300 BBQ Team Names to Fire Up Your Team Spirit

A great team name in barbecue is like a secret rub—it adds flavor, character, and a touch of swagger to your crew. Whether you’re a seasoned pitmaster or a backyard griller, your BBQ team name is the first thing that judges, fellow competitors, and fans will notice. It reflects your team’s personality, cooking style, and passion for all things low-and-slow.

Choosing the perfect BBQ team name can be as challenging as nailing the perfect brisket. That’s why we’ve fired up the smokers and grilled up the ultimate guide to help you find a name that captures your team’s spirit and leaves a lasting impression on the competition circuit. Our team of BBQ enthusiasts has scoured the country, from the Carolinas to Kansas City, to curate a list of sizzling, clever, and memorable names for every style of BBQ team.

So, whether you’re masters of the Memphis dry rub, kings of the Kansas City sauce, or wizards of the Texas brisket, we’ve got a name that will make your team the talk of the pit. Let’s dive in and find the perfect name to take your BBQ game to the next level!

Classic BBQ Team Names

Start your BBQ journey with these timeless, all-American names that capture the essence of the grill.

1. All-American BBQ Crew

2. Barbecue Bandits

3. Barbecue Brothers

4. Barbecue Pit Boys

5. Barbecue Republic

6. Brisketeers

7. Char Kings

8. Charcoal Champions

9. Grill Masters

10. Grill Sergeants

11. Grillbillies

12. Grilling Gurus

13. Hickory Pit Crew

14. Meat Masters

15. Pitmasters

16. Rib Ticklers

17. Smoke Rings

18. Smokestack Lightning

19. Smokin’ Aces

20. Smokin’ Guns

21. Smoky Mountain Boys

22. Spit Roasters

23. The Barbecue Collective

24. The Grill Next Door

25. The Smoke Shack

Pun-tastic BBQ Team Names

Add some sizzle to your team name with these clever, pun-filled monikers.

26. Grate Expectations

27. License to Grill

28. Grill of My Dreams

29. The Grill Seekers

30. Grate Minds Think Alike

31. To Grill a Mockingbird

32. Grate Balls of Fire

33. Grate Gatsby

34. Citizen Grain

35. The Grates of Wrath

36. Fahrenheit 451 Degrees

37. Fifty Shades of Grill

38. The Notorious P.I.G.

39. Lord of the Wings

40. Game of Bones

41. The Silence of the Hams

42. Pulp Griction

43. Jurassic Pork

44. The Pork Knight Rises

45. Pork Fiction

46. The Hamburglar

47. Grillenium Falcon

48. Grilluminati

49. Grilligan’s Island

50. Inglorious Basters

Smokin’ Hot BBQ Team Names

Turn up the heat with these fierce, competition-ready team names.

51. Blaze of Glory

52. Char-B-Que Assassins

53. Coal Blooded Killers

54. Competitive Combustion

55. Ember Wolves

56. Fire in the Hole!

57. Flamin’ Carnivores

58. Grilled to the Bone

59. Grillmaster Flash

60. Hog Heaven, Hog Hell

61. Inferno Grill Squad

62. Lords of the Pit

63. Meat & Greet

64. Meat Magicians

65. Meat the Press

66. No Guts, No Glory

67. Rebel Grillers

68. Rib Rockets

69. Scorched Meat Policy

70. Scorched Swine

71. Serpent Swine BBQ

72. Skewered & Conquered

73. Smokin’ & Chokin’

74. Swine Syndicate

75. The Pork Supremacy

Regional BBQ Team Names

Represent your favorite regional BBQ style with these location-inspired names.

76. Alabama White Knuckles

77. Carolina Mustard Mafia

78. Carolina Pork Posse

79. Carolina Red Scare

80. Carolina Vinegar Vikings

81. Carolina Blue Smoke

82. Kansas City Rib Renegades

83. Kansas City Pit Pirates

84. Kansas City Char Czars

85. Memphis Dry Rub Mafia

86. Memphis Pork Mafia

87. Memphis Smoke Cartel

88. St. Louis Cut Crusaders

89. St. Louis Spare Rib Posse

90. Texas Brisket Battalion

91. Texas Smoke Rangers

92. Texas Beef Barons

93. Texas Pit Bosses

94. Central Texas Salt Lickers

95. East Texas Sweet Slingers

96. South Texas Mesquite Mob

97. North Texas Post Smokers

98. Kentucky Bourbon Pit Crew

99. Kentucky Mutton Masters

100. Tennessee Whiskey Pit Posse

Meat-Specific BBQ Team Names (Pork, Beef, Chicken, etc.)

