400+ Reviews 4 Stars
Awards and Accolades
2022:
201 Magazine: No. 1 Korean Restaurant
201 Magazine: No 3. BBQ Restaurant
Northjersey.com: Top 15 Dishes (Chonut)
Travel Maven: Top 10 Bucket Worthy in NJ
2021:
Brisket King NYC: Most Creative Brisket
201 Magazine: No. 1 Korean Restaurant
201 Magazine: No. 3 BBQ Restaurant
Bergen Magazine: No. 2 BBQ Restaurant
2020:
201 Magazine: No. 1 Korean Restaurant
201 Magazine: No. 2 BBQ Restaurant
201 Magazine: No. 3 Best Sandwich (Austin Cho)
Bergen Magazine: No. 2 BBQ Restaurant
2019:
Pig Island NYC: Best Ribs
Ole Dirty Bird: Best Dishes of August 2019
Incredible Fusion Foods you have to Try (Chonut)
Brisket King NYC People's Choice Winner
Rib King NYC: Bad to the Bone Award and 2nd Place Overall
North Jersey.com Top 15 Dishes
201 Magazine: Top 4 Signature Sandwich (Austin Cho)
201 Magazine: No. 2 BBQ Restaurant
201 Magazine: No. 2 Korean Restaurant
2018:
Almost #BeatBobbyFlay
Beer BBQ Bacon Showdown: Best BBQ (Brisket)
Meadowlands BBQ: Best Brisket
Food and Wine: Runner Up Best BBQ in NJ
North Jersey's Most Outrageous Dishes
Bergen Magazine: Best BBQ
Bergen Magazine: Best Korean Restaurant
201 Magazine: Best Korean Restaurant
2017:
Bergen Magazine: Best BBQ
Bergen Magazine: Best Korean Restaurant
NJ Monthly: Critics Choice Best BBQ
NJ Monthly: Best New Restaurants
Meadowlands BBQ: Best Pork
201 Magazine: Best Korean Restaurant
Beer BBQ Bacon Showdown: Best Bacon
Top 18 Dishes in North Jersey (Chonut)
10 Hottest Restaurants - NJ.com
9 Gotta Have Sandwiches
2016:
NJ Monthly: Critics Choice Best BBQ
Northjersey.com: Best Cheap Eats
Meadowlands BBQ: Best Chicken
2015:
NJ.com: Top 25 Dishes of '15 (Chonut)
Jersey Shore Food Truck: Cutting Edge
Beer Bacon BBQ Fest: Best Bacon Dish
2014:
Monmouth Park BBQ Fest: Best Chicken
QCA: Astoria Block Party Best BBQ
REVIEWS/BLOG POSTS
Food and Wine Best BBQ in Every State
NBC News Best BBQ in Tri State
NJ.COM NJ Best BBQ Restaurants ('18)
201 Magazine Smokin Hot Restaurant Review
NJ MONTHLY CRITICS CHOICE BEST BBQ '17
HUCKBERRY.COM 8 Pitmasters You Should be Following
NJ MONTHLY Chonut: Foodie Bucket List
HMART Chef's Series Chef's Interview: Robert Austin Cho
NJ.COM 10 Hottest Restaurants in NJ
NORTHJERSEY.COM Korean Food Crawl w Robert Austin Cho
NJ.COM BBQ Places you should try
EthnicNJ Review for Kimchi Smoke Barbecue
NJ MONTHLY Review by Fran Schumer
NJ MONTHLY CRITICS CHOICE BEST BBQ '16
201 Magazine Best Korean Restaurant '17
About Travel/Trip Savvy Chonut: NJ/s Most Over the Top Foods
NORTHJERSEY.COM Best Cheap Eats '16
BERGEN RECORD Best Restaurants of 1st Half of 2016
BERGEN RECORD Elisa Ung 3/3 Stars
BERGEN RECORD BEST DISHES MAY 2016
STAR LEDGER NJ's TOP BBQ Spots
JERSEYBITES REVIEW BY FOODWINECHICKIE
LESDUDIS Westwood Review
ACANREVIEW CHONUT!
Bill Cianci Burger Reviews Kimchi Smoke Westwood 10/10
BLUECOLLARFOODIE IT'S NOT FUSION..IT'S INNOVATION
STAR LEDGER/NJ.COM NJ'S 25 BEST DISHES 2015
GOTHAMIST Kimchi Smoke's Southern BBQ Lives up the Hype
MARYSEOO Kimchi Smoke - Southern Korean BBQ!
FOODIEPLEASURE Behind the Smoke
FOODFOROTT Big Bites at Kimchi Smoke Barbecue
LIKEITSYOURLAST RECAP: Kimchi Smoke Pop-Up
CHEKMARKEATS Kimchi Smoke BBQ Pop-Up Today Only
FATIDIARIES Pop Up Shop: Kim Chi Smoke Barbecue
TOMMYEATS Best Dishes: of 2014
TOMMYEATS Fat Gangnam Boy Hero: from Kimchi Smoke BBQ
CHOPSTICKSANDMARROW Fat Gangnam Boy's a Kpop Gutbomb
IN THE NEWS
SPARX ENTERTAINMENT BEHIND THE PIT
FOODIEPLEASURE Cho Knows BBQ
BOOZY BURBS Kimchi Smoke Pops Up at Korilla BBQ
STARLEDGER 10 Great nj food truck dishes
STARLEDGER/NJ.COM Kimchi Smoke winners at Monmouth Pk
Contact Us
Phone: 201.497.6333
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