Top Colorado Barbecue Rankings & What To Order

1. Post Oak Barbecue – Brisket, Burnt Ends, Ribs, Beef Rib, Sausage, Turkey
2. Pit Fiend Barbecue – Brisket, Burnt Ends, Sausage, Jackfruit, Ribs
3. Rollin’ Bones BBQ (Food Truck) – Ribs, Jerk Chicken, Sausage
4. Smok Barbecue – Burnt Ends, Brisket, Turkey, Sausage
5. Seasoned Swine BBQ – Ribs, Pulled Pork, Burnt Ends
6. Boudreaux’s BBQ – Brisket, Pulled Pork, Ribs
7. Hank’s Texas BBQ (Out of Business) – Brisket, Sausage
8. Scooter’s Smokehouse – Turkey, Pulled Pork, Brisket
9. Switchback BBQ – Duck, Ribs, Brisket, Elk Sausage
10. Turner’s Pit Barbecue – Brisket, Ribs
11. Hogback BBQ & Grill – Brisket, Chicken
12. AJ’s Pit Bar-B-Q (Out of Business) – Brisket, Burnt Ends, Ribs
13. Wayne’s Smoke Shack – Burnt End Sausage, Brisket, Pulled Pork
14. Georgia Boys BBQ – Burnt Ends, Ribs, Pulled Pork
15. Genesee Pub & BBQ – Turkey, Kielbasa, Brisket
16. Sundance Pit BBQ – Brisket, German Sausage
17. Eagle BBQ – Ribs, Brisket, Pulled Pork
18. Roaming Buffalo Bar-B-Q – Bison Ribs & Lamb
19. Brad’s Pitt BBQ – Pulled Pork, Brisket, Maybe Ribs
20. GQue BBQ – Pulled Pork, Ribs
21. Smokin’ Yards BBQ – Burnt Ends, Sausage
22. Smokin’ Bros Barbecue – Pulled Pork, Jalapeño Cheddar Sausage, Maybe Brisket or Ribs
23. Burnt End BBQ – Burnt Ends, Pulled Pork
24. A Bit Twisted Brewpub & BBQ – Pulled Pork, Brisket
25. Busey Brews Smokehouse & Brewery – Ribs, Pulled Pork
26. Serious Texas BAR-B-Q (Loveland Location) – Pulled Pork, Sausage, Maybe Brisket
27. LuLu’s BBQ – Brisket
28. B-Man’s BBQ – Brisket
29. Sugarfire Smoke House – Brisket, Maybe Turkey
30. Saucy’s Southern BBQ & Cuisine – Shrimp, Hot Links, Maybe Chicken Wings
31. Ragin’ Hog BBQ – Ribs
32. Piggin’ Out Smokehouse – Pulled Pork
33. KT’s BBQ – Hot Links, Ribs
34. Rolling Smoke BBQ – Brisket, Burnt Ends
35. Nordy’s Bar-B-Que & Grill – Pulled Pork
36. Jabo’s Bar-Be-Q, Greenwood Village – Pulled Pork
37. Smokin’ Outlaw Kitchen – Hot Links, Pulled Pork
38. Yazoo BBQ Company

Former #3. Owlbear BBQ (Out of Business, now Pit Fiend Barbecue) – Burnt Ends, Brisket