Show off your expertise with these protein-specific team names.

101. Bovine Intervention

102. Pulled Pork Professors

103. Rib Ticklers Anonymous

104. Aporkalypse Now

105. Pork Chopped

106. Swinelord Millionaires

107. Hog Heaven Hooligans

108. The Pork Authority

109. High on the Hog

110. Pigalicious

111. The Chick Magnet

112. Fowl Play

113. Hen Solo and Chewbawk-Bawk

114. Cluck Norris

115. Poultry in Motion

116. The Chicken Whisperers

117. The Beefeaters

118. Brisket Battalion

119. Steak & Bake

120. Sir Loin & The Round Table

121. Lamb Chop Lollipops

122. Mutton But the Truth

123. The Lamb Shanks Redemption

124. Silence of the Lambs

125. Mary Had A Little Lamb Chop

Sauce and Rub Inspired BBQ Team Names

Get saucy with these flavorful names inspired by BBQ’s essential elements.

126. Dry Rub Desperados

127. Sauce Boss

128. Rub Me Tender

129. Rub It Right There

130. Saucehounds

131. Saucy Bandits

132. Sauce-A-Holics

133. Saucy Sirens

134. Saucy Swine

135. Sweet Heat Hooligans

136. Honey Mustard Hustlers

137. Spice Spice Baby

138. Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice

139. Sweet & Spicy Swine

140. Sweet Heat Hooligans

141. Tangy Tomato Troopers

142. Vinegar Vixens

143. The Rub Shack

144. Rub a Dub Grub

145. Spice of Life BBQ

146. The Spice Girls & Boys

147. The Spice Must Flow

148. Cinnamon Challenge Champions

149. Peppered Pig Posse

150. Spice Squadron

Grill and Smoker Tech Names

Bring some high-tech flair to your BBQ team with these gadget-inspired names.

151. Beta Grillers

152. Bluetooth Butts

153. Grill Tech Support

154. Grill.0

155. Grillware Gurus

156. Heatflux Honchos

157. High-Tech Hickory

158. Infrared Infidels

159. iSmoke

160. Meat.io

161. Pellet Pushers

162. Pit 2.0

163. Pit Controller Posse

164. Probe Masters

165. Smoke Signal Squad

166. Smoker Bot Brigade

167. Temp Titan Crew

168. Temperature Jedis

169. Thermal Throttle

170. Thermostat Czars

171. Thermopylae Grillers

172. WiFire Gurus

173. Wireless Pit Bosses

174. Wood Pellet Warriors

175. Z Grills Guerillas

Funny and Lighthearted BBQ Team Names

Bring some laughter to the pit with these humorous, tongue-in-cheek team names.

176. Armpit Basters

177. Asleep at the Grill

178. Belching Smoke BBQ

179. Brisket Case Scenario

180. Burnt Offerings

181. Casual Grillfriends

182. Char-Broiled Sharks

183. Chop It Like It’s Hot

184. Confucius Grill

185. Crispy Critters BBQ

186. Eat My Meat

187. Fifty Shades of Pork

188. Grill & Grace

189. Grillin’ & Chillin’

190. Grill Interrupted

191. Lawn & Order: BBQ Victims Unit

192. Meat Sweats BBQ

193. Men Grill, Girls Grill

194. Natural Born Grillers

195. Nice Ash BBQ

196. Pit Happens

197. Slabs & Giggles BBQ

198. Smokin’ Skunks

199. The Notorious P.I.G.

200. Too Sauced To Pork

Badass BBQ Crew Names

Unleash your inner BBQ rebel with these fierce, take-no-prisoners team names.

