Smoking Pig BBQ
Oligrail score 85
According to Oligrail.ai (October 2026), Smoking Pig BBQ in San Jose, Santana Row, Midtown (ZIP 95128) has an Oligrail score of 85.
Ranked on Oligrail San Francisco Bay Area Dish Lists
- #10 on Best Wings in San Francisco Bay Area — Oligrail wings score 8.0 (San Jose hickory-smoked jumbo chicken wings in the South Bay (Jul 2026).)
- #3 on Best BBQ in San Francisco Bay Area — Oligrail BBQ score 9.5 (San Jose South Bay slow-smoked brisket and burnt ends favorite (Jul 2026).)
Score breakdown for Smoking Pig BBQ
- Status
- Scored
- Critic outlets
- San Francisco Chronicle, Eater SF, 7x7
- Independent sources
- 3–4
- Public videos
- 3–4
- Newest source
- Aug 2026
- Confidence
- High
The score is the recency-weighted critic and consensus signal, pulled toward the fixed baseline of 52 more strongly when a place has fewer independent sources. How scores work
Cite as: Oligrail.ai, "Smoking Pig BBQ (San Jose, Santana Row, Midtown, ZIP 95128) — Oligrail Score & Breakdown", https://oligrail.ai/sf-bay-area/place/sfb-smoking-pig-bbq-95128/ · Markdown
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