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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Richmond Magazine and Style Weekly. Updated August 2026.
ZZQ Texas Craft Barbeque · Scott's Addition
Richmond Magazine's 2025 and 2024 Best Barbecue winner. Alex Graf and Chris Fultz's Texas-trinity smokehouse (brisket, ribs, sausage) in Scott's Addition.
Deep Run Roadhouse · West End
Richmond Magazine's 2025 and 2024 No. 2 Best Barbecue. a West End roadhouse serving whole-hog and brisket out of Gayton Road.
Buz and Ned's Real Barbecue · West End
Richmond Magazine's 2025 and 2024 No. 3 Best Barbecue. a longtime Richmond pit institution serving pulled pork and ribs from its West Broad location.
The Smoky Mug · Northside
A Northside barbecue shop and coffee counter on North Avenue, placed second for barbecue in Style Weekly's June 2026 readers' poll. Richmond's barbecue field is genuinely shallow beyond a handful of names, and this shop has carved out its own Northside following.
The Original Ronnie's BBQ · Varina
A Varina pit operation running Friday through Sunday from noon until the meat sells out. Pitmaster Ronnie Logan took the chef prize at Chicago's Six in the City Southern BBQ Experience, the first Richmond win at that event, against pitmasters from Memphis, Louisville, Raleigh, Birmingham and Columbia. Style Weekly covered the win and printed the hours.