Illinois’ most in-demand BBQ joints prove that true smokehouse mastery draws a crowd - snagging a reservation here is the ...

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 ...

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 ...

It was the fourth and final day of the Windy City Smokeout, and the sixth straight year that HooDoo Brown Barbeque had shown up in Chicago ready and willing to feed the lovers of country music and ...

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 ...

CHICAGO -- For the fourth year in a row, the Chicago Automobile Trade Association is giving a helping hand to the USO of Illinois by having local Chicagoland dealerships throw barbeques at their ...

Before you launch into the usual smoke-related BBQ cracks, consider that the blaze closed the restaurant indefinitely. Judging from the restaurant’s dire message this morning—“We'll be back somewhere, ...