BBQ and grilling subreddits
We found 33 active BBQ and grilling subreddits: communities with at least one new post a day on average in September 2026, ranked by members. The largest is r/grilling with 2.56M members. The busiest is r/smoking, with 1,378 posts last month. In 2 of the 15 we could measure, a brand-new account's post usually stays up: they remove 17% or fewer of posts from accounts under a week old.
Data for 33 communitiesDownload CSV
- r/grilling2.56M members
- r/smoking1,378 posts in September 2026
- r/steaks+607% members in 12 months
- r/webergrills8% of new-account posts removed
All active BBQ and grilling subreddits, by members
| # | Subreddit | Members | Posts / month | Member growth, 12 mo | Median author age | Women | Posts with a reply | New-account posts removed | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | r/grilling↗Welcome to /r/Grilling, a Subreddit for all Tips, Recipes, Pictures, and anything related to Grilling! Rules: Be respectful. this is a place to discuss grilling, not grill each other. NO SPAM If y | 2.56M | 794 | +4% | 36 | 13% | 84% | 96% | Yes |
| 2 | r/smoking↗A place to discuss techniques, tips, recipes, and pictures of smoking meats, vegetables, fruits, or anything else consumable. | 1.07M | 1,378 | +12% | 36 | 10% | 83% | 27% | Yes |
| 3 | r/BBQ↗Discuss any and everything BBQ. Have questions? Ask fellow pitmasters! | 897K | 666 | +9% | 36 | 11% | 82% | 20% | Yes |
| 4 | r/sousvide↗Welcome to SousVide: The subreddit for everything cooked in a temperature controlled water-bath. Join the discussion, improve the community! | 429K | 107 | +6% | 35 | 16% | 93% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 5 | r/pelletgrills↗A community to discuss Pellet Grills and your experiences with them. | 302K | 249 | +7% | 38 | 7% | 79% | 22% | Yes |
| 6 | r/blackstonegriddle↗All about cookin' and griddlin' on the Blackstone Griddle. 🥓🍔🔥🥔🍳🥞🥩 | 254K | 304 | +15% | 37 | 11% | 93% | 31% | Yes |
| 7 | r/Traeger↗r/Traeger is the unofficial Traeger Nation community on Reddit. Get the latest Traeger news, share recipes/tips, ask questions, and join us in the wood-fired revolution! | 209K | 265 | +10% | 37 | 9% | 91% | 18% | Yes |
| 8 | r/biggreenegg↗A community for Big Green Egg owners and enthusiasts to share cooks, recipes, techniques, troubleshooting, gear tips, and everything BGE. Whether you’re firing up your first Egg or a BGE grill master, | 194K | 183 | +6% | 39 | 8% | 90% | 17% | Yes |
| 9 | r/charcoal↗ For those who grill for taste over convenience, a subreddit dedicated to grilling over charcoal. Tips, tricks, pics, bragging rights, etc. | 157K | 39 | +4% | 37 | 10% | 83% | – | Yes |
| 10 | r/Charcuterie↗Charcuterie is the branch of cooking devoted to prepared cured dried meat products such as salami, bacon, ham, sausage, terrines, galantines, ballotines, pâtés, confit, and any other fine cured meats | 118K | 49 | +12% | 34 | 20% | 93% | – | Yes |
| 11 | r/carbonsteel↗Carbon steel cookware community | 112K | 242 | +17% | 35 | 14% | 89% | 74% | Yes |
| 12 | r/webergrills↗new-account friendlyA place to discuss grills and smokers made by Weber-Stephen Products LLC. Topics may include news, history, discussion, pictures, memes, etc. about grills, smokers, accessories, recipes, techniques, r | 101K | 442 | +39% | 39 | 7% | 87% | 8% | Yes |
| 13 | r/brisket↗This is the subreddit for all things brisket. Post photos, share recipes, ask questions. Grill and be merry. | 86K | 105 | +47% | 38 | 9% | 92% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 14 | r/Smokingmeat↗Brisket, ribs, pork, poultry, sausage, fish, the whole smoker. Share your cooks, ask questions, and talk technique with smokers of every level. | 82K | 126 | +80% | 40 | 11% | 87% | 54% | Yes |
| 15 | r/CampfireCooking↗new-account friendlyGetting back to basics where food, fire, and fun are all combined into a little rustic sumpin' sumpin' called campfire cooking. Share your ideas, methods, and recipes where conversation is best. Dat F | 74K | 42 | +17% | 33 | 22% | 57% | 4% | Yes |
| 16 | r/jerky↗Jerky central. | 71K | 99 | +25% | 35 | 14% | 88% | 36% | Yes |
| 17 | r/steaks↗Steak is a thick, flat slice of high-quality meat—most commonly beef—cut across the muscle fibers for grilling, broiling, or pan-frying. While primarily referring to beef, the term also applies to sim | 54K | 142 | +607% | 38 | 16% | 91% | Min. age/karma | Yes |
| 18 | r/UKBBQ↗The place for people in the UK to share their BBQ creations! | 51K | 169 | +42% | 37 | 11% | 89% | – | Yes |
