Barbecue in United States
The BBQ Atlas maps 665 barbecue venues across 447 cities in United States. From Modern, Kansas City, Texas, Carolina and more, it's a snapshot of how United States cooks over live fire. Browse by city below, or dive straight into the venues.
Rudy's Country Store and Bar-B-Q
Norman, United States
This Norman Rudy's on Chautauqua runs oak-fired barbecue seven days a week, 7 to 9 — brisket, ribs and sausage by the pound, the country store and gas alongside. It's the format Rudolph Aue's 1929 Leon Springs grocery became when barbecue joined the menu in 1989.
Rudy's Country Store and Bar-B-Q
Killeen, United States
Some people want barbecue before the day gets away from them; the Killeen Rudy's, on East Central Texas Expressway, opens at seven for exactly that. It's the Rudy's format — oak smoke, a country store, sold by the pound over butcher paper — from a chain that began as a 1929 Leon Springs filling station and added barbecue in 1989. Open to nine on weeknights, later on weekends.
Rudy's Country Store and Bar-B-Q
Tucson, United States
The Tucson Rudy's on East Ajo Way runs a Texas barbecue pit with a country store attached — oak-smoked brisket and sausage by the pound, open early and late. A working operation from a chain that began as a 1929 Leon Springs filling station and added barbecue in 1989.
Rudy's Country Store and Bar-B-Q
Conroe, United States
Rudy's on Highway 105 West in Conroe fires the oak pits at 6:30 most mornings — barbecue by the pound, a country store attached, seven days a week. It's the format Rudolph Aue's 1929 Leon Springs grocery grew into once barbecue joined in 1989.
Rudy's Country Store and Bar-B-Q
San Antonio, United States
This San Antonio Rudy's on Highway 151 runs oak-fired barbecue and a country store in the same room — brisket and sausage by the pound, mid-morning to late most days. The format goes back to Rudolph Aue's 1929 Leon Springs filling station, barbecue added in 1989.
Rudy's Country Store and Bar-B-Q
Selma, United States
The Selma Rudy's on I-35 North smokes brisket and sausage over oak, sold by the pound, with a country store attached — open daily, mid-morning to evening. The format goes back to Rudolph Aue's 1929 Leon Springs grocery, barbecue added in 1989.
Rudy's Country Store and Bar-B-Q
Scottsdale, United States
The Scottsdale Rudy's on Northsight Boulevard keeps a country store and an oak pit as natural neighbors — brisket and sausage by the pound, open early to late six days a week. It's the format Rudolph Aue started in Leon Springs in 1929, once barbecue joined the menu in 1989.
Rudy's Country Store and Bar-B-Q
Amarillo, United States
The Amarillo Rudy's on West I-40 runs oak smoke seven days a week, 7 to 9 — barbecue by the pound, a country store in the same room. It's the format Rudolph Aue's 1929 Leon Springs filling station became when barbecue joined in 1989.
Rudy's Country Store and Bar-B-Q
Fayetteville, United States
This Fayetteville Rudy's on Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard pairs oak-smoked barbecue by the pound with general-store goods — no separation between the two. The chain traces to Rudolph Aue's 1929 Leon Springs grocery, barbecue added in 1989. Check the web or socials for hours.
Rudy's Country Store and Bar-B-Q
Tyler, United States
The Tyler Rudy's on SSW Loop 323 keeps the chain formula — oak smoke, barbecue by the pound, and a country store to browse while you wait. Open early to late, seven days. It all started as a 1929 Leon Springs filling station that took up barbecue in 1989.
Rudy's Country Store and Bar-B-Q
Gilbert, United States
The Gilbert Rudy's on Higley Road opens at six and means it — oak pits going early for a chain built on a country-store-meets-gas-station format. Rudolph Aue started the original in Leon Springs in 1929; barbecue joined in 1989. Order brisket, ribs and sausage by the pound, and don't skip the creamed corn.
Rudy's Country Store and Bar-B-Q
Katy, United States
The Katy Rudy's on the I-10 West corridor runs a barbecue pit and a proper general store under one roof — oak-smoked brisket and sausage by the pound, open early and late seven days. It's the format Rudolph Aue's 1929 Leon Springs grocery became when it added barbecue in 1989. The counter moves steady; the store stocks what you actually need.
