City Consensus · Columbia, MO
BBQ in Columbia, MO
Community consensus
The consensus is still forming.
Top Tier Editorial has a take on BBQ in Columbia, MO below. The community ranking opens up once a few locals have weighed in.
Top 4 BBQ in Columbia
The CoMo barbecue picks — Inside Columbia's 2025 reader winners plus a Columbia Missourian Texas-style standout.
- #1
Como Smoke and Fire
North Columbia
“Inside Columbia's 2025 Gold — family-run Paris Road smokehouse that's become Columbia's consensus BBQ pick.”
- #2
D. Rowe's Restaurant & Bar
South Columbia
“Inside Columbia's 2025 Silver for BBQ — the same south-side kitchen Vox singled out for its black-bean burger.”
- #3
Big Daddy's BBQ and Soul Food
North Columbia
“Inside Columbia's 2025 Bronze — soul-food-inflected BBQ on the Paris Road corridor.”
- #4
Bud's Classic BBQ
Downtown
“Owner Jason Paetzold's downtown wood-fired Texas BBQ — the Columbia Missourian's spotlight pick for the city's best true Texas-style brisket.”