Salazar in Frogtown is a Mexican BBQ restaurant that’s teaching LA how to be its best self.

LA might never be known as a BBQ town, but the addition of Maple Block in Culver City shows we’re making our way up the ranks.

Bludso’s got a big Hollywood makeover but luckily, it didn’t change the BBQ.

Ahgassi Gopchang is a rowdy, smoky BBQ spot in Koreatown with excellent grilled meat.

Koreatown BBQ spot Sun Ha Jang really only serves one thing - duck, three different ways. What more do you need?

Slab is a very good barbecue spot on West 3rd in Beverly Grove.

Magal is an excellent KBBQ spot in Koreatown.

The great, lively BBQ joint that the Valley desperately needed.

A small restaurant in a big Lomita strip mall, Hikari is a Japanese BBQ spot where you go to grill meat over hot coals.

A Filipino-Southern BBQ spot worth a visit. Hit it on Wednesdays for their try-it-all $12 special.

One of the only barbecue spots in Koreatown that still only uses coal, Soot Bull Jeep specializes in baby back ribs that are sweet and tender.

Willingham’s BBQ in Redondo Beach serves very solid smoked classics.

Baby Blues is a solid BBQ option everyone in Venice seems to have forgotten about.

Dr. Hogly Wogly's is a Valley institution and home to some pretty great old-school BBQ.

Holy Cow BBQ is a solid enough BBQ alternative to Maple Block in Culver City.

Village Tavern’s not fine dining but if you pick your dish right, you can still have a good time. And even if you pick your food wrong, this place is just too damn likeable for you to get too upset.