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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SCHEDULE <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14D-9</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14d-101)</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Solicitation/Recommendation Statement </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Under Section&nbsp;14(d)(4) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Amendment No.&nbsp;1 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>BBQ HOLDINGS,
INC. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name of Subject Company) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>BBQ HOLDINGS,
INC. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Names of Persons Filing Statement) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Common Stock,
par value $0.01 per share </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Title of Class&nbsp;of Securities) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>05551A109 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(CUSIP Number
of Class&nbsp;of Securities) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Jeffery Crivello </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chief Executive Officer </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>BBQ HOLDINGS, INC. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>12701
Whitewater Drive, Suite 100 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Minnetonka, Minnesota 55343 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(952) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">294-1300</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name, address, and telephone numbers of person authorized to receive notices and communications on behalf of the persons filing statement)
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>With copies to: </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>W. Todd Carlisle</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Steven G. Rowles</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>David W. Drum</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(858) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">720-5100</FONT></B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(205) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">930-5100</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Amendment No.&nbsp;1 (&#147;<I>Amendment No.</I><I></I><I>&nbsp;1</I>&#148;) amends and supplements
Item&nbsp;8 in the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Schedule&nbsp;14D-9&nbsp;filed</FONT> by BBQ Holdings, Inc. (the &#147;<I>Company</I>&#148;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;24,
2022 (as amended, modified, and supplemented from time to time, and including the documents annexed thereto or incorporated therein the &#147;<I>Schedule</I><I></I><I><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;14D-9</FONT></I>&#148;). The <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Schedule&nbsp;14D-9&nbsp;relates</FONT> to the tender offer by Grill Merger Sub, Inc., a Minnesota corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of MTY Franchising USA, Inc., a Tennessee corporation, to purchase all of the
issued and outstanding shares of the Company&#146;s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (&#147;<I>Shares</I>&#148;), at a purchase price equal to $17.25 per Share, net to the seller in cash, without interest and less any applicable taxes
required to be withheld, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated August&nbsp;24, 2022, and in the related Letter of Transmittal, in each case, as may be amended, modified, or supplemented from time to
time. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Except as otherwise set forth below, the information set forth in the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Schedule&nbsp;14D-9&nbsp;remains</FONT>
unchanged and is incorporated herein by reference as relevant to items in this Amendment No.&nbsp;1. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Schedule&nbsp;14D-9.</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Additional Information. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Item&nbsp;8 of the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Schedule&nbsp;14D-9&nbsp;is</FONT> hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following section
immediately before the heading &#147;<I>Forward-Looking Statements.</I>&#148;: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>&#147;Litigation Related to the Transactions. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On August&nbsp;24, 2022, Shiva Stein, a purported shareholder, filed a lawsuit alleging violations of Sections 14(e), 14(d), and 20(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;<I>Exchange Act</I>&#148;) in connection with the proposed Offer and related transactions in the United States District Court in the Southern District of New York. The complaint is captioned <I>Stein v. BBQ
Holdings, Inc., et al., case number <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1:22-cv-7206.</FONT></FONT></I> The complaint alleges, among other things, that the Company and the Board violated Sections 14(e), 14(d) and 20(a)
of the Exchange Act by causing a materially incomplete and misleading Solicitation Statement on Schedule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14D-9</FONT> to be filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and disseminated to
shareholders of the Company. As relief, the complaint seeks, among other things, (i)&nbsp;to enjoin the Company from taking any steps to consummate the proposed transaction unless and until certain material information, as requested in the
complaint, is disclosed, (ii)&nbsp;rescission of the Merger Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit (e)(1), or grant of rescissory damages, (iii)&nbsp;an accounting of damages caused by such purported wrongdoing, (iv)&nbsp;awarding of
costs and disbursements related to the action, and (v)&nbsp;other and further equitable relief as the court may deem proper. The defendants believe that the complaint lacks merit.&#148; </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete,
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Jeffery Crivello</P></TD></TR>
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