Ready for real Illinois BBQ? Explore local-loved smokehouses serving rib tips, brisket, and big flavors locals swear are worth keeping quiet.

CHICAGO — A Chicago BBQ spot was award the prestigious James Beard Award Wednesday. Lem’s Bar-B-Q, located at 11 E 75th Street on the city’s South Side, received the James Beard America’s Classics ...

Hungry in Illinois? Try these barbecue buffets and all you can eat grills locals love for slow cooked flavor and big variety.

Pitmasters traveled from across the country this month for Windy City Smokeout, a barbecue showcase of meats and sauces, to cook up their own distinct styles. Attendees could enjoy smoked beef with ...

Although barbecue has a long history in the Chicago area — the Chicago Tribune traces its first mentions in the press back to the 1850s — barbecue restaurants didn't come along until much later. Most ...

Chicago’s biggest country-music-meets-barbecue blowout just added another megawatt reason to block off your entire July.

Chicago's The Smoke Daddy barbecue restaurant announced Wednesday that it is closing its original Wicker Park neighborhood ...

Chicago classic meets Texas pit — it’s BBQ Italian Beef, Chuds BBQ style! In this flavor-loaded episode, Chuds BBQ takes the ...

In the pantheon of American barbecue cities like Memphis and Kansas City, Chicago rarely gets top billing. But the Windy City has a smoked meat tradition all its own, born from its industrial past and ...

Wicker Park is about to lose one of its longest-running smoky institutions. After 31 years on Division Street, Smoke Daddy ...

CHICAGO -- Although Carmy Berzatto and his kitchen crew are fictional, the many parallels between the show and actual Chicago restaurants make "The Bear" feel deeply rooted in authenticity, a trait ...

In the pantheon of American barbecue cities like Memphis and Kansas City, Chicago rarely gets top billing. But the Windy City has a smoked meat tradition all its own, born from its industrial past and ...