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Top 25 Bbq catering companies based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 1,279 bbq catering companies headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 7,639 professional contacts across them, including 731 with verified work emails. Austin is the largest hub.

This list covers bbq catering companies headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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The 25 largest bbq catering companies based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 1,279 bbq catering companies based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to bbq catering companies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceSan Antonio, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,000766 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Bill Miller Bar-B-Q is a family restaurant In 1950, on a $500 loan from his father, Bill Miller opened a small poultry and egg business.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2Partial evidenceOverland Park, KS, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500156 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Jack Stack Barbecue is a nationally-recognized barbecue company with four Kansas City-area restaurants, Catering, Private Dining, and Nationwide Shipping.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3Indirect evidenceChesterfield, MO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000115 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The tradition began in September of 1996 when our first Bandana's BAR-B-Q opened in Arnold, Missouri.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4Partial evidenceMorton Grove, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500104 contacts →

Partial evidence

Catering by Michaels is a full-service special event catering company in Chicago.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5Partial evidenceMemphis, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000104 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Corky’s BBQ is cooked in the old fashioned southern tradition.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6Partial evidenceArlington, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-50096 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Design Cuisine is a nationally recognized, full-service catering company.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7Indirect evidenceKnoxville, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-50092 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“In 1966, Buddy Smothers invested in his wife LaMuriel’s talent by helping her become the owner of her first restaurant, the Pixie Drive Inn in Seymour, Tennessee.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8Indirect evidenceNew York, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20080 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Mighty Quinn’s is the first authentic barbeque experience in a fast casual setting.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9Partial evidenceLandover, MD, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20074 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Established in 1985, Susan Gage began her catering career creating parties for friends from her home in suburban Washington.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10Partial evidenceKansas City, MO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20067 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Q39 is a chef-driven, world-class barbecue restaurant in Kansas City, blending traditional competition-style BBQ with innovative, from-scratch cuisine and renowned hospitality.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11Indirect evidenceLittle Rock, AR, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20067 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Whole Hog Cafe prepares the same award-winning recipes that won top honors in the 2002, and 2008 Memphis-in-May World Barbecue Championships – including 1st place in the…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12Indirect evidenceBirmingam, AL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-50060 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Full Moon has a long, delicious history of great Southern-style 'que made in the time-honored, traditional way, with quality meats cooked low and slow over a hickory wood-fired…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13Indirect evidenceWaxahachie, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026n/a57 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14Indirect evidenceNorman, OK, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026n/a54 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15Indirect evidenceSt. Louis, MO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-50052 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Salt + Smoke is a St.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16Strong evidenceAustin, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20049 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Based in Austin, TX, Chi’Lantro is an award-winning restaurant, mobile food truck and full-service catering company with a passion for creating diverse, Korean BBQ-inspired…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17Partial evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,00048 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Virgil's Real BBQ has been serving up genuine southern home-style experience with authentic BBQ and American dishes created by our many smokers on premise since 1994 in the heart…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18Strong evidenceOklahoma City, OK, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-50042 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Swadley's Restaurant Group includes our signature Swadley's BBQ restaurants (8), Swadley's Catering, and SERT - Swadley's Emergency Relief Team.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19Partial evidenceNew Hope, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5039 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Our New Hope location is focused on quick-turnaround catering for small social parties as well as full-scale, off-premise events.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20Partial evidenceEdmond, OK, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20039 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Born and bred in OKC, Earl’s Rib Palace has been the definition of Oklahoma BBQ since 1996.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21Indirect evidenceHayward, WI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5036 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22Indirect evidenceFort Worth, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20036 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Riscky’s was founded in 1927 by Polish immigrants Mary and Joe Riscky who opened its first location – Riscky’s Grocery & Market – on Azle Avenue on the north side of Fort Worth…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23Partial evidenceVienna, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5034 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Purple Onion Catering Company is an owner-operated, full-service off-premise catering company that believes our clients should get nothing less than exactly what they want.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24Partial evidenceTipp City, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20033 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Hand-rubbed BBQ infused with hickory smoke & served with hearty sides in a no-frills storefront.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25Indirect evidenceDetroit, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-50033 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Slows Bar BQ opened at the corner of Michigan and14th in Detroit in September 2005 with a meticulously designed interior paired with a gourmet spin on barbecue cooked fresh every…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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Bbq catering companies based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026
9.6%Verified-email coverage
6.0Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
1.2%Largest-city concentration · Austin
Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
643
11-50
496
51-200
96
201-500
16
501-1,000
2
1,001-5,000
2

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 1,279 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among bbq catering companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “bbq catering companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names bbq catering companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among bbq catering companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 731 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names bbq catering companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many bbq catering companies are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 1,279 bbq catering companies headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Bill Miller Bar-B-Q, headquartered in San Antonio, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most bbq catering companies?

Austin leads with 15 headquartered companies, followed by Houston (15) and New York (14).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 731 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,279 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.