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Happy National BBQ Day! Where’s the Best BBQ in Iowa? [GALLERY]
Who's hungry?!
In honor of National BBQ Day 2025, we took a look at some of the highest-rated BBQ joints across the state of Iowa. Check out 20+ of the top BBQ restaurants according to Google Reviews (all featured restaurants have a rating of 4.6-stars or higher and a total of around 50 reviews or more):
The Top-Rated BBQ Restaurants in Iowa (UPDATED 1/13/26)
Hungry? Check out 20+ of the top BBQ restaurants according to Google Reviews (all featured restaurants have a rating of 4.6-stars or higher and a total of around 50 reviews or more)!
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GALLERY INFORMATION
- CR Midnight Smoker BBQ, Cedar Rapids - 4.9-star rating on Google (203 reviews)
- Smoke N Firehouse No. 20, Ringsted - 4.9-star rating on Google (88 reviews)
- Patti's Pit Stop, Correctionville - 4.9-star rating on Google (50 reviews)
- BBQ Brothers, Council Bluffs - 4.8-star rating on Google (263 reviews)
- Willie Ray's Q Shack, Cedar Rapids - 4.8-star rating on Google (252 reviews)
- Moski's BBQ, Cascade - 4.8-star rating on Google (192 reviews)
- Beast & Bird, Vinton - 4.8-star rating on Google (137 reviews)
- Whatcha Smokin BBQ & Brew, Luther - 4.7-star rating on Google (2,914 reviews)
- Fat Jimmy's Smokehouse & Catering, Montrose - 4.7-star rating on Google (481 reviews)
- Skinny's BBQ, Muscatine - 4.7-star rating on Google (476 reviews)
- Fire Box On Main, Belle Plaine - 4.7-star rating on Google (58 reviews)
- Smokey D's BBQ, Des Moines - 4.6-star rating on Google (6,093 reviews)
- Flying Mango, Des Moines - 4.6-star rating on Google (1,058 reviews)
- Kue'd Smokehouse, Waukee - 4.6-star rating on Google (989 reviews)
- Pop's BBQ, Iowa City - 4.6-star rating on Google (863 reviews)
- MISSION BBQ, Davenport - 4.6-star rating on Google (713 reviews)
- Smokin' G's BBQ, Marshalltown - 4.6-star rating on Google (707 reviews)
- Big's BBQ & Brewpub, Mount Vernon - 4.6-star rating on Google (627 reviews)
- Kula's It's Just Sauce, Walker - 4.6-star rating on Google (452 reviews)
- Bent's Smokehouse & Pub, Westgate - 4.6-star rating on Google (390 reviews)
- Bubbie's BBQ, Ankeny/Pleasant Hill - 4.6-star rating on Google (324 reviews)/4.7-star rating on Google (138 reviews)
- Bett & Bev's BBQ, Jefferson - 4.6-star rating on Google (258 reviews)
- Cindy Lou's BBQ & Catering, Cedar Falls - 4.6-star rating on Google (249 reviews)
- Smokin' Butt BBQ, Davenport - 4.6-star rating on Google (147 reviews)
- Sizzlin’ J BBQ, Galva - 4.6-star rating on Google (121 reviews)
- Backyard BBQ, Cedar Rapids - 4.6-star rating on Google (99 reviews)
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