Barbecue in Arlington
Arlington has 6 barbecue spots on The BBQ Atlas, with Texas-style smoke on the menu. You'll find 225⁰BBQ, Hurtado Barbecue and Mjays House of Smoke here, among others. We don't rank them — explore each below and decide where you're eating in Arlington, United States.
225⁰BBQ
Arlington, United States
Texas barbecue, no website, no pretense. Wednesday through Sunday — five in the evening on weekdays, midday on weekends — and the whole philosophy is simple: when it's finished. Call ahead or check Instagram before you go; they sell out early and often. On East Main in Arlington, this is the kind of place that doesn't need to explain itself.
Hurtado Barbecue
Arlington, United States
Hurtado Barbecue is what happens when Central Texas smoke meets Tex-Mex sensibility — slow-smoked meat with a border-town accent. Brandon and Hannah Hurtado founded the business in 2018, and this Arlington spot followed in February 2020. The method is straightforward: low heat, long hours, and smoke doing the work it's meant to do. The result is barbecue that doesn't pick a lane between traditions — it walks both. Open daily from eleven to nine, which is more hours than most pits keep. The Hurtados have since opened other locations; this is where it began.
Mjays House of Smoke
Arlington, United States
A barbecue restaurant in Arlington that operates on a simple principle: cook, sell, stop. Open Tue–Sat from 11:00 and Sun from 11:30, it sells out early most days. They handle pickup, delivery, and catering — the full spread. Find them on West Green Oaks Boulevard, or online at mjayshouseofsmoketx.com.
Rudy's Country Store and Bar-B-Q
Arlington, United States
This Arlington Rudy's on East I-20 is a barbecue joint and country store in one — oak-smoked brisket and sausage by the pound, groceries and gas alongside. The format dates to Rudolph Aue's 1929 Leon Springs grocery, barbecue added in 1989. Meat cooked right, and a store that knows what it's selling.
Smoke'N Ash BBQ
Arlington, United States
This is barbecue that doesn't fit neatly into the usual categories, and that's the point. Smoke'N Ash operates at the intersection of Texas pit tradition and Ethiopian culinary practice — a combination that shouldn't work but does, in the hands of people who understand both. The result is something you won't find elsewhere on Cooper Street, or most anywhere else.
The Original Roy Hutchins BBQ - Arlington
Arlington, United States
The Original Roy Hutchins BBQ is a Texas barbecue operation built on brick pits and three generations—Roy, his son Wes, and grandson Zack—doing the work the way it's meant to be done. Oak and pecan, low heat, time. They're known for the Texas Twinkie, and they'll ship it if you ask. Catering runs too. This Arlington location opens daily at 11, closes at 9, and sits ready on East Copeland Road. No mystery about what you're walking into: Texas barbecue, the kind that's been earning its reputation since the early nineties.