve their pork dishes with a sweet, tomato-based sauce. In Kansas, restaurants like to experiment with different types of meat for their dishes. Kentucky is the one state that is set apart in terms of food that is served. BBQ restaurants in Kentucky like to serve mutton. At present, Lexington, Kentucky is known as ‘The Barbecue Capital of the World’.
St. Louis Barbecue
- Adam’s Smokehouse 314-875-9890 Clifton Heights
- Beast Craft BBQ 618-257-9000 Belleville
- BBQ Saloon 314-833-6666 Central West End
- Big Chief Roadhouse 636-458-3200 Wildwood
- Big Mama’s BBQ 618-398-8959 East St. Louis
- Big Woody’s 636-724-4227 St. Charles
- Bogart’s Smokehouse 314-621-3107 Soulard
- C & K BBQ 314-385-8100 Pine Lawn
- Dalie’s Smokehouse 636-529-1891 Kirkwood
- Drake’s Place 314-736-1140 Ferguson
- Ethyl’s Smokehouse & Saloon 636-978-7755 O’Fallon, MO
- Five Aces 314-390-2886 Shaw Neighborhood
- Gastro Pit 314-991-7999 Ellisville
- Gobble Stop Smokehouse 314-878-5586 Creve Coeur
- Grill House Smokehouse 314-621-8180 Downtown St. Louis
- Heavy Smoke BBQ 636-244-5874 St. Peters
- Hendrick’s BBQ 636-724-8600 St. Charles
- Hogtown Smokehouse 314-899-0550 Dogtown
- Lester’s Sports Bar 314-994-0055 Ladue
- Mann Meats 314-942-7000 Ferguson
- Miss Piggie’s Smokehouse 314-428-7776 Overland
- Mongolian BBQ Buffet 314-878-1998 West County
- Navin’s BBQ 314-449-1185 South Grand
- Roper’s Rib’s 314-381-6200 Jennings
- Salt & Smoke 314-727-0020 U City
- Sawmill BBQ 618-332-3000 Cahokia
- Shaved Duck 314-776-1407 Tower Grove
- Smoke N Bones BBQ 314-932-1355 South Hampton
- Smokee Moe’s BBQ 636-220-1227 Manchester
- Smoking Barrels BBQ 314-669-9455 South St. Louis
- Stumpy’s House of BBQ 636-441-7222 St. Peters
- Super Smokers 636-938-9742 Eureka
- The Midwestern 314-696-2573 Downtown St. Louis
- The Stellar Hog 314-481-8448 South St. Louis
And while grilled poultry, seafood and meat are delicious types of food, BBQ restaurants also serve grilled vegetable dishes on the side like grilled vegetable platters, bacon-wrapped asparagus, Greek-style squash, grilled corn with chive butter, grilled garden veggies, grilled portbello with mozzarella salad, potatoes plus, grilled corn dip, grilled vegetable sandwich, and grilled vegetable medley. Grilled fruits are also sometimes served for dessert. This might include grilled pineapple, cinnamon apples, grilled pears, grilled brown sugar bananas, honey basted nectarines, rum and pineapple kebabs, and stuffed peaches on the grill.
BBQ Resources, Supplies, Recipes & Information
TheSmokeRing.com is a site that features all you need to know about barbeque including recipes for lamb, ribs, and even how to make your own BBQ Pit! Visit the site