Your barbecue style sets the direction
The meats, preparation identity and dishes you serve make the restaurant more than a broad grill category.
Franchise your barbecue restaurant.
Your smoke, your signature plates and your own restaurant name. Build a franchise future for the barbecue business customers already know.
The food takes time. Your company can go further.
The cut guests choose, the smoke character and the sides beside the plate give your barbecue restaurant an identity. The dining experience around that food belongs to your company. Explore growing the name behind your own barbecue specialty beyond the pit you manage today.
Watch The franchising journey, explained simply
Where could your restaurant brand go?
Imagine another community discovering your barbecue restaurant name. Local owners representing the actual smoked-food offering and hospitality that make your current business recognizable.
Choose your growth goalsGrowth goals
Build a restaurant brand that goes further
Your food, your hospitality and your own company name are the starting point. Explore the wider opportunity behind the restaurant you already built.
The sides complete your food story
Your genuine meal combinations help prospective owners picture the experience behind the main plate.
Keep the name behind your pit
Grow your independent barbecue identity instead of joining someone else’s restaurant chain.
Your service format belongs to the concept
A counter smokehouse and a sit-down restaurant offer different guest experiences under your brand.
Your real group orders add context
Describe catering or family packs only when they already belong to the business.
A wider company beyond another smokehouse
Explore independent local owners representing your restaurant while you lead its brand future.
Picture your brand in more places
Picture diners choosing your barbecue name for a meal in another town. The opportunity grows from your real style and service experience, without assuming every restaurant uses the same smoker or menu.
Your barbecue style sets the direction
The meats, preparation identity and dishes you serve make the restaurant more than a broad grill category.
The sides complete your food story
Your genuine meal combinations help prospective owners picture the experience behind the main plate.
Keep the name behind your pit
Grow your independent barbecue identity instead of joining someone else’s restaurant chain.
Your service format belongs to the concept
A counter smokehouse and a sit-down restaurant offer different guest experiences under your brand.
You’ve already built the starting point.
Let’s build the franchise project around your own restaurant identity and the communities you want to reach.
Start my franchise projectTurn your restaurant vision into a project
Bring the food business you own into a franchise project built around your name and growth ambitions.
Make your restaurant an opportunity
Present your barbecue specialty, genuine preparation model and customer occasions in franchise documents built around your own restaurant.
See the documentation
Give your brand a platform
Discuss current counter, table and catering tools where applicable within the software project for your barbecue brand’s growth.
Explore the operating tools
Put your restaurant opportunity online
Show diners the smoked-food offering and introduce prospective owners to the restaurant identity behind your barbecue menu.
See the websitesDocumentation + software + websites
A complete project for the restaurant business you want to franchise. Documentation, software and websites for one advertised price.
Franchise documents, attorney review, home-state registration fees, operational software and websites are included in the $9,999 project. Additional-state work, your ongoing business expenses and optional ongoing support are separate. Financing is subject to available terms and eligibility.
Another restaurant to run. Or a brand to lead?
Imagine another community discovering your barbecue restaurant name. Local owners representing the actual smoked-food offering and hospitality that make your current business recognizable.
Open another company-owned location
You fund the next premises, kitchen and team and remain responsible for running that additional restaurant.
Develop your own restaurant franchise brand
Independent owners operate restaurants under your name while you lead the brand and provide the agreed support.
Explore a franchise project built around the restaurant you already own and the brand you want to grow.
Your restaurant franchise questions
Explore the fit for your existing food business, what the project includes and how to start building your own restaurant brand.
Can I franchise my own barbecue restaurant?
Your established food and hospitality identity are the starting point. The project should describe the business you actually own.
Must our menu include every common barbecue meat?
Use your genuine specialty and selection. The proposition does not require adding products simply to cover a whole category.
Can catering be part of the concept?
Discuss it if your restaurant already provides it. Catering commitments and demand should not be promised automatically in new markets.
Does every location have to use the same premises format?
Your existing format guides the conversation. Equipment, premises and any future variations require separate discussion.
What if we mainly sell counter orders and family packs?
That genuine customer experience should shape your restaurant story instead of an assumed table-service model.
What does the $9,999 franchise project include?
Franchise documents, attorney review, home-state registration fees, operational software and websites are included in the $9,999 project. Additional-state work, your ongoing business expenses and optional ongoing support are separate.
Is project financing available?
Available financing is advertised with as little as $1,000 down. Review eligibility and offered terms before choosing how to fund development of your own restaurant franchise brand.
How do I start my franchise project?
Choose Get Started to bring your existing business into the app. Use Let’s Talk if you would like to discuss your restaurant specialty and growth ideas first.
Further reading
Read the FTC Franchise Rule and the International Franchise Association’s industry overview for more on franchising. Review requirements for your business and intended markets.