AJ’s Pit Bar-B-Q, at 2180 S. Delaware St., has been serving occasional steak specials for the past couple of years, but without a wood-fired grill, it didn’t make sense to add the cuts of beef ...

Lem’s Bar-B-Q is the fifth Chicago restaurant to win the award. Previous winners were Sun Wah in 2018, Calumet Fisheries in 2010, Tufano’s Vernon Park Tap in 2008 and The Berghoff in 1999.