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If your plans include barbecue, there's bound to be a great restaurant near home that will cook it for you and package it for the picnic, the backyard or wherever you plan to enjoy it. This list of metro Atlanta barbecue restaurants is just a selection of the many good ones. These are among the best, but it's not an exhaustive list.

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• Fox Bros. Bar-B-Q
  Atlanta
• Harold's Barbecue
  Atlanta
• Hometown Barbecue
• J.R.'s Log House Restaurant
• Maddy's
• Pig-N-Chik
  Chamblee
• Sam & Dave's BBQ2
  Marietta
• Shane's Rib Shack
  Multiple locations
• Speedi Pig Barbecue
  Fayetteville
• Spiced Right Smokehouse Barbecue
  Lilburn
• The Swallow at the Hollow
  Roswell
• Williamson Bros. Bar-B-Q
  Marietta