The Best New Jersey Barbecue Restaurants
Listed here are the best New Jersey barbecue Restaurants. Features information about the styles of BBQ Cooking and where you can find the the best eats.
New Jersey is not known as a state or in a region that has a BBQ style of it's own.
Because of this, NJ has many BBQ styles of cooking that represent the different regions of the U.S. Here are our picks for the best BBQ in NJ
Styles of BBQ Cooking
Kansas City BBQ is mostly pork spare ribs or beef brisket and it's the sauce that distinguishes it from other styles. It is very thick, just enough to stay on the meat and not fall to the bottom of the pit, and is largely tomato based.
Memphis BBQ Mostly ribs. The sauce is similar to Kansas City Style, but spicier and dry rubbed.
North Carolina BBQ is mostly a roast of the entire pig or major parts of it, and then the different parts are chopped up and mixed together before adding the sauce. The sauce is vinegar based, more so in the Eastern part of the state, and not too sweet and is shaken before applying it to the meat.
Texas BBQ is mostly beef brisket and is cooked slowly smoking with a spicy thick, tomato-based sauce.
Portuguese BBQ (Churrasco). In a churrascaria restaurant, they serve up a wide variety of different cuts of beef, pork, and poultry that are slowly roasted in specially designed charcoal grills to preserve the natural flavors with little or no sauces added. They are usually served on long skewers and carved at table side.
Top New Jersey Barbecue Competitions
The New Jersey State Barbecue ChampionshipVisit their site to learn more
This annual 3 day event is held in July in North Wildwood. The festival is an open-air event
featuring championship barbecue competition; live cooking demonstrations, special displays,آ and food and beverage vendors to satisfy every taste and appetite. The championship competition is sanctioned and officiated by representatives of the Kansas City Barbecue Society (KCBS), the world's largest association of barbecue enthusiasts.
New Jersey Red White & Que Campground BBQ Series
Visit their site to learn more
The Campground BBQ Series offers nationally sanctioned state BBQ championships scattered throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic U.S. These contests are primarily for teams only – there are no food vendors, music stage, kid's activities or other "festival" events.
Campers are welcome to interact with teams,
Best New Jersey Barbecue
-- Multiple New Jersey Locations
Local Smoke BBQ
Cookstown, Neptune, Red Bank, Sea Girt, Monmouth Park, NJ
Visit their site to learn more
Specializes in authentic Kansas City and Southern-style BBQ.
This BBQ eatery has successfully competed nationally in BBQ championships, having received awards for their St. Louis Ribs and Brisket.
Read review
Texas Roadhouse
In eight NJ Locatons
Visit their site to learn more
The popular nationwide chain meets the expectations of a well run chain serving up BBQ,steaks, and ribs --- it's rustic, has peanuts on the floor, with a western feel, and is noisy and energetic. They are known for their excellent Fall-Off-The-Bone Ribs and BBQ Pulled Pork.
Read review
Best Northern New Jersey Barbecue Restaurants
Brothers Smokehouse BBQ & Soul
Ramsey, NJ
Visit their site to learn more
Features Southern Style BBQ.
All meats sre slow-cooked daily using a special blend of woods and house seasonings, with family recipes that have been handed down through generations.
Cubby's BBQ
Hackensack, NJ
Visit their site to learn more
This BBQ spot is a family-friendly, cafeteria-like atmosphere with a menu that covers the full range of BBQ food. Cubby's' signature serving is the very tasty and tender, center-cut, pulled pork sandwich. The sauce is a little on the sweet side but it goes well with pork.
Read review
KB's BBQ Smoke House
Irvington, NJ
Visit their site to learn more
They serve excellent Kansas City & Texas style grilling. KB's is known for their pulled meats, flavorful sauces and tender meats.
Their pulled meats are especially succulent, and the best way to experience them is to order the popular "Choose 3 of our BBQ Sliders."
Pulled Pork BBQ
Long Valley, NJ
Visit their site to learn more
Features Texas BBQ with their house made dry-rub and sauce. Owned and operated by Mike Meredith who migrated from from Texas in 1999 bringing with him his Texas favorite recipes for ribs, smoked brisket, pulled pork, and smoked sausage.
Best Central New Jersey Barbecue Restaurants
Big Ed's BBQ
Old Bridge, NJ
Visit their site to learn more
Known for their ribs, beer, sandwiches and classic sides in a barnlike space. Their specialty is an all-you-can-eat platters of spare ribs, St. Louis ribs, and baby-back ribs
Review
Jersey Shore BBQ
East Brunswick and Pt. Pleasant Beach, NJ
Visit their site to learn more
Owner Doug Walsh learned the art of cooking Texas style smoked food before coming to NJ where he established his BBQ businesses. He specialty is Texas style brisket and beef, smoked 12 - 15 hours. In addition to BBQ, they also serve cold-smoked lobster salad, and pizzas with cold-smoked cheeses
Mutiny BBQ
Aasbury Park, NJ
Visit their site to learn more
They feature Southern style small batch BBQ with flavors and methods of Texas, the Carolinas, Memphis, Kansas City, and Louisiana. The vibe has the look and feel of a southern BBQ joint with meals served traditional Southern style on metal trays lined with peach butcher paper. The setting is in the Asbury Park uptown neighberhood with informal indoor and outdoor picnic bench seating. Outdoors you can sit close enough to the smoker to get that up close, authenic BBQ experience.
Red White & Que Smokehouse
Greenbrook, NJ
Visit their site to learn more
Having a reputation for winning many national BBQ awards, they are known for their tender and juicy Texas-style brisket, Carolina-style pulled pork, Alabama-style chicken, and St. Louis ribs.
Best Southern New Jersey Barbecue Restaurants
Back Bay BBQ
Egg Harbor Twp., NJ
Visit their site to learn more
Back Bay BBQ is located on the water with a nice little outside patio. This "back bay island" is on Route 152, just before the bridge heading from Somers Point to Longport.
This hidden gem is a popular spot for locals who know about their smoked meat, ribs, chicken, and more!
Their dry-rubbed ribs are famous for being fall-off-the-bone tender with flavor and spice.
Fat Jack's BBQ
Turnersville, NJ
Visit their site to learn more
Fat Jack's is a highly rated NJ BBQ restaurant having won over 200 BBQ awards. They feature St. Louis style ribs, pulled pork and brisket, from dry rub ribs, and slow-smoked pulled pork sandwiches, to BBQ chicken doused in a homemade sauce.
For a real treat order the Hickory smoked St. Louis style pork ribs with your choice of mild BBQ, hot BBQ, honey BBQ, or Hawg Wild sauce.
Henri's Hotts Barbeque
Folsom, NJ
Visit their site to learn more
Located in rural South Jersey, its one of the best places in the region for "Soul Cooking" serving award-winning homestyle BBQ including ribs, brisket, pulled pork, smoked chicken, jerk chicken, and wings. The their award winning beef brisket and St Louis style ribs are cooked, smoked over oak and hickory.
They offer inside, outside dining, take-out, and catering
