America’s Independence Day celebrations are officially around the corner, but most of us have already fired up the grill to kickoff one of America’s favorite traditions-our beloved Barbeque. Around the country master grillers have found many unique ways to make marinated ribs, jumbo burgers, slightly-burned hot dogs, and the juiciest steaks taste sweet, tangy, spicy, light, or rich with that signature smoke-grilled flavor that only a true American BBQ can produce.

This year if you’re ready to grab the best Barbecue the country has to offer look no further than our list of great Bar-B-Q backhouses. Whether you like your meat electric grilled, coal grilled, or hickory wood grilled journeyPod has a restaurant that can fulfill your requests.  Here are our journeyPod picks of the best BBQ joints.

 

Brother Jimmy’s BBQ (New York, NY) – Well, who would have thought that New York Barbeque could be some of the best in the country? All barbecue at the NY BBQ shack is slow smoked over hickory wood and features ribs in three varieties: Northern BBQ (sweet), Southern BBQ (spicy) and dry rub BBQ.

Jim Neely’s Interstate Bar-B-Que (Memphis & Nashville, TN) - Recognized as the “Best Place in America for a pork BBQ sandwich” by USA Today and ranked #2 in USA’s top 10 Barbecue by People Magazine, you’ll find it hard to find authentic Memphis-style BBQ better than at Neely’s. Serving BBQ for over 40 years, make sure to check out the award-winning ribs and the BBQ nachos (our favorite)!

Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink (Miami, FL) - With one of Miami’s most popular and Bar-B-Que respected chefs (Michael Schwartz), this place serves an amazing selection of BBQ dishes, some of which include: the wood-roasted black grouper and the slow-roasted pork with cheese grits!

Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q (Decatur, AL) – Big Bob is nationally known as having the best barbecue east of the Mississippi. All of the barbecued meat is prepared in the restaurant’s own sauces, including Big Bob’s famous creamy white sauce. This restaurant’s sauces have also been ranked “Best BBQ Sauce on the Planet”!

Famous Dave’s Legendary Pit Bar-B-Que – The best cornbread muffins are here and are absolutely to die for! Always order more cornbread muffins! Boasting more than 125 locations, 200 awards – among them “Best Ribs” and “Best Sauce in America”, and known as the “Home of the Big Slab” – what else do you need to know?!