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.

Boneyard Bistro in Sherman Oaks is one of LA's most consistent BBQ restaurants.

Sura is one of the only Korean restaurants in Long Beach, and also one of the best.

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.

Beachwood Brewing in Long Beach is home to some of the best craft beer in the Southern California, and serviceable BBQ, too.

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.

Salazar is a Mexican BBQ restaurant in Frogtown that’s gone from excellent to average in just a few short years. The patio, however, remains great.