A plate at the Germantown Commissary, photographed in 2008 for the Southern Foodways Alliance. Photo: Rien T. Fertel / Southern Foodways Alliance, CC BY 2.0.
Memphis barbecue · South Germantown Road
The Germantown Commissary
Walker Taylor's Memphis barbecue in an old Germantown country store since 1981.
- TodayHours not posted online
Why go
The original Germantown Commissary was a small country store for more than 90 years until Walker Taylor bought it in 1981 and made it a barbecue restaurant.12
What to order
Good to know
Shipping
Barbecue shipped through Goldbelly.1
What people are saying
Posts and videos from people who’ve eaten here, pulled from 2 platforms and linked to the original.
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
- Checked Oct 27, 2026Memphis magazine · Classic Dining: Germantown Commissary
What we don’t know yet
We only publish what we can source. Here’s what’s missing.
- Prices
- Wood and pits
- Cash or card
- The pitmaster
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Distances are straight-line miles from Commissary, not driving distance.
Nearest trail: The Tennessee BBQ Trail, about 4.8 miles away.
Own The Germantown Commissary? Get a Featured partner listing (paid)
Researched by Erik Peterson, sources linked below.
Sources (4) · every fact on this page links to one
- Home · The Commissary · Checked Oct 27, 2026
- Our History · The Commissary · Checked Oct 27, 2026
- Classic Dining: Germantown Commissary · Memphis magazine · Checked Oct 27, 2026
- Walker Taylor, Germantown Commissary (oral history) · Southern Foodways Alliance · Checked Oct 27, 2026
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