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The laid-back setting allows customers to watch pitmasters work meat magic on the smoker. <\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s not the only Arizona barbecue destination to make Yelp\u2019s top 10. Caldwell County BBQ also made the top-10 at No. 8. The Gilbert spot combines Texas-style slow-cooked barbecue with Arizona flair and green chile heat for a unique flavor. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/tucsonmovingreport.com\/?p=469\">Pedestrian killed after being struck by car in west Phoenix<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Arizona has four more barbecue spots that round out the top-100 in the country: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>#36:\u00a0Eric\u2019s Family Barbeque\u00a0\u2013 Avondale, AZ<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>#62:\u00a0Smoking Tiger Korean BBQ\u00a0\u2013 Mesa, AZ<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>#84:\u00a0Hapa Food\u00a0\u2013 Mesa, AZ<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>#89:\u00a0Bobby Q &#8211; Biltmore\u00a0\u2013 Phoenix, AZ<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Yelp\u2019s list of the top 100 barbecue joints in the country used volume and ratings of reviews for each business that were given by Yelp Elite Squad members.<\/p>\n<p><i>See a spelling or grammatical error in our story? <\/i><i>Please click here to report it<\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Do you have a photo or video of a breaking news story? Send <\/i><i>it to us here<\/i><i> with a brief description.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/tucsonmovingreport.com\/?p=467\">Woman with dementia found safe after going missing in Glendale<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yelp Elite Squad reviewers named the Valley\u2019s Little Miss BBQ as the best barbecue in the United States. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Yelp reviewers name Arizona barbecue spot No. 1 in the U.S. - Tucson Moving Report<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tucsonmovingreport.com\/?p=473\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Yelp reviewers name Arizona barbecue spot No. 1 in the U.S. - 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