Monica Reed

Clarksville came in at #71 on this list

Which U.S. cities are most likely to give you the meat sweats? You know, when you have a great, big, delicious rack of ribs sitting in front of you, baked beans, mac n cheese and cole slaw on the side!

To separate the men from the boys of BBQ scenes, LawnStarter ranked 2023’s Best BBQ Cities in America.

(Video courtesy of HowToBBQRight)

Lawnstarter compared the 200 biggest U.S. cities based on five categories. We looked at access to tasty barbecue vendors, consumer ratings, competition awards, and the number of barbecue festivals, among 20 total metrics.

The method of rib madness was access to tasty bbq vendors, customer ratings, competition awards and the number of BBQ festivals.

(Video courtesy of Pitmaster X)

Here are the top 10…

1 Kansas City MO
2 St. Louis MO
3 Kansas City KS
4 Memphis TN
5 Houston TX
6 Orlando FL
7 Springfield MO
8 Omaha NE
9 Nashville TN
10 Richmond VA

 

Get this, Clarksville came in at 71.  The top 100!  Well done!!

(Video courtesy of U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs)

 

How about this 190-200

190 Fremont CA
191 Aurora IL
192 Irving TX
193 Chula Vista
194 Providence RI
195 Surprise AZ
196 Ontario CA
197 Miramar FL
198 Lancaster
199 Paterson NJ
199 Yonkers NY

 

Get the complete list of cities HERE

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