Chaps Pit Beef
Best Pit Beef in Baltimore · MD
Charcoal pit beef, Baltimore's own barbecue
Chaps Pit Beef is the standard-bearer of Baltimore pit beef, the city's signature barbecue: top round smoked over charcoal, sliced rare, piled on a kaiser roll, and crowned with 'tiger sauce' — horseradish and mayo — and raw onion. Founded in 1987 next to a drive-in, it grew from a roadside stand into a Baltimore icon.
Featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives and by national press from the Food Network to the New York Times, Chaps still runs its pit hot every day, turning out the pink-in-the-middle beef sandwich that defines the form.
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2025 Centurion Award
Best Pit Beef in Baltimore Baltimore, MD · Awarded under the 2025 evaluation View the 2025 award →Awards run one calendar year and renew only if the business clears the bar again. Selection is by published criteria, never for sale.
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