Barbecue in Raleigh
Raleigh has 5 barbecue spots mapped on The BBQ Atlas, spanning Texas and Carolina. You'll find City Barbeque, City Barbeque and Midwood Smokehouse here, among others. We don't rank them — explore each below and decide where you're eating in Raleigh, United States.
City Barbeque
Raleigh, United States
The business started in 1999; this location opened in 2026. Everything's cooked low and slow over local hickory, the way competition pitmasters do it when the clock and the judges are watching. Open seven days, 10:30 to 21:00. The smokers are on-site — you'll smell them before you see the address.
City Barbeque
Raleigh, United States
The pit runs daily from half-ten to nine, seven days a week — hickory smoke and patience, no shortcuts. It's barbecue done the way the brand has done it for more than two decades, now available a few miles north of downtown. Order at the counter. The wood is local hickory; the method is low and slow. What arrives is what that combination produces.
Midwood Smokehouse
Raleigh, United States
The Smoky Hollow Midwood, on West Johnson Street in Raleigh, runs the Charlotte chain's hickory-smoked Texas playbook — brisket, chopped pork, ribs — from the group Frank Scibelli started in Plaza Midwood in 2011. Restaurant and bar, open seven days, later on Friday and Saturday.
MISSION BBQ
Raleigh, United States
The business runs on a simple premise: barbecue served quickly, without the wait that usually comes with smoke. This location on Creedmoor Road keeps the same model — counter service, daily hours, and a menu built around the staples. Open seven days, closing at nine most nights and eight on Sundays. The doors open at eleven, half-past on Sunday.
Sam Jones BBQ
Raleigh, United States
Sam Jones is third-generation Eastern Carolina barbecue — his family has run the Skylight Inn in Ayden since 1947 — and in 2015 he and partner Michael Letchworth opened this expansion of that tradition. Whole hog cooked over wood, chopped with the crackling skin worked back in, the way it's done east of I-95. This Raleigh location on West Lenoir Street serves it daily from eleven. Come hungry; whole hog rewards it.