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Is Killen's Barbecue Still Open? Food Paradise Update (Pearland, TX)

Food Paradise, Season 15 Pearland, Texas

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Killen's Barbecue is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 21, 2026.

What the source shows: Re-checked 2026-09-21: the official hours/ordering page (killensbarbecue.com/pearland) remains live with current hours and active online ordering, consistent with the prior check. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

The episode "Cheat Day" featured Killen's Barbecue, a barbecue restaurant in Pearland, Texas, known for smoked brisket and other Texas-style barbecue under pitmaster Ronnie Killen. The restaurant operates at 3613 E Broadway St. An automated check of the restaurant's website on 2026-09-08 was blocked with an HTTP 403 error, but the business's own hours page lists current service Tuesday through Sunday, with Monday closed. A Yelp listing for the restaurant, updated September 2026, shows continuing customer-review activity at the same address. Together, the posted hours on the business's own site and the September 2026 Yelp activity indicate the restaurant continues to operate in Pearland. No closure or relocation report for the business was found. The business's site also listed a separate steakhouse location under the same ownership, another sign of an actively managed, multi-location operation.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 15

Episode 7
Air date not confirmed
Title: Cheat Day · What was featured: Killen's smoked barbecue menu in Pearland
How Food Paradise restaurants have fared: 27% closed →

Also in Season 15 Food Paradise

Season 15: 77 of 104 still open · 6 renamed, moved or under new owners

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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. killensbarbecue.com https://www.killensbarbecue.com/pearland
  2. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/killens-barbecue-pearland-4
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Record fp-1225 · checked by Cal Marchetti.