201. 12 Angry Grillers

202. Bad to the Bone

203. Barbarian Barbecuers

204. Barbecue Bandits

205. Barbecue Brutes

206. BBQ Bad Boys

207. BBQ Outlaws

208. Bold Smoked BBQ

209. Bone Thugs-N-Brisket

210. Bonfire Brethren

211. Butcher BBQ

212. Carnivore Cartel

213. Char-Broiled Hellraisers

214. Cut-Throat Cookers

215. Flamethrower BBQ Team

216. Grillfellas

217. Grill-Billie Gang

218. Hardcore Hogs

219. Hog Squad

220. Meat & Mayhem

221. No Swine Left Behind

222. Rebel Swine BBQ

223. Smoke & Swagger

224. Smokin’ Aces

225. Sons of Brisket

Pop Culture Inspired BBQ Names

Show off your love for movies, TV, and music with these pop culture-inspired names.

226. Arrested Deliciousness

227. Bacon Bad

228. BBQ Kings of Leon

229. Beastie Beef Boys

230. Brisketball Diaries

231. Chop Gun

232. Chop of Horrors

233. Dr. Who-You-Callin’-Chicken

234. Flash Char-don

235. Fleetwood Mac & Cheese

236. Game of Bones

237. Grate Gatsby BBQ

238. Grill Bill Vol. BBQ

239. Guns N’ Roasts

240. Hickory Potter

241. House of Chars

242. Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritavillains

243. Master Grillers

244. Megadeath by BBQ

245. Motley ‘Cue

246. Parks & Recripeation

247. Pork Floyd

248. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Grub

249. Smokey Robinson

250. The Grill Monty

Fire and Heat Related Names

Celebrate the power of the flame with these scorching hot team names.

251. Backyard Blast Furnace

252. Blaze of Glory

253. Burning Love BBQ

254. Char-B-Que Dragons

255. Charbroiled Champions

256. Charcoal Crusaders

257. Charred & Feathered

258. Embers Only

259. Fire in the Pit

260. Firepit Fanatics

261. Flame Throwers

262. Flaming Good Eats

263. Grillionaire Boys

264. Heat Wave Heroes

265. Hells Pit

266. Hot Coals Crew

267. Inferno Brothers BBQ

268. Lava Pit Boys

269. Meatball Inferno

270. Pit of Despair BBQ

271. Pyromaniacs Anonymous

272. Ring of Fire BBQ

273. Searing Sirens

274. Smolder Squad

275. The Burning Bush Barbecue

BBQ Lifestyle Names

Embrace the BBQ life with these names that capture the essence of the grill.

276. 24/7 Pit Crew

277. Always Be Grillin’

278. Band of Basters

279. Born to Grill

280. Descendants of Grill

281. Eternal Flame BBQ

282. Every Day I’m Grilling

283. Forever Grillers

284. Grill of a Lifetime

285. Grill or Die

286. Grill Thrills

287. Grillaxation Experts

288. Grilled, Smoked & Stoked

289. Grilling Me Softly

290. In Smoke We Trust

291. Just Grillin’ Around

292. Keep Calm & BBQ

293. Let There Be Meat

294. Life of the Pit Party

295. Love at First Bite

296. Low and Slow Lifers

297. Meat. Eat. Repeat.

298. Pitmasters for Life

299. Smoke ’em if You Got ’em

300. The Grill Life Chose Me

Tips for Choosing the Perfect BBQ Team Name

1. Reflect your team’s BBQ style, specialty, or cooking philosophy in the name.
2. Consider local flavors, traditions, or regional BBQ styles that define your team.
3. Keep it family-friendly and appropriate for all audiences, especially if kids are present.
4. Choose a name that’s memorable, easy to pronounce, and not too lengthy.
5. Avoid names that might offend, alienate, or turn off judges or fellow competitors.
6. Incorporate humor without being too cheesy or over-the-top.
7. Brainstorm name ideas as a team, encouraging input from all members.
8. Consider how the name will look on t-shirts, banners, or promotional materials.

Remember, your BBQ team name reflects your crew’s identity and shared passion for the art of barbecue. It’s a way to stand out from the competition, showcase your personality, and leave a lasting impression on everyone who tastes your mouthwatering creations. So take your time, get creative, and choose a name that captures the essence of your BBQ journey.

Whether you’re a seasoned pitmaster or a backyard enthusiast, there’s a perfect name waiting for you. So fire up the smoker, grab your tongs, and let your team name shine as brightly as your BBQ skills. Happy grilling, and may your team’s name be as unforgettable as your award-winning brisket! 🍖🔥