Yet to fully review

1. Frank’s Bar-B-Que, Denver
2. Mississippi Boy Catfish & Ribs, Denver
3. BBQ Daddy’s, Denver (Out of Business as of 2/12/2026)
4. Jordy’s BBQ (Food Truck & Catering), Denver
5. Barbosa’s Barbecue (Food Truck & Catering), Denver
6. Boney’s BBQ, Denver (Catering only now)
7. Ragin Cajun BBQ (Food Truck), Denver
8. Iron Age Barbecue (Food Truck), Denver
9. Mama Jo’s Chicken, Biscuits, BBQ, Denver
10. Riot BBQ, Denver
11. Smokin’ Dave’s BBQ, Estes Park, Loveland, Denver, Lyons
12. Lot Que, Arvada
13. Rib City, Arvada
14. The Rusty Tapp Colorado BBQ & Catering, Littleton
15. Woodhill Small Batch BBQ (Food Truck), Littleton
16. RxR’s Texas Tacos & BBQ (Food Truck), Littleton
17. Tin Star Smokehouse, Golden (Out of Business. Closed on 9/30/2025)
18. HuaKee BBQ, Westminster
19. Elevated Q, Westminster
20. Southern Pit Memphis Style BBQ (Food Truck), Thornton
21. Fire-n-Smoke BBQ, Brighton
22. John Norths Barbecue, Brighton
23. Bono’s Pit Bar-B-Q, Centennial (Out of Business as of 2/12/2026)
24. New Canton BBQ, Aurora
25. L&L Hawaiian Barbeque, Denver, Boulder, Aurora
26. Q’s Quisine, Aurora
27. Big Belly Brothers BBQ (Food Truck & Catering), Aurora
28. Hickory House, Parker
29. Big Jim’s Ribs (Food Truck), Parker (Out of Business as of 2/12/2026)
30. White Paper BBQ, Loveland (Out of Business as of 1/16/2026)
31. Kona Hawaiian BBQ, Johnstown
32. METALWORKS BBQ, Mead
33. Les’s BBQ & Smokehouse, Fort Collins
34. Hog Wild Barbeque, Fort Collins
35. Mo Jeaux’s Bar & Grill, Fort Collins
36. Rang Tang Craft Barbecue (Food Truck), Boulder
37. Big Daddy’s Texas BBQ (Food Truck), Boulder
38. JKQ BBQ, Central City
39. Smokehouse BBQ, Winter Park
40. Fountain Barbecue, Evergreen (Out of Business as of 1/16/2026)
41. Firehouse on the Run, Black Forest
42. Mission BBQ, Colorado Springs, Arvada
43. Broken Bones BBQ, Colorado Springs
44. Bourbon Brother’s Smokehouse & Tavern, Colorado Springs
45. Bird Dog BBQ, Colorado Springs
46. Ozzie’s Smokehouse BBQ, Colorado Springs
47. Front Range Barbeque, Colorado Springs
48. Rudy’s “Country Store” and Bar-B-Q, Colorado Springs
49. Harris Boy’s Barbeque (Food Truck), Colorado Springs
50. GG’s BBQ, Pueblo
51. Southern Classic Cuisine, Pueblo
52. Aloha Hawaiian BBQ, Pueblo
53. Double D’s BBQ Shack (Food Truck), Pueblo West
54. Adams Ribs, Pueblo West
55. Lee’s BBQ, Trinidad
56. Trinidad Smokehouse, Trinidad
57. Exit 30 BBQ & Cafe, Aguilar
58. High Octane BBQ, Colorado City
59. Lake George Fat BBQ Shack, Lake George
60. Woody’s Q Shack, Alamosa
61. Fatt BBQ Shack – Lake George
62. Otis’s BBQ (Food Truck), Manitou Springs
63. Peak View BBQ & Taproom, Woodland Park
64. Roy’s Crew BBQ, Woodland Park
65. All About The Smoke BBQ, Fort Morgan
66. Snake Pit BBQ, Akron
67. Forequarters BBQ, Sterling
68. Colorado BBQ, Frisco
69. Sagebrush BBQ & Grill, Grand Lake
70. Wildflower BBQ, Frisco
71. Whiskey Star Smokehouse, Breckenridge
72. High Country BBQ (Food Truck), Buena Vista
73. Lil’ Smokey’s Barbecue Trailer (Food Truck), Salida
74. Three Rivers Smokehouse, Almont/Gunnison
75. 5 B’s BBQ, Gunnison
76. Smoken Moe’s Unreal BBQ, Pagosa Springs (Out of Business as of 2/12/2026)
77. Square Top Bar-B-Que, Pagosa Springs
78. Smokin’ Trees BBQ, Pagosa Springs
79. Robert BBQ (Food Truck), Pagosa Springs
80. Porky’s Smokehouse, Bayfield
81. SUP – Craft BBQ, Durango
82. Buckhead West BBQ, Durango
83. Serious Texas BBQ, Durango
84. Oak, The New Fat Alley BBQ, Telluride
85. Three Pitts Again, Silverton
86. Blue Ribbon Bar B Que (Food Truck), Montrose
87. Jimmers BBQ, Burgers, & Beers, Montrose
88. Rib City, Montrose
89. Dented Face BBQ, Delta
90. Zack’s BBQ, Hotchkiss
91. Tropix Hawaiian BBQ, Grand Junction
92. B&C BBQ (Food Truck), Grand Junction
93. Snooks Bottom Barbeque, Grand Junction
94. The Smoke N CEO (Food Truck), Grand Junction (Out of Business as of 2/12/2026)
95. Rib City, Grand Junction
96. Colorado Q, Grand Junction
97. Rib City Grill, Fruita
98. Rib City Grill, Rifle
99. Slow Groovin BBQ, Marble
100. Smoke Modern BBQ, Glenwood Springs
101. Home Team BBQ, Aspen
102. Aspen Hickory House, Aspen
103. Yampa Garage Biscuits & BBQ, Yampa
104. Kirby Cosmo’s BBQ Bar, Minturn
105. Dueling D’s BBQ & Grill, Oak Creek
106. Yampa River Icehouse, Steamboat Springs
107. Richard’s Ribz (Food Truck), Rocky Ford
108. Creekside Smokehouse, La Junta (Put of Business as of 2/12/2026)
109. Drifter’s BBQ (Food Truck), Flagler
110. At Ease BBQ, Wray
111. RFYP’s Smokehouse, Wray
112. K&S BBQ, Wray (Out of Business as of 2/12/2026)
113. Happy Jack’s Barbeque, Holyoke

Feel free to leave me any new spots that I’ve missed!