Opening a barbecue restaurant and looking for catchy BBQ names? Here are hundreds of the best name ideas and tips for naming your BBQ joint.
There is even a BBQ restaurant name generator link and review (plus more names generated with this tool). Let’s get cooking some delicious BBQ food!
Black and Bleu | Charr’d | The Danbury |
Applewood Restaurant | Smokehouse Barbeque | Moonlight |
Marrow Restaurant | The Pit Boss | Game Grilled |
Queue BBQ |
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Mighty Mutt’s BBQ | Gothic Grill | Big Doc’s BBQ |
The Beast Inside Barbeque | Bustin’ Gut BBQ | The Curly Tail Smoke Pit |
Pitmaster Barbeque | Kansas City Hustle | Waning Gibbous BBQ |
Rare Find BBQ |
Hawg Hungry BBQ | Hawg Bash BBQ | Hawg Chopped Food Truck |
Hawgster BBQ Grill | Spicywind Barbeque Joint | Crisp Spicy BBQ |
Spicy Pig Hideout BBQ | Grub Smoky Roadside BBQ | Gnaw Smoky Barbeque |
Smokeaholic BBQ Pit | Hut Smoky BBQ Restaurant |
Crispy Texas | The Lone BBQ | White Star Barbeque |
Red, White and Smoked BBQ | Tasty Texas Barbeque Pit | BBQ Bite of Texas |
Dallas Smoked | Smoking Austin Grill | Rubbed Right BBQ Central Texas |
Sweet Sauced BBQ | Mesquite Grill Master |
Angry Hampshire Chophouse | The Pesky Porker | The Spotted Hog Restaurant |
The Chester White | Wilbur’s Revenge | Anatomy BBQ |
Bar-B-Queue | Head-to-Tail | A Cut Above |
The Sassy Sauce |
Porky and Bess | Grill Marks | Up in Smoke |
Shake ‘n Sizzle | Sauced Barbeque | The Wiggly Pig Restaurant |
Fry Guy’s Restaurant | Frank and Beans | T-Bone-Rex |
Chubby Bub’s BBQ |
Rollin’ Smoke | The Migrant Moo | Grilligan’s Island |
Whole Hog | The Smoke Shack | Road Hog Restaurant |
Smokin’ Axel | The Rolling Barn | The Chop Wagon |
Have Pork Will Travel |
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This is a restaurant name generator that I used to create the unique BBQ food-related names below it by using these keywords (joint, BBQ, spicy, ribs, pork, smoke, fire).
Get the best results by first brainstorming a list of keywords. These are words and phrases (2 or more words) that relate to your company’s service and products. They do not have to be necessarily the ones that will be contained in your final restaurant name.
An easy way to brainstorm keywords to use in name generators is to use Google. Put in your restaurant type (BBQ) plus “keywords”.
Smoke | Smokers | Pigs |
Hog | Hawg | Smokin’ |
Meaty | Kansas | Carolina |
Wild | Burger | Texas |
America | Sauced | Spicy |
Meat | Ribs | Southern |
Sauce | Memphis | Brisket |
Scroll through the page and pick up related words. I found these additional keywords = cookout, place, grilling, summer, pappa, American, heritage, meat. You get the idea.
charcoal-broil | cook over an open pit | roast |
rotisserie | sear | blaze |
smolder | heat | ignite |
flame | fire | scorch |
torch | combust | glow |
singe | toast | broil |
burn |
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Hot Joint | Tasty Joint | Spicy Joint |
Dine Large BBQ | BBQHaven | BBQzoid |
Crave BBQ – 24/7 | BBQ Squad | Aroma BBQ |
BBQology | BBQStop | Fiery Pit BBQ |
Groovy BBQ | Feast on BBQ | BBQify |
Baby BBQ | Fueled by BBQ | Hole BBQ |
Grub BBQ | BBQ Factory | Cantina BBQ |
BBQBash | BBQjet | BBQworks |
Presto BBQ |
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Festive BBQ | Ole’ BBQ | Havana BBQ |
Lord Barbeque | Juicy BBQ and Burgers | Midnight BBQ |
Savor Barbeque | BBQvio | Flamed BBQ |
Cuts BBQ | BBQporium | BBQstation |
Palace of BBQ Love | BBQ on Tap | Well Fed BBQ |
BBQya | Place Smoke | Secret Sauce Smoked – Chow Smoke |
Smokeworks BBQ | Smoke Shack | Hut Smoke |
Smokeaholic | Smokely | Sizzle and Smoke BBQ |
Hideout Smoke Grinds | Spicy Smoke | Smokeorama |
Smokelux | Chopped Smoke | Nouveau Cookout |
Street Cookout | Cookoutzilla | Smack Cookout |
Cookout Nest | Dockside Cookout | Munchie Cookout Cart |
Hungry Hounds Cookout | Savor Cookout | Cave Cookout |
Wagon Cookout |
According to the experts at Southern Living (who know lots about BBQ naming)
1- Skip the saucy name – Those slightly risque names with bones and butts can be a turn-off to some customers, especially families which are big Barbeque eaters. These names also age quickly.
2- Go with the Pig – Names that utilize the word – Pig – are very popular. Also they pair well with other P words such as porky, pure, peachy, Poppy, etc.
3-Add your name – Over 64% of the barbeque restaurant names on the Top 50 Southern BBQ Joint incorporate the owners (or BBQ pitmasters) names.
Consider using an interesting phrase and adding your own name to personalize. USE your last name (or full name) instead of only your first name. There are many Billy’s in town but only a few of your last name – to avoid confusing your diners.[/callout]
Get naming inspiration from this list of the best BBQ restaurants in America including these with memorable brand names:
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