🔥 BBQ Restaurants in Florida
1,111 restaurants
InspectFL tracks 1,111 bbq restaurants across Florida. Of those with grades, 59.3% maintain an A rating, while 11.6% are currently failing with an F grade. Use the filters below to narrow results by county, zip code, or grade.
🔍 What inspectors look for: BBQ operations involve extended smoke times and large-cut meats. Inspectors closely monitor internal temperatures during slow cooking, verify that cooling procedures for leftover brisket meet the two-stage safety window, and check smoker cleanliness.
How to read this category: This category has a heavier share of failing restaurants than you’d want, so recent inspection history matters more than vibe or review count.
What this page does well
It helps you compare similar restaurant types at scale, then narrow the field by county, grade, or zip before you open a full restaurant record.
What it does not replace
This is still a browse view. The real decision-making context lives on the restaurant page: recent inspections, dispositions, notes, and the official DBPR-backed timeline.
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PERRY BBQ ASIAN GRILL
27001 US HWY 19 N SPACE # FC2 · CLEARWATER · Pinellas County
11.9/100
CRYSTAL RIVER SMOKEHOUSE & GRILL
2581 N US HWY 19 · CRYSTAL RIVER · Citrus County
7.6/100
JAZZYS BBQ
5703 W WATERS AVE · TAMPA · Hillsborough County
2.3/100
LAMEIZI HOT POT & BBQ
2501 E FOWLER AVE. · TAMPA · Hillsborough County
0/100
PANGS'S BBQ
5132 W COLONIAL DR · ORLANDO · Orange County
0/100
BIG C'S BBQ
1035 9 ST S · ST. PETERSBURG · Pinellas County
0/100
SHORTY'S BAR-B-QUE
9200 S DIXIE HWY · MIAMI · Dade County
0/100
VOLCANO HOT POT & BBQ
3279 DANIELS RD STE 102 · WINTER GARDEN · Orange County
0/100
THE BARBEQUE STOP COMPANY
1400 NW 23 STREET · MIAMI · Dade County
0/100
WOODY'S BAR-B-Q
2227 W NEW HAVEN AVE · WEST MELBOURNE · Brevard County
0/100
MESA'S BBQ
1125 W 29 ST · HIALEAH · Dade County
0/100
Important context for category pages
InspectFL category pages are comparison tools built on public Florida DBPR inspection data. They help surface patterns faster, but they are not official government rankings and they are not a substitute for reading the individual restaurant page before making a decision.
