The Tennessee fried-chicken tradition that originated in Nashville and runs at Knoxville counters with a cayenne-and-lard paint applied after frying.
Hot chicken originated at Prince's Hot Chicken Shack in Nashville in the 1930s, the cayenne-and-lard paint developed as a payback by Andre Prince's then-girlfriend that backfired into a Nashville signature. The Tennessee style migrated east to Knoxville in the 2010s and now appears on East Tennessee fried-chicken menus across the city, with Stock and Barrel on Market Square plating the canonical Knoxville version at the burger-and-bourbon room.
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