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Where to Eat Barbecue in Chattanooga
Killer potatoes, scrap plates and old gas-station smokehouses, from the Chattanooga Times Free Press.
Barbecue · Missionary Ridge, Hamilton County
Sugar's Ribs
Spareribs with a view from Missionary Ridge.
- Today
Why go
Lawton and Karen Haygood bought the old Pancake Man on the side of Missionary Ridge and opened Sugar's Ribs on March 1, 2007.1 The spot smokes spareribs rather than baby backs, chops meat to order and finishes rotisserie chicken over a hardwood fire.1
What to order
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What people are saying
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In the press
- Jun 13, 2017Chattanoogan.com · Former King's Lodge On The Side Of Missionary Ridge Is Transformed
- Feb 1, 2017Chattanooga Times Free Press · Grilled to perfection: Lawton Haygood bets on Hixson for his fourth local restaurant
What we don’t know yet
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- Prices
- Photos
- Wood and pits
- Cash or card
- The pitmaster
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Nearest trail: Franklin and Williamson County Trail, about 103 miles away.
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Researched by Erik Peterson, sources linked below.
Sources (4) · every fact on this page links to one
- About · Sugar's Ribs · Checked Oct 27, 2026
- Hours and location · Sugar's Ribs · Checked Oct 27, 2026
- Former King's Lodge On The Side Of Missionary Ridge Is Transformed · Chattanoogan.com · published Jun 13, 2017 · checked Oct 27, 2026
- Grilled to perfection: Lawton Haygood bets on Hixson for his fourth local restaurant · Chattanooga Times Free Press · published Feb 1, 2017 · checked Oct 27, 2026