| 19 | r/KamadoJoe↗This subreddit is private in protest of Reddit's proposed changes to its API, specifically the refusal to work with its own users and 3rd party developers. || See this thread for more information: htt | 49K | 115 | +18% | 38 | 7% | 89% | – | Yes |
| 20 | r/sausagetalk↗For those who love talking about making sausages of all shapes and sizes | 45K | 65 | +26% | 37 | 14% | 84% | – | Yes |
| 21 | r/PitBossGrills↗Reddit PitBossNation community for those who like it BIGGER. HOTTER. HEAVIER. | 44K | 119 | +29% | 39 | 7% | 78% | – | Yes |
| 22 | r/pizzaoven↗Pizza oven / Bread Oven related sub | 36K | 82 | +31% | 39 | 13% | 78% | 25% | Yes |
| 23 | r/griddling↗Griddling, where people gather to cook on a griddle. Another dimension of preparing food. Cooking on a large flat and hot surface allows for techniques not possible with other methods. | 25K | 59 | +59% | 40 | 8% | 80% | – | Yes |
| 24 | r/SoloStove↗Share your SoloStove experiences! Ask the community any questions you have on your current or future SoloStove product. | 23K | 34 | +17% | 39 | 12% | – | – | Yes |
| 25 | r/Masterbuilt↗Masterbuilt smokers and grill community | 23K | 51 | +34% | 39 | 7% | 91% | – | Yes |
| 26 | r/Barbecue↗Barbecue! | 22K | 52 | +53% | 38 | 15% | 49% | – | Yes |
| 27 | r/webersmokeymountain↗WSM pics, recipes, and tips. Let’s get smoking! | 15K | 58 | +46% | 41 | 6% | 86% | – | Yes |
| 28 | r/recteq↗recteq | 14K | 91 | +36% | 40 | 6% | 89% | – | Yes |
| 29 | r/blackstone↗The sub for Blackstone griddle and all the delicious things that get cooked on it. Post recipes, tips n tricks, ideas and food porn. | 13K | 72 | +55% | 41 | 12% | 89% | – | Yes |
| 30 | r/GozneyDome↗Community centered around the Gozney dome oven. Feel free to share your tips, tricks, mods, and favorite recipes! | 11K | 36 | +31% | 39 | 10% | 88% | – | Yes |
Show all 33 subreddits
| # | Subreddit | Members | Posts / month | Member growth, 12 mo | Median author age | Women | Posts with a reply | New-account posts removed | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | r/TexasBBQ↗A subreddit for discussion of and photos of Texas BBQ joints, Texas BBQ, Texas BBQ festivals, competitions, etc. in Texas. | 9.6K | 31 | – | 42 | 11% | – | – | Yes |
| 32 | r/OffsetSmokers↗THIS SUB IS ABOUT SMOKING MEAT, NOT ANY OTHER TYPE OF SMOKING PEOPLE CHOOSE TO DO! Discussion on any and all types of offset smokers- which we all know is the purest of all the smokers. | 5.3K | 76 | – | 40 | 4% | 65% | – | Yes |
| 33 | r/FreshroastSR800↗FreshRoastSR800 & FreshroastSR900 Enthusiasts. A community for SR900, SR800 & SR540 fluid-bed roasters. Share roast profiles, beginner guides,Wiki, troubleshooting, mods, chaff collector mods, thermoc | 1.7K | 48 | – | 44 | 8% | 86% | – | Yes |
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How this list is built
Subreddits are grouped into topics by what their posts are about; this list holds the BBQ and grilling group. We include subreddits that are safe for work and had at least 30 new posts in September 2026, about one a day.
Members is Reddit's subscriber count; growth compares it with a year earlier. Posts with a reply is the share of posts that got at least one comment over the last three months. Median author age and women are estimated from what authors say about themselves, and shown only when enough of them did. New-account posts removed is the share of posts from accounts younger than 7 days that were removed; communities at or below 17% are marked new-account friendly. Min. age/karma means the subreddit asks for a minimum account age or karma before you can post.
The list is rebuilt every month from public Reddit posts and comments. Data and CSV are free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with a link to this page.
BBQ and grilling subreddits: common questions
What is the biggest BBQ and grilling subreddit?
r/grilling, with 2.56M members in September 2026. Next are r/smoking (1.07M) and r/BBQ (897K).
Which BBQ and grilling subreddits are the most active?
By posts in September 2026: r/smoking (1,378 posts), r/grilling (794 posts) and r/BBQ (666 posts).
Which BBQ and grilling subreddits can a new account post in?
r/webergrills (8% of new-account posts removed) and r/CampfireCooking (4% of new-account posts removed). They ask for no minimum karma or account age, and most posts from accounts under a week old stay up.
How often is this list updated?
Every month, when we rebuild our subreddit data. This version uses data for September 2026. Member counts come from Reddit; activity, removals and who writes come from public Reddit posts and comments.
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