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Competition-style barbecue · Pond Gap, Knox County
Dead End BBQ
A Knoxville competition barbecue team turned spot, on Sutherland Avenue since 2009.
- Today
Why go
Dead End BBQ is in the Pond Gap community of Knoxville and serves competition-style barbecue.1 Dead End began as a Memorial Day 2000 pig roast at the end of a Knoxville dead-end street. It became the Dead End Society competition team in 2002, won a Tennessee state championship and cooked at the 2008 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational.2
Owners George Ewart and Robert Nutt opened the Sutherland Avenue restaurant in 2009.23
Good to know
Happy hour
Weekdays 2 to 6pm.1
What people are saying
Posts and videos from people who’ve eaten here, pulled from 2 platforms and linked to the original.
By the numbersHow we counted
We use AI-assisted search to find public posts and press about each spot, then check them by hand. We can’t see every post, so these numbers count what we found, not everything out there. Last updated Oct 27, 2026.
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- Price: our own cost guide, not a ranking. We take the typical meal range from the spot's current menu and use its midpoint: $ under $12, $$ $12 to $20, $$$ $20 to $35, $$$$ over $35.
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In the press
- Apr 7, 2017Knoxville News Sentinel · While some talk living wages, Dead End BBQ gets job done
What we don’t know yet
We only publish what we can source. Here’s what’s missing.
- Prices
- Photos
- Wood and pits
- Cash or card
- The pitmaster
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Nearest trail: Franklin and Williamson County Trail, about 151 miles away.
Related guides
Researched by Erik Peterson, sources linked below.
Sources (3) · every fact on this page links to one
- Location · Dead End BBQ · Checked Oct 27, 2026
- About · Dead End BBQ · Checked Oct 27, 2026
- While some talk living wages, Dead End BBQ gets job done · Knoxville News Sentinel · published Apr 7, 2017 · checked Oct 27, 2026