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The best barbecue in Birmingham

Birmingham has 5 standout barbecue worth your time — these are the ones locals actually send people to, ranked by how well-loved each spot is and checked by hand. Saw's Soul Kitchen, Saw's BBQ and Miss Myra's Pit Bar-B-Q lead the list. No chains, nobody pays to rank.

5 places · ranked by how well-loved they are · last checked October 2026 · See them on the map →

  1. Saw's Soul Kitchen

    Avondale & Forest Park · $ · Barbecue, Southern & Soul

    Pork & greens over cheese grits. Small, always-busy Avondale spot. White sauce barbecue with soul food sides.

  2. Saw's BBQ

    Edgewood · $ · Barbecue

    Smoked chicken with white sauce. The first Saw's, a small room on Oxmoor Road. Smoked chicken with white sauce.

  3. Miss Myra's Pit Bar-B-Q

    Cahaba Heights · $ · Barbecue

    Hickory-smoked chicken & white sauce. Hickory-smoked chicken with white sauce, and pig figurines on every surface. Cahaba Heights has been going here for years.

  4. Demetri's BBQ

    Downtown Homewood · $ · Barbecue

    Pork plate & Greek-dressed slaw. Barbecue opened by Demetri Nakos in 1961, on 28th Avenue since 1973 and run now by his son, Sam. It's in the Alabama Barbecue Hall of Fame. Opens early for breakfast.

  5. Burning Tree Smokehouse

    Lakeview & Pepper Place · $$ · Barbecue

    Brisket tacos. Barbecue at Pepper Place, opened in 2025 by a local pitmaster with decades of smoking behind him. The burger's good too.

Good to know

What is the best barbecue in Birmingham?

Saw's Soul Kitchen — pork & greens over cheese grits. Saw's BBQ and Miss Myra's Pit Bar-B-Q round out the top of the list. Every place is locally owned and checked by hand.

How many barbecue are on this list?

5, all locally owned and ranked by how well-loved they are. None of them paid to be included.

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