Best of Boston
Best Barbecue
Sweet Cheeks Q
Boston
You’d be forgiven for making a meal solely of giant, fluffy biscuits with honey butter and a selection or two from Sweet Cheeks’ lengthy bourbon [...] read more»
2023 Best Barbecue
Sweet Cheeks Q
Fenway
A dozen years in, Tiffani Faison’s ode to southern barbecue is still smoking the competition. We like the fatty, juicy brisket best, but you can’t [...] read more»
2022 Best Barbecue
The Smoke Shop BBQ
Andy Husbands’s five Smoke Shop locations — including the newest addi- tion at the TD Garden–side Hub Hall — remain in top form, churning out [...] read more»
2021 Best Barbecue
The Smoke Shop
With the pandemic-time addition of a fourth Smoke Shop location — this one in Harvard Square — we’re now never more than a fork’s distance [...] read more»
2019 Best Barbecue
The Smoke Shop
Cambridge
Pitmaster Andy Husbands has fired up three Boston-area locations of his stylish, citified barbecue joint in just three years—and we still can’t get enough of [...] read more»