People were pretty fired up about barbecue.

According to the recent poll "What's the best place to get barbecue in Atlanta?" the winning answer was Sweet Auburn BBQ with 3,435 votes. A noteable second place went to Fox Bros. BBQ (2,891 votes) followed by a very distant third place pick of Smoke Ring BBQ (453 votes). The rest rounded out as follows: 169 votes for write-in candidates; Bone Lick BBQ (165 votes) and Twin Smokers (119 votes).

The restaurants named in the add-my-own comment section included Community Q, Heirloom, Daddy Z's, The Original Shane's Rib Shack, Sprayberry's BBQ and several others.

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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