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What Happened to Backyard BBQ Pit After Man v. Food? (Durham, NC)

Man v. Food, Season 2 Durham, North Carolina

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Backyard BBQ Pit has closed — confirmed via Google, September 8, 2026.

What the source shows: Google Places lists Backyard BBQ Pit's NC-55 location as permanently closed as of the 2026-09-08 check, with no live website found for the business. How we decide a status →

What happened after Man v. Food?

Man v. Food visited Backyard BBQ Pit on NC Highway 55 in Durham in a 2009 episode (aired September 2, 2009), sampling the restaurant's slow-smoked North Carolina-style barbecue during the show's Durham stop. Backyard BBQ Pit operated as a barbecue restaurant at that Highway 55 location for years afterward. According to a Google Places record checked on 2026-09-08, the business is now marked permanently closed, and no active website could be located during that check. No dated news coverage or announcement about the closure was found, so the exact closure date is not known.

The episode Man v. Food, Season 2

Episode 5
Aired
What was featured: slow-smoked North Carolina barbecue
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Sources we checked 1 reference

  1. Google https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Backyard+BBQ+Pit+5122+NC-55+Durham+NC+27713
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Record mvf-071 · checked by Cal Marchetti.