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Is Smoqued California BBQ Still Open? Food Paradise Update (Orange, CA)

Food Paradise, Season 19 Orange, California

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Smoqued California BBQ is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.

What the source shows: Smoqued California BBQ's website lists current holiday hours and working ordering/catering links, and Google Places records the business as operating, both checked 2026-09-08. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

Smoqued California BBQ appeared on the episode 'Tasty Twists' (S19E13). The restaurant is a barbecue spot in the Old Towne Orange district of Orange, California, offering smoked meats along with catering packages and dine-in service. On 2026-09-08, the restaurant's website, smoquedcaliforniabbq.com, listed hours that included a specific Independence Day schedule for July 4, and it provided working links for online ordering, catering, and reservations, according to the site. The same page listed a business phone number and a street address of 128 North Glassell Street.

A Google Places listing checked the same day recorded the business as operating at that address. The presence of a forward-dated holiday-hours notice indicates the site was being actively maintained for the current year at the time of the check, rather than left unmaintained since a past posting.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 19

Episode 13
Air date not confirmed
Title: Tasty Twists · What was featured: Smoked California barbecue with catering and dine-in service
How Food Paradise restaurants have fared: 27% closed →

Also in Season 19 Food Paradise

Season 19: 102 of 146 still open · 6 renamed, moved or under new owners

  • Ep 12Abita Brew Pub

    Abita Springs, LA

    Open

  • Ep 13Bing Bing Dim Sum

    Philadelphia, PA

    Closed

  • Ep 13Bitter & Twisted

    Phoenix, AZ

    Open

  • Ep 13Fiddlestix

    Las Vegas, NV

    Closed

  • Ep 13Puesto

    San Diego, CA

    Open

  • Ep 13Taco Mahal

    New York, NY

    Open

  • Ep 13Twisted Ranch

    St. Louis, MO

    Open

  • Ep 13Vinnie's Pizzeria

    Brooklyn, NY

    Open
All 19 Season 19 episodes →

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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. smoquedcaliforniabbq.com https://www.smoquedcaliforniabbq.com/
  2. Google https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Smoqued+California+BBQ+128+N+Glassell+St+Orange+CA+92866
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Record fp-1612 · checked by Cal Marchetti.