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BBQ in Detroit
Community consensus
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Top Tier Editorial has a take on BBQ in Detroit below. The community ranking opens up once a few locals have weighed in.
Top 5 BBQ in Detroit
Detroit's barbecue picks — cross-referenced from Detroit Metro Times' classic barbecue roundup and Hour Detroit's Best of Detroit 2024 awards.
- #1
Slows Bar BQ
Corktown
“Hour Detroit's 2024 Best BBQ winner and Metro Times' Corktown standard-bearer — the Michigan Avenue smokehouse widely credited with anchoring the neighborhood's revival.”
- #2
Southern Smokehouse
West Side
“Metro Times' #1 West Side smokehouse pick — pit-smoked ribs and brisket on McNichols in northwest Detroit.”
- #3
Bert's Marketplace
Eastern Market
“Metro Times' Eastern Market pick — the Russell Street institution pairing BBQ and soul food with live jazz since the 1970s.”
- #4
Parks Old Style Bar-B-Q
North End
“Metro Times' old-school East Side pit — a Beaubien Street rib shack family-run for generations.”
- #5
Vicki's Bar-B-Q
Core City
“Metro Times' West Warren pick — a long-running West Side pit known for rib tips and hot links.”