Rudy's Country Store and Bar-B-Q
Webster, United States
Buy a brisket sandwich and a pair of boots in the same visit — that's the Rudy's idea, and the Webster location off I-45 near NASA runs it: oak smoke, a country store, barbecue by the pound. The chain started as a 1929 Leon Springs filling station and took up barbecue in 1989.
Rudy's Country Store and Bar-B-Q
Allen, United States
The Allen Rudy's on North Central Expressway runs oak smoke early to late — brisket and sausage by the pound, a country store attached, from a chain built on a 1929 Leon Springs filling station that added barbecue in 1989. Stop in for the barbecue, the supplies, or both.
Rudy's Country Store and Bar-B-Q
Goodyear, United States
The Goodyear Rudy's on North Litchfield Road keeps a country store and an oak pit as natural neighbors — brisket, ribs and sausage by the pound, Texas-style. It's the format Rudolph Aue started in Leon Springs in 1929, once barbecue joined the menu in 1989. Check rudysbbq.com for today's hours.
Rudy's Country Store and Bar-B-Q
Oklahoma City, United States
The Oklahoma City Rudy's, at 3437 West Memorial Road, runs the chain's oak-fired barbecue by the pound with the country store and gas alongside — open early, close late. The whole thing began as a 1929 Leon Springs filling station and became barbecue in 1989.
Rudy's Country Store and Bar-B-Q
Chandler, United States
The Chandler Rudy's on West Chandler Boulevard opens at six — barbecue doesn't wait — and runs the chain's oak-fired brisket, ribs and sausage by the pound, with a country store attached. The format goes back to a 1929 Leon Springs filling station that added barbecue in 1989.
Rudy's Country Store and Bar-B-Q
Colorado Springs, United States
The Colorado Springs Rudy's on South 31st Street carries the Texas format north — oak-smoked brisket and sausage by the pound, a country store and gas under one roof, open early and late. It traces to Rudolph Aue's 1929 Leon Springs filling station, barbecue added in 1989.
Ruff House BBQ
Ventura, United States
Ruff House runs Texas-style barbecue out of Ventura Music Hall on East Thompson Boulevard, Saturday and Sunday afternoons only — a limited, weekend operation where the smoke matters more than the footfall. Come for the brisket while it lasts.
Sam Jones BBQ
Winterville, United States
This is where it started. Wood-fired whole hog barbecue, cooked low and proper, the way the Piedmont has done it for generations. Sam Jones built something that works — simple enough that it's opened more than one location, but rooted enough that the original still matters. Open daily from 11 a.m., six days a week until 9 p.m., and Sundays until 8:30. Find it on Fire Tower Road in Winterville, or online at samjonesbbq.com.
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.
SAW's BBQ
Birmingham, United States
On the Southside, in the old Fat Sam's space on 11th Avenue South, SAW's runs the Alabama barbecue that made its name across the metro: pulled pork, ribs, and smoked chicken under a white sauce that's more mayonnaise than tomato and unmistakably Alabama. The stuffed baked potato — piled with pork — is the move if you're properly hungry. Counter service, and a line that tends to prove the point.
SAW's BBQ
Hoover, United States
The white sauce is the tell — tangy, mayonnaise-based, pure Alabama — and at the Hoover location in Riverchase Village it goes on the smoked chicken, the pulled pork, and about anything else you'll allow. SAW's has cooked this way since 2009: pork, ribs, chicken, and the stuffed baked potato the state named one of its 100 must-try dishes. Nothing about the room is fancy. The plate is the point.
SAW's BBQ
Homewood, United States
SAW's started here in Homewood in 2009, in a room barely bigger than the pit. The name is Mike Wilson's old high-school nickname — Sorry Ass Wilson — which tells you how seriously the place takes itself and how seriously it takes the barbecue, which is to say: not the first, very much the second. Pulled pork, ribs, and smoked chicken come off slow, and the tangy, mayo-based Alabama white sauce goes on the chicken the way it's meant to. Order the pork-and-greens the regulars swear by.