Blue Kuna Smokehouse
Sliced smoked brisket and baby back ribs on a black tray with mac and cheese and coleslaw
Detroit Free Press 2026 Top 10 Best New Restaurant

Michigan’s
Boldest
Barbecue.

Real wood, slow-smoked meats, and our signature Michigan-crafted sauces.

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600 W Ann Arbor Trail, Plymouth, MI 48170|734-228-6914

Headlines

“Blue Kuna Smokehouse has down-home vibe, mouth-watering ribs”
Lyndsay C. Green · Detroit Free Press · Feb. 9, 2026Named to the Top 10 New Restaurants of the year.

The Plymouth Standard.

Premium pulled pork, brisket, and hand-cut baby back ribs in downtown Plymouth. Slow-smoked over kiln-dried Michigan cherry, apple, and oak. Paired perfectly with our decade-refined, small-batch sauces.

Step into the smokehouse

Smoked Daily.
Served Until Sold Out.

We don’t take shortcuts. We serve award-winning meats, scratch-made sides, and our signature sauces fresh every day. The line starts early, and we slice until the board is empty.

Come early, come hungry.

Call ahead for today’s availability
The Blue Kuna Smokehouse counter in Plymouth with the sauce lineup chalked above the pass

Off the board

What Comes Off The Wood

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Signature

Smoked Brisket

Fork-tender and pulled style, with a peppery bark and an honest smoke ring. Smoked low over Michigan hardwood until it tells us it's done.

House favorite

Baby Back Ribs

Hand-trimmed, dry-rubbed, slow-smoked. No boiling, no braising, no shortcuts — just bark, bite and smoke.

Pulled Pork

Smoked start to finish. No oven finishing, no clock-watching. Pulled by hand and served with the bark folded back in.

Zesty Chicken

Boneless thighs seasoned with our citrus Southern BBQ rub, smoked until juicy with crisp, burnished edges.

Add-on

Pork Candy

Smoked, seasoned bacon. Sweet, smoky and dangerously easy to finish standing up.

Scratch-made sides
  • Smokey Mac & Cheese
  • Molasses Baked Beans
  • Creamy Coleslaw
  • Classic Cornbread
  • Jalapeño Cornbread
Blue Kuna Detroit Ol' Smokey BBQ Sauce label — illustrated Detroit cityscape with a classic smoky BBQ sauce recipe

Ten years in the making

First the Sauce.
Now the Smoke.

Long before the doors opened in Plymouth, Blue Kuna’s clean-label sauces and rubs were stocked in over 40 stores across Michigan. Today, the Smokehouse is where those bold, vegan-friendly flavors finally meet a brick-and-mortar kitchen.

  • Detroit Ol' SmokeyMolasses & brown sugar
  • Traverse City Cherry BayMichigan cherries
  • Mackinaw Island Apple-SmashApple cider & warm spices
  • A Taste of Devil's NightThree-pepper heat blend
  • Nova Scotian Viking VinegarCarolina-style mustard
  • Sands of the Sleeping BearSpice rub

Clean-label · Vegan · Gluten-free

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Randall Kuna stacking split cherry and apple wood at the woodshed

Real wood only

Michigan Hardwood. Nothing Else.

Kiln-dried cherry, apple and oak from a veteran-owned mill in Redford. No gas finishing, no clock-watching — the meat comes off when the smoke says it’s ready.

Cherry

Michigan kiln-dried

Apple

Michigan kiln-dried

Oak

Michigan kiln-dried

Some of the small businesses we work with

Ladina Lumber
Argent Tape & Label
Del Bene
Armade in MI

Where to find us

Taste What All The Talk Is About.

We’re on Ann Arbor Trail in downtown Plymouth. Dine in, grab takeout, or order through Uber Eats and DoorDash. We serve until we sell out, so call ahead for today’s availability.

Call (734) 228-6914Hours & Directions