MEMPHIS TN

A&R Bar-B-Que

Bar-B-Q Shop

Big "S" Grill

Brown's Bar-B-Q

Bryant's Bar-B-Q

Corky's BBQ

Cozy Corner

Interstate BBQ

Leonard's

Little Pigs Barbecue

Marlowe's

Payne's (Original)

Payne's Bar-B-Q

Rendezvous

Three Little Pigs

Tops Bar-B-Q

essay by Joe York
photos by Amy Evans

This project funded by a grant from the National Pork Board

Memphis Barbecue

Memphis, Tennessee is the center of everything barbecue. This part of the barbecue oral history project was initiated to highlight just that: the long-standing tradition of smoked pork in this town on the river. In the spring of 2002, Amy Evans and Joe York embarked on an adventure to document a handful of barbecue joints—legendary halls of smoke and sauce, as well as a few neighborhood secrets. What they found ended up being much more than a map of where to have lunch. They actually happened upon a little piece of hog heaven that just can’t be found anywhere else. That heaven includes the places, the pork, the signs and, of course, the sauce.

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