East Tennessee Pulled Pork appears as a signature dish in 1 United States cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
East Tennessee Pulled Pork · Knoxville
Knoxville's hickory-smoked pulled pork sandwich, the East Tennessee tradition that runs sweet rather than vinegar-forward and arrives on a soft white bun.
Buddy's Bar-B-Q opened at 5806 Kingston Pike in 1972 and codified East Tennessee whole-hog barbecue into a region-wide chain with hickory smoke and a thin sweet tomato sauce. Sweet P's BBQ added a soul-food angle to the East TN tradition in 2009 with the riverfront location on Maryville Pike. Dead End BBQ in Bearden brought the competition-team approach to a Sutherland Avenue dining room with multiple regional trophy wins on the KCBS circuit.
Where to eat in Knoxville:
- Buddy's Bar-B-Q
- Sweet P's BBQ Uptown Corner
- Dead End BBQ
- Calhoun's on the River