Table of Contents
Introduction 1
A Little History 7
Our Traditions 7
Time & Again 10
Regions & Favorites, From Shoulders to Whole Hog 13
Memphis 21
A&R Bar-B-Que 23
The Bar-B-Q Shop 24
Big Bill's BBQ 25
Blues City Café 26
Central Barbecue 26
Charlie Vergos' Rendezvous 27
Cozy Corner 32
Germantown Commissary 33
Gridley's Bar-B-Q 34
Jim Neely's Interstate Barbecue 34
Marlowe's Restaurant and Ribs 37
Memphis Barbecue Co. 38
The Original Leonard's Pit Barbecue 40
Payne's Original Bar-B-Que 43
Silky O'Sullivan's 46
Three Little Pigs 46
Tom's Bar-B-Q & Deli 47
West Tennessee 51
Back Yard Bar-Be-Que 52
Bad Bob's Barbecue 54
Bozo's Hot Pit Barbecue 55
Dave's Smokehouse Grill 55
Helen's BarBQ 57
I-40 Exit 87 Barbecue Stand 58
Joe's Diner Family-Style Restaurant (Joe's Bar-B-Que) 58
Little Porky's Pit Barbecue 59
Mackenzie's BBQ 59
Neil's Barbecue and Grill 60
Old Timers Restaurant 61
Pappy John's Original Barbecue 61
Paul Latham's Meat Company and Barbecue 62
Pig House BBQ 63
Pig-N-Out 63
R&B Barbecue and Restaurant 64
Reggi's Hickory Pit Barbecue and Wings 67
Scott's-Parker's Barbecue 67
Smokin' Hot Barbecue Drive In 68
Middle Tennessee 71
B&C Market 72
The Bar-B-Que Place 73
BB's Bar-B-Q 74
Bell Buckle Café 74
Big E's Barbecue Restaurant 76
Black Dog Market 77
Blue Moon Barbecue 77
Bobby Q's 78
Bubba's Smokehouse 80
Carl's Perfect Pig Bar-B-Que and Grill 81
Center Point 81
Christie Q Barbecue and Catering 82
Collins River BBQ 83
Corner Pit BBQ 85
Edley's Bar-B-Que 85
Edz Wingz 88
Excell Market and Barbecue 89
Fat Boys Bar-B-Q 92
Grandpa's Tennessee Barbecue 92
Heavenly BarB-Que 93
Hog Heaven 93
Jack's BarBQue 94
Jim N' Nick's 95
John T's BBQ Smokehouse 98
Judge Bean's BBQ 99
Larry's Bar-B-Que 99
Martin's Bar-B-Que Joint 100
Mickey Roos 102
O'Possum's Pub 104
Peg Leg Porker 104
Prater's 106
Puckett's Grocery and Restaurant 107
Rib City 109
Rock Island Market and Café 110
Slick Pig BBQ 110
Slow and Low BBQ Bistro 111
Smoke Et Al 112
Timberloft Barbecue and Catering 114
Top Hog BBQ 115
True's Barbecue 115
East Tennessee 119
Archer's Barbecue 120
Bone's Smokehouse 121
Dead End BBQ 121
Hickory Pit Bar-B-Que 124
Hillbilly Willy's Barbecue and Catering Company 124
Porker's Bar-B-Cue 127
Ridgewood Barbecue 127
Riverview Grill 129
Shuford's Smokehouse Barbecue and Catering 133
Sugar's Ribs 133
Sweet P's Barbecue and Soul House 135
Thatcher's Barbecue & Grille 138
The Outliers: North Alabama & Beyond Tennessee's Borders 139
Big Bob Gibson's 147
Dreamland Barbecue 148
Full Moon BBQ 149
Saw's BBQ 150
The Festival Circuit 153
Wonderful Small Time: Chester County 153
Family Fun: Barbecue on the River 154
High Style: Jack Daniel's Invitational World Championship 157
The Big Moment: Memphis in May 163
Barbecue Festival Guide 166
So You Want to be a Barbecue Star 169
The Professionals 169
Barbecue on the River 172
The Amateurs-Ordinary Guys 175
In The Kitchen & Around the Smoker 180
Meat & Rub Recipes 181
Side Dish Recipes 193
Dessert Recipes 205
Drink Recipes 210
Index 213
