The World’s 100 Best BBQ Smokehouses Outside the US · 2026

The Best BBQ Smokehouses in Oceania

16 of the 100 smokehouses in The World’s 100 Best BBQ Smokehouses Outside the US 2026 are in Oceania, in 2 countries. The highest placed is The Bearded Pig in Melbourne, Australia, at number 5 in the world. Bluebird Kitchen and Smokehouse in Warwick, Australia (number 11) and Barbecue Mafia in Brisbane, Australia (number 13) follow.

Melbourne and Victoria

The Bearded Pig is an American-style smokehouse in an industrial street in Melbourne, serving smoked meats from a food truck and a shed. Meatworks Co in South Melbourne is set in a warehouse-style room, with brisket and ribs as its main meats. Fancy Hank's, Q Barbeque in Mulgrave and Third Wave, which has several branches, all serve American-style smoked meats on platters. Red Gum BBQ in Red Hill keeps its smokers in the dining area of a large shed, and Armstrong Barbecue near Geelong puts its smokers out back where diners can see them.

Brisbane and Queensland

Barbecue Mafia in Brisbane serves American-style smoked meats, with counter ordering. Smokey Moo, also in Brisbane, offers brisket, pastrami and beef cheeks on share platters, along with jalapeño bullets and mac and cheese balls. Big Roddy's Rippin' Rib Shack sits on Fish Lane in South Brisbane, where ribs come off the bone. Bluebird Kitchen and Smokehouse in Warwick smokes its brisket and sausage over ironbark, and Brisket's at Pacific Fair on the Gold Coast serves Texan and Southern style meat in baskets, boxes and burgers.

Other cities

Low & Slow American BBQ is a Port Adelaide smokehouse with bourbon-led drinks and a Feed Me platter of five meats and four sides. Smokey T's in Christchurch smokes its meats low and slow, and its 12-hour smoked brisket is the signature dish. Black Label Barbecue in Rotorua has a large Texas-built smoker visible from the entrance. Smokey Mary BBQ in Narraweena, on Sydney's Northern Beaches, smokes its brisket, pulled pork and short ribs in its own smoker.