Inside the monster Tennessee BUC-EE'S gas station that has 120 pumps, brisket SHRINE, snack counters as far as the eye can see...but nowhere to sit down to eat its treats

Daily Mail ^ | 11/22/23 | Alice Wright

[jacknhoo]

Buc-ees is awesome. We have one about 40 minutes from us…on the way to Chattanooga from Atlanta and we make that trip quite frequently.

Eat in your car or when you get home. Pretty good BBQ and a great variety of real good beef jerky.

So many things to see/buy there. Pretty entertaining.

[Dr. Sivana]

They are opening one near Madison, Wisconsin.

Their competition is Luv's, Flying J, Road Ranger, and Kwik Trip. I think they will clean up. Kwik Trip WAS the last place where I could get an edible burger for $1. i assume that Bucc-ees can handle the big rigs just fine.

[Skooz]

Exactly

[MayflowerMadam]

In July, we moved from Loudon County next door to Roane County. You’ll be in a good “in-between” shot for your sons.

[chaosagent]

Bus-ee's says that they are a convenience store, like a 7-11 or a Quik Stop. Just a really, really BIG convenience store. and that's why they don't have seating.

They actually started out as a regular-sized places here in Texas, and then got bigger and bigger over time.

[ReformedBeckite]

They are building one on the south side of Murfreesboro, TN, exit 84 off I-24.
Not looking forward to it, It already is a traffic nightmare at that exit(east side where a few businesses are). To many accidents in a 1/4 mile stretch with several businesses and many cars coming and going during rush hour. Maybe it won't be to bad being the gas station will be on the west side of Joe B Jackson Parkway.

[cableguymn]

buck them. No truckers allowed.

fine. I won’t stop in my car either.

[cableguymn]

i assume that Bucc-ees can handle the big rigs just fine.

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ya by banning them from the property. No truckers allowed.

That’s why I say bucc bucc-ees.

[Repeat Offender]

Buc-ees doesn’t allow semi-trucks as customers.

[Dr. Sivana]

If they DON’T allow truckers, then Flying J and Love’s nea Madison will be damaged, but survive. Road Ranger and Kwik Trip will be at risk.

[Night Hides Not]

I don’t know of any Buc’ees that has tables and chairs. I live in North Texas, where there are 4 Buc’ees within 45 miles.

[Night Hides Not]

Big rigs aren’t allowed at Buc’ees.

[Fresh Wind]

How many EV charging stations do they have?

[Yardstick]

I’ve read that the guy who founded Buc-ee’s designed the bathrooms himself. What I like is there’s a wall between urinals so there’s good separation. And they’re covered with heavy ceramic tiles which blocks sound. And on top of that they crank up the music in the bathrooms which gives even more acoustical privacy, if that’s a term. Overall an excellent bathroom design that justifies driving an extra few miles to stop at But-ee’s rather than somewhere else.

[Tacrolimus1mg]

I friggin’ love Buc-ee’s. I want to go back to Texas on a more permanent basis, and admittedly Buc-ee’s is an excellent lure.

[FreedomPoster]

The wife and I have gotten Buc-ee’s stops down to a science. I drop her off, if I need gas I get it, then I find a space in the same general vicinity. She goes in and has my order (generally brisket burrito if breakfast, brisket sandwich if lunch), plus the snacks shopping list. After she finishes, she finds me, we might eat in the car, or we might get situated and get on down the road.

We aren’t shopping the t-shirts, insulated tumblers, and such.

It *is* a zoo, generally, but it can be negotiated reasonably quickly.

[FreedomPoster]

They have ethanol free 93 octane premium at the one in Calhoun, GA (N GA between ATL and Chattanooga). You might look closer at the one you go to. And check their web site, it might say all the fuel types each store carries.

[FreedomPoster]

I’m about 35m from there.

Pro tip: If you don’t want to eat in your car, the small tall shopping carts make pretty good impromptu tables to stand around and eat at, on the sidewalks around the building.

[FreedomPoster]

The Buc-ee’s near me in N. GA has a pre-existing Love’s directly across the street. Love’s have to be hating it, I am sure many truckers aren’t going there now due to all the traffic.

[FreedomPoster]

They’re in the process of creating a significant footprint across the Southeast. AL, GA, TN, KY, FL, probably others.