Barbecue · Oak Ridge Highway, Knox County
Smash Mouth BBQ
Tony and Sonya Kyle's barbecue on Oak Ridge Highway.
- TodayHours not posted online
Why go
Tony Kyle started with a parking-lot grill before he and his wife Sonya opened Smash Mouth BBQ as a sit-down restaurant on Oak Ridge Highway in September 2019.1
Good to know
From a parking lot grill
To a sit-down spot in 2019.1
What people are saying
In the press
- Feb 27, 2024Knox News · Knoxville Black-owned restaurants to try beyond Black History Month
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 147 miles away.
Researched by Erik Peterson, sources linked below.
Sources (1) · every fact on this page links to one
- Knoxville Black-owned restaurants to try beyond Black History Month · Knox News · published Feb 27, 2024 · checked Oct 27, 2026