THE FINAL REVIEW - Overall & Category Ratings

A lot of people asked for overall ratings, so here you go.

We totaled the ratings for each restaurant and divided by the number of categories – for example if a restaurant’s ratings were Sauce-3, Sides-4, Slabs-3.5, Steaks-3, Sandwiches-4 the total would be 17.5 divided by five = 3.5 overall rating.

Below is the order of restaurants based on overall ratings (listed best to worst).

OVERALL RATINGS:
The Salt Lick BBQ – Austin, TX – 4.25
Mr. K’s BBQ – Tucson, AZ – 4
Rendezvous BBQ – Memphis, TN – 3.9
Corky’s BBQ – Memphis, TN – 3.8
Arthur Bryant’s BBQ – Kansas City, MO – 3.8
Jack Stack BBQ – Kansas City, MO – 3.5
Hog Wild Pit BBQ – Wichita, KS – 3.4
Josh’s BBQ – Santa Fe, NM – 3.4
Sims BBQ – Little Rock, AR – 3.4
Ironworks BBQ – Austin, TX – 3.3
Rudy’s BBQ – El Paso, TX – 3.2
Earl’s Rib Palace – Oklahoma City, OK – 3.1
Cozy Corner BBQ – Memphis, TN – 3
Gates BBQ – Kansas City, MO – 2.9
The Big Texan Steak Ranch – Amarillo, TX – 2.8
Cowgirl BBQ – Santa Fe, NM – 2.5
Stubbs BBQ – Austin, TX – 2.5

We also calculated the best in each category. Below are the top two bbq joints in Sauce, Sides, Slabs, Steaks and Sandwiches.

SAUCE:
The Salt Lick BBQ– Austin, TX – 4.5
Mr. K’s BBQ – Tucson, AZ – 4.5

SIDES:
Jack Stack BBQ – Kansas City, MO – 4.5
Rudy’s BBQ – El Paso, TX – 4

SLABS:
The Salt Lick BBQ – Austin, TX – 5
Corky’s BBQ – Memphis, TN – 4.5
Rendezvous BBQ – Memphis, TN – 4.5
Ironworks BBQ – Austin, TX – 4.5

STEAKS (BRISKET)
The Salt Lick – Austin, TX – 4.5
Mr. K’s BBQ – Tucson, AZ – 4
Ironworks BBQ – Austin, TX – 4
Hog Wild BBQ – Wichita, KS – 4
Big Texan Steak Ranch – Amarillo, TX – 4

SANDWICHES (PULLED PORK, BEEF SANDWICH)
Arthur Bryant’s BBQ – Kansas City, MO – 4 (pulled pork)
Corky’s BBQ – Memphis, TN – 4 (pulled pork)
Cozy Corner – Memphis, TN – 4 (beef sandwich)
Rendezvous – Memphis, TN – 4 (pulled pork)
Rudy’s BBQ – El Paso, TX – 4 (sliced pork)
Mr. K’s BBQ – Tucson, AZ – 4 (sliced pork)