Barbecue in Lexington
Lexington has 5 barbecue spots mapped on The BBQ Atlas, spanning Texas and Carolina. You'll find Snow's BBQ, City Barbeque and City Barbeque here, among others. We don't rank them — explore each below and decide where you're eating in Lexington, United States.
Snow's BBQ
Lexington, United States
Snow's opens one morning a week — Saturday, 8 a.m. until the meat's gone — and people line up in the dark for it. The pits are tended by Tootsie Tomanetz, born in 1935 and still working them into her nineties; Kerry "Snow" Bexley opened the place with her in 2003. Texas Monthly has twice named it the best barbecue in the state, and Netflix put it on Chef's Table. Brisket, pork steak, ribs and sausage — show up early, because when it's gone, it's gone until next Saturday.
City Barbeque
Lexington, United States
City Barbeque runs on-site smokers and local hickory, turning out barbecue cooked the patient way — low heat, long hours. The business started in 1999; this Lexington outpost opened in September 2025. Open daily from half-ten in the morning until eight at night, seven days a week. The smokers don't take shortcuts, and neither does the clock.
City Barbeque
Lexington, United States
The business started in 1999 and cooks low and slow over local hickory. This outpost keeps the same approach: meat smoked here, no shortcuts, open daily from half-ten through evening. They run later on Fridays and Saturdays — till ten — and open an hour later on Sundays. The smokers are visible, the fuel is hickory, and the method doesn't change.
City Barbeque
Lexington, United States
The smokers run on-site, low and slow, the way they're meant to. Local hickory does the work — no shortcuts, just time and heat applied properly. What started as one smokehouse is now a chain, but the method hasn't changed: meat, smoke, patience. This location sits on Richmond Road in Lexington, serving the same competition-quality barbecue that built the brand. The smokers are visible, the process is honest, and the hickory is local. Show up hungry.
Lexington Barbecue
Lexington, United States
Lexington Barbecue, going since 1962, is the definition of Piedmont-style North Carolina 'cue: pork shoulder cooked low over coals, chopped or sliced, seasoned before the heat and left alone — no sauce in the pit. Southern Living readers keep voting it the state's best. Curb service available; closed Sundays and Mondays.