City guide · Chattanooga, Tennessee
Where to Eat Barbecue in Chattanooga
Killer potatoes, scrap plates and old gas-station smokehouses, from the Chattanooga Times Free Press.
Hickory-smoked barbecue · Signal Mountain Rd, Hamilton County
Shuford's Smokehouse
Hickory smoke in a former gas station on Signal Mountain Road, run by Jeff Davis since 1986.
- Today
Why go
Jeff Davis bought Shuford's Smokehouse from Shuford Johnson on January 13, 1986, and kept the name.1 The building at 924 Signal Mountain Road was a gas station in the 1950s.2 Davis smokes all the meat with hickory wood in Southern Pride smokers, and the sauce is his own secret recipe.1
What to order
Good to know
Cash and card
No phone payments, no Apple Pay, no delivery apps.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.
- Press mentions: articles and lists in the press list on this page, all free to read.
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- Best-of lists: press pieces on this page that are "best of" roundups including this spot. We list them, we don't rank.
- 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
- May 1, 2025Chattanooga Times Free Press · Why Chattanooga's no-frills barbecue joints may be a diner's best bet
What we don’t know yet
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Nearest trail: Franklin and Williamson County Trail, about 96 miles away.
Related guides
Researched by Erik Peterson, sources linked below.
Sources (2) · every fact on this page links to one
- Home · Shuford's Smokehouse · Checked Oct 27, 2026
- Why Chattanooga's no-frills barbecue joints may be a diner's best bet · Chattanooga Times Free Press · published May 1, 2025 · checked Oct 27, 2026