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East Tennessee · 86 locations
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- 5540Bennett's Pit Bar-B-QueThe Parkway
- 5120Billie Rae's BBQ Soul Food and CateringEast Knoxville
- 5640Boss Hogg's BBQ ShackWears Valley Road
- 5530County's BBQScott County
- 5240Dead End BBQPond Gap
- 5250Disco Diner BBQRutledge Pike
- 5500Jack's BBQNorth Main Street
- 5350Smash Mouth BBQOak Ridge Highway
- 5360Smoked Pickle BarbecueWest Knoxville
- 5460Sons of SmokeDowntown Loudon
- 5380Sweet P's Uptown CornerFountain City
- 5390The Humble HogDowntown
- 5050The Shed Smokehouse & Juke JointLamar Alexander Parkway
- 5680Tony Gore's Smoky Mountain BBQ & GrillWinfield Dunn Parkway
Also on our list 61 Not written up yet
- 5890Barrelhouse BBQ SmokehouseLamar St
- 5860Big Al's Bent Creek BBQ & CateringMorristown
- 5490Bradley's Pit BBQ & GrillSweetwater
Buddy's Bar-B-Q14 locations in this area · Show all
- 5720Buddy's Bar-B-QClinton · N Charles G Seivers Blvd
- 5510Buddy's Bar-B-QKingston · N Kentucky St
- 5170Buddy's Bar-B-QWest End Avenue
- 5730Buddy's Bar-B-QE Magnolia Ave
- 5140Buddy's Bar-B-QChapman Highway
- 5160Buddy's Bar-B-QNorth Broadway
- 5150Buddy's Bar-B-QKingston Pike
- 5760Buddy's Bar-B-QKingston Pike
- 5440Buddy's Bar-B-QLenoir City · US 321
- 5740Buddy's Bar-B-QMaryville · Bridgeway Dr
- 5750Buddy's Bar-B-QMorristown · W Andrew Johnson Hwy
- 5010Buddy's Bar-B-QOak Ridge · South Illinois Avenue
- 5130Buddy's Bar-B-QPowell · E Emory Rd
- 5690Buddy's Bar-B-QSevierville · Winfield Dunn Pkwy
- 5960Bustin' Butts BBQ/210 ProduceSevierville
Calhoun's8 locations in this area · Show all
- 5080Dickey's Barbecue PitFarragut
- 5420Dickey's Barbecue PitRobinson Crossroads
- 5580Fiddle & Pick BarbecueGatlinburg
- 5980Fireside Cheesecakes and BBQSeymour
- 5700Five Oaks Farm KitchenSevierville
- 5840Flying Pig BBQ & CateringCrossville
- 5920Friends BBQW Depot Ave
- 5270Gann's Pit StopLocust St
- 5900HardWood BBQW Governor John Sevier Hwy
- 5040Hatcher's On Target BBQAlcoa
- 5060Heavy's BarbecueHarrogate
- 5660Hickory House Bar-B-QPigeon Forge
- 5590Hungry Bear BBQGatlinburg · East Parkway
- 5600Hungry Bear BBQGatlinburg · East Parkway
- 5710Jim 'N Nick's Bar-B-QAlcoa
- 5300Jim 'N Nick's Bar-B-QKingston Pike
- 5850Lantana Lucy's BBQCrossville
- 5990Li'l Jo's BBQMaynardville
- 5330Love That BBQMaryville Pike
- 5780M&M Barbeque Catering and TakeoutSummer Wood Rd
- 5610Myron Mixon's BBQGatlinburg
- 5810Papa Jim's BBQMaryville
- 5070Pigeon River SmokehouseHartford
- 5970Preachers SmokehouseSevierville
- 5910Rek'd Robin BBQ & BurgersAsheville Hwy
- 5800Route 129 SmokehouseMaryville
- 5790Side Hustle at Lonesome DoveN Central St
- 5950Smoke-N-Bonz BBQVonore
- 5620Smokehouse at AnakeestaGatlinburg
- 5520Smokehouse Bar & GrillKingston
- 5880Sweet Swine BBQ and CateringJefferson City
- 5470Taste-O-TexasLoudon
- 5870The Smokey QDandridge
- 5940TK Grill and BBQTellico Plains
- 5930Zeeke & Nells BBQ and SoulKingston Pike
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West TennesseeMemphis areaA&R Bar-B-Que, Bain Barbecue, Bozo's Hot Pit Bar-B-Q, Central BBQ and moreSee all 71 →24 written upWest TennesseeWest TennesseeB.E. Scott's Bar-B-Que, Hunt's Tennessee BBQ, Jacks Creek Bar-B-Q, Ramey's Bar-B-Q and moreSee all 52 →4 written upMiddle TennesseeNashvilleBringle's Smoking Oasis, Butchertown Hall, Curry Boys BBQ, Drifters BBQ and moreSee all 56 →23 written upMiddle TennesseeAround NashvilleBB's Bar-B-Q, Better Days BBQ, Boot Stompin' BBQ, Corky's Ribs & BBQ and moreSee all 86 →18 written upMiddle TennesseeMiddle TN countrysideAmish Country Smoke House, Bobby Q's, Collins River BBQ & Cafe, Moogie's BBQ and moreSee all 58 →7 written upEast TennesseeChattanooga areaBarque, Chatt Smoke House, Couch's Barbecue, Edley's Bar-B-Que and moreSee all 55 →12 written upEast TennesseeTri-Cities and NortheastBraeden's Barbeque, Bristol BBQ, Delta Blues BBQ, Highlander BBQ and moreSee all 31 →11 written up
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