Mallard Creek BBQ Returns After Hiatus Due To Covid
The pandemic caused lots of annual events locally to go on hiatus, but now one of the biggest and most popular BBQ’s in our area is back. The Mallard Creek…
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Photo by Scott Olson/Getty ImagesThe pandemic caused lots of annual events locally to go on hiatus, but now one of the biggest and most popular BBQ's in our area is back. The Mallard Creek BBQ is back after a three year break.
According to WCCB, the 91st Mallard Creek BBQ will be this Thursday at Mallard Creek Presbyterian Community House. Volunteers get up crazy early to work the BBQ. They'll cook 7,500 pounds of pork and 1,400 gallons of Brunswick Stew.
Organizers say that this year they'll only have drive-thru and carry out available. Service starts at 10 a.m. and goes until the food is sold out. Cash and credit cards are excepted, but no debit cards.
You can see the menu and get the address and more info here. I recommend you go early and try and beat the crowd.
The 15 Best Charlotte North Carolina BBQ Restaurants
Here in North Carolina, we love our barbeque. And we do it well if I may so so myself. There is no shortage of fantastic restaurants across the state and the Queen City is no exception to that. But if you only can eat at one which should you choose? While I have my favorite (and it didn't make this list near the top), I decided to turn to the public for their thoughts on the matter. A quick search on TripAdvisor led me to a list of 30 Charlotte BBQ restaurants. It included chains, multiple locations of some, the heavy hitters, and some I hadn't heard of before. For this list, I took the top 15 restaurants (combining anywhere that had multiple locations).
Trip Advisor compiles these rankings based on average rating and number of reviews. Therefore you will see a couple of places that are ranked higher with a slightly lower rating. This means they probably had a higher number of higher-rated reviews. I have to say for the most part I do agree with this list the top 3 didn't surprise me at all and I feel could have been ranked in any order. What's your favorite of the many Charlotte BBQ restaurants?
15. Let's Meat Kbbq
Address: 1400 S Church St, Charlotte, NC 28203-4114
Rating: 4.5 Stars
Reviews: 31
14. Sweet Lew's BBQ
Address: 923 Belmont Ave, Charlotte, NC 28205-2712
Rating: 4
Reviews: 17
13. Bubba's Barbecue
Address: 4400 Sunset Rd, Charlotte, NC 28216-2354
Rating: 3.5
Reviews: 76
12. Smithfield's Chicken 'N Bar-B-Q
Address: 5121 Trojan Drive, Charlotte
Rating: 4.5
Reviews: 20
11. Bill Spoon's Barbecue
Address: 5524 South Blvd, Charlotte
Rating: 3.5
Reviews: 88
10. Bobbee O's BBQ
Address: 9401 Statesville Rd, Charlotte
Rating: 4
Reviews: 8.2
9. The Q Shack
Address: 10822 Providence Rd
Rating: 4.5
Reviews: 46
8. City Barbeque
Address: 8948 J.M. Keynes Dr., Charlotte; 1514 Galleria Blvd., Charlotte; 11212 Providence Rd W, Charlotte
Rating: 4
Reviews: 70
7. Noble Smoke
Address: 2216 Freedom Dr, Charlotte and Optimist Hall
Rating: 4
Reviews: 89
6. Bar-b-q King
Address: 2900 Wilkinson Blvd, Charlotte
Rating: 4.5
Reviews: 114
5. Jim 'N Nick's Bar-B-Q
Address: 13840 Steele Creek Rd, Charlotte
Rating: 4
Reviews: 240
4. Sauceman's
Address: Relocating To Sugar Creek Brewing
Rating: 4.5
Reviews: 229
3. Mac's Speed Shop
Address: 2511 South Blvd, Charlotte; 2414 Sandy Porter Road, Charlotte
Rating: 4.5
Reviews: 1,464
2. McKoy's Smokehouse and Saloon
Address: 4630 Old Pineville Rd
Rating: 4.5
Reviews: 588
1. Midwood Smokehouse
Address: 1401 Central Ave, Charlotte; 12410 Johnston Rd, Charlotte; 540-C Brandywine Rd, Charlotte
Rating: 4.5
Reviews: 2,028
