What signals someone takes barbecue too seriously?
25%
25% named this as the biggest sign someone takes BBQ too seriously: owning multiple grills or smokers.
n = 3,009 consumers · Fielded August 2025 · Cherry Data Signals
Breakdown
owning multiple grills or smokers25%
correcting others’ technique22%
constant temperature talk14%
branded BBQ clothing14%
arguing charcoal versus gas12%
making their own rubs9%
all-day smoking of one meat cut5%
0%50%100%
Response categories are reproduced as reported; some source breakdowns are partial, and rounded totals may differ from 100%. Some rounded category totals are 99% or 101%. Preference for small local sauce makers is given only as nearly two-thirds.
Methodology
- Sample
- 3,009
- Population
- consumers
- Country
- United States
- Fielded
- August 2025
- Research by
- Cherry Data Signals
- Study
- Barbecue Culture, Spending and Local Businesses
Cite this statistic
Cherry Data Signals (August 2025). "What signals someone takes barbecue too seriously?" Survey of 3,009 consumers, United States. https://cherrysignals.com/statistics/what-signals-someone-takes-barbecue-too-seriously
Free to reproduce with attribution to Cherry Data Signals and a link to this page.
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