The best BBQ in New York City resides in Red Hook, in a Texas-style dining hall of sacred smoked meats known as Hometown Bar-B-Que.

A long time Infatuation favorite. Blue Smoke is still serving some of the best BBQ you can find in NYC.

One of the best BBQ options in New York City, Might Quinn’s started at Smorgasburg and is becoming a smoked meat empire.

Holy Ground is a below-ground Tribeca spot that looks like an old-school steakhouse, but actually specializes in slow smoked meats.

Morgan’s BBQ is some of the best barbecue you can get without having to go down to Red Hook for Hometown.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a new favorite BBQ spot. Situated inside what used to be an old auto body shop, this gutted garage is raging every night of the week.

Dinosaur BBQ isn’t the best barbecue you’ll ever eat. It is, however, our kind of dining establishment.

While we enjoyed our time with John Brown Smokehouse, we didn’t quite go crazy over the BBQ the way others have. Though if you and your crew appreciate trays full of BBQ and massive bootfuls of bee...

We really like Mable’s for its sheer BBQ simplicity. That, and Frito Pie. Get involved.

Love getting dirty on some BBQ? You'll love Hill Country. This is downtown Manhattan's biggest and baddest Texas style meat market.

Fletcher's serves up some great pulled pork, and is a solid local BBQ stop if you're around Gowanus. We just wouldn't travel for it.

Arrogant, yes. Swine, yes. Authentic North Carolina BBQ? Maybe not so much.

For some reason, everything at Ducks Eatery is so over spiced, over smoked, and overthought that none of it works. The beef jerky has squid ink on it. Why?

Gyu-Kaku is a Japanese BBQ restaurant in Midtown that’s fun for a big group and good for kids.

Queens Bully is a BBQ spot in Forest Hills that’s good for day drinking with a group or watching sports on TV.

Fletcher’s BBQ at the Riis Park Beach Bazaar in Rockaway Beach is an outpost of their Gowanus spot and they make great pulled pork.