When I was in Memphis, instead of heading directly to The Rendezvous (like a tourist would), I made it a point to ask the motel concierge "Where do the locals go for barbecue?" He told me "Neely's Interstate Barbecue" -- which turned out to be the best BBQ joint I've ever visited!
Dixie BarBQ on North Roan Street is one of our best. There is also a very good one on HWY19E, on the road from Bristol Speedway to Elizabethton. Golden Rule is not bad, but Dixie is one of our best. There is or was a really fine one in Kingsport, run by a blackman who ‘trained’ in Ensley, AL near the Football stadium where one could on the weekend drive the street and numerous homemade cookers were out aromatizing the air. (Best BQ I ever ate was from a little old black Lady who cranked her drum up every Saturday morning on football day, right out on the curb! That Lady could cook! I would purchase pounds of pulled pork and eat on it all week.
Didn’t Alton Brown include Neeley’s in one of his roadshown episodes? Alton Brown is my favorite TV star, BTW.
Strangely believe it, we have the best Bar B Q in the world. It’s called the Ridgewood an is maybe 15 miles as the crow flies.
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