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Is Saw's BBQ Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update (Homewood, AL)

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As of September 2026, Saw's BBQ is listed open on Yelp, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

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What the source shows: Yelp's page for the Homewood location, last updated September 2026, shows an active listing with 503 photos, 740 reviews, and posted hours.

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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?

Best Thing I Ever Ate (Food Network) featured the restaurant in its Low and Slow episode (S11E6). Saw's BBQ is a Carolina-style barbecue restaurant at 1008 Oxmoor Road in Homewood, Alabama, known for pulled pork, ribs, and a signature white sauce according to its own site, sawsbbq.com. Yelp's page for the Homewood location, last updated September 2026, showed 503 photos and 740 reviews with listed hours of 11am-8pm Monday-Saturday. The business's own site listed additional Alabama locations, including Hoover, describing Homewood as the original restaurant. No closure, relocation, or ownership-change report was found for the Homewood location in the sources checked. The site's location page listed a phone number matching the one shown in the Yelp listing, consistent with a single actively operating business.

On the episode "BBQ Bragging Rights," Saw's BBQ was featured for its Alabama-style smoked barbecue, including pulled pork, ribs, and house-made sauces. Saw's BBQ began as a single Homewood location and has since grown into a small Alabama chain, with locations described on its own website as spanning Homewood, Avondale (Saw's Soul Kitchen), Crestline (Saw's Juke Joint), Hoover, Leeds, and Southside, plus a food truck. According to the restaurant's website, checked 2026-09-09, the site displayed 2026 copyright information and continued to list the Homewood location alongside its other Alabama locations.

Featured on Best Thing I Ever Ate

Season / episode
Season 11, Episode 6
Original air date
Not confirmed
Episode title
Low and Slow
What was featured
the Carolina-style pulled pork and white-sauce barbecue menu
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Saw's BBQ
Season / episode
Season 12, Episode 3
Original air date
Not confirmed
Episode title
BBQ Bragging Rights
What was featured
Alabama-style smoked barbecue: pulled pork, ribs, sauces
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Saw's BBQ

Frequently asked questions

Is Saw's BBQ still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, Saw's BBQ is listed open on Yelp, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What happened to Saw's BBQ after Best Thing I Ever Ate?

Best Thing I Ever Ate (Food Network) featured the restaurant in its Low and Slow episode (S11E6). As of September 2026, Saw's BBQ is listed open on Yelp, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

Where is Saw's BBQ located?

1008 Oxmoor Road, Homewood, AL 35209. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Best Thing I Ever Ate featured Saw's BBQ?

Season 11, Episode 6 of Best Thing I Ever Ate. The episode is titled “Low and Slow”.

What do reviews say since Best Thing I Ever Ate?

Yelp's page for the Homewood location, last updated September 2026, showed 503 photos and 740 reviews with listed hours of 11am-8pm Monday-Saturday. We summarise what dated sources report; we do not publish our own rating.

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Address
1008 Oxmoor Road, Homewood, AL 35209
Venue type
restaurant
Official website
sawsbbq.com

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