City Barbeque — Kettering

City Barbeque is a smokehouse that treats every service like a contest: on-site smokers, local hickory, and the kind of low-and-slow discipline that doesn't cut corners. The brand started in 1999; this Kettering outpost on East Dorothy Lane carries the same standard.

The smokers are visible, the fuel is hickory, and the method is patient. What comes off the pit is what you'd expect from a kitchen that takes competition barbecue seriously—no shortcuts, just smoke and time doing what they're supposed to do.