Windy City Smokeout Announces 2023 BBQ Lineup

Windy City Smokeout returns to Chicago’s United Center (1901 W. Madison Street) on July 13-16, 2023. The Windy City Smokeout will celebrate its 10th anniversary with this year’s BBQ line-up featuring 30 pitmasters, including eight new teams, offering a mix of new school and old school ‘cue dishes throughout the festival weekend. 

The full 2023 BBQ line-up includes: 

RETURNING (All four days unless noted otherwise):

●       Bub City - Chicago, IL 

●       Green Street Smoked Meats - Chicago, IL

●       Hogapalooza - Wynne, AR 

●       Hoodoo Brown BBQ - Ridgefield, CT

●       Hurtado Barbecue - Arlington, TX

●       LeRoy and Lewis BBQ - Austin, TX

●       Lillie’s Q - Chicago, IL 

●       Little Miss BBQ - Phoenix, AZ 

●       Meat Mitch - Leawood, KS

●       Operation BBQ Relief - Kansas City, MO

●       Pappy’s Smokehouse - St Louis, MO

●       Pearl’s Southern Comfort - Chicago, IL

●       Peg Leg Porker - Nashville, TN (SATURDAY / SUNDAY ONLY) 

●       Salt Lick BBQ - Driftwood, TX

●       Slab Barbeque - Los Angeles, CA

●       Smoke Queen Barbeque - Los Angeles, CA 

●       Smoque BBQ - Chicago, IL 

●       Soul & Smoke - Evanston, IL 

●       Sugarfire Smoke House - St Louis, MO

●       Truth BBQ - Houston, TX

●       Ubons BBQ - Yazoo City, MS 

●       Wright’s Barbecue - Fayetteville, AR

NEWCOMERS (All four days unless noted otherwise):

●       3 Little Pigs - Chicago, IL (THURSDAY ONLY) 

●       Blues Hog - Washington, MO 

●       Horn Barbecue - Oakland, CA

●       Joe’s Kansas City BBQ - Kansas City, KS

●       Laser Wolf - Philadelphia, PA (FRIDAY ONLY)

●       Lexington Betty’s - Chicago, IL 

●       Mama Fried - Austin, TX

●       Panther City BBQ - Fort Worth, TX

The hours for Windy City Smokeout are Thursday July, 13- Sunday, July 16: 1pm-10pm.