Barbecue in Roanoke
Roanoke has 3 barbecue spots on The BBQ Atlas, with Texas-style smoke on the menu. You'll find Hard Eight BBQ, Mama Jean's Barbecue and MISSION BBQ here. We don't rank them — explore each below and decide where you're eating in Roanoke, United States.
Hard Eight BBQ
Roanoke, United States
Texas barbecue done the Hard Eight way: pit-smoked over mesquite coals, the wood that gives the meat its particular edge. The Roanoke location serves lunch and dinner daily, staying open until nine most nights and an hour later on Fridays and Saturdays. The method is plain — coals, smoke, time — and the results keep people coming back.
Mama Jean's Barbecue
Roanoke, United States
Mama Jean's runs a daily-changing barbecue menu on Brandon Avenue in Roanoke — each item served until it's gone, so you order what's left and move on. Open Wednesday through Sunday; check Facebook for the week's specials. No reservations, and no two visits quite the same.
MISSION BBQ
Roanoke, United States
This Roanoke outpost sits on Colonial Avenue SW, part of a fast-casual chain built around smoked meat and a salute. The brand runs on a simple premise: barbecue daily, honour service members visibly, and keep the doors open seven days a week. Lunch and dinner, eleven to nine most days, half-past eleven on Sundays. No single regional style defines the menu — MISSION BBQ pulls from the wider American barbecue map, leaning into variety over allegiance to one pit tradition. The Roanoke location keeps the same rhythm as the rest: straightforward ordering, moderate prices, and a dining room that wears its flag on its sleeve.