Memphis BBQ spaghetti is pulled pork tossed with tomato BBQ sauce over a pile of cooked spaghetti, a city-only Italian-American-meets-pit barbecue mash-up since 1987.
The Bar-B-Q Shop on Madison Avenue invented BBQ spaghetti when Frank Vernon adapted a recipe handed down from Brady Vincent at the Brady and Lil's BBQ pit. The Vernons opened the Bar-B-Q Shop in November 1987 and put BBQ spaghetti on the menu as a side. By the early 2000s the dish was on Food Network and on most Memphis BBQ counter menus as a side or full plate.
3 editor picks for Memphis BBQ spaghetti in Memphis, ranked by editorial score. All Memphis signature dishes · Memphis BBQ spaghetti across every city.
The Bar-B-Q Shop ★ 4.6
midtown · 1782 Madison Ave, Memphis, TN 38104
Frank and Hazel Vernon's Madison Avenue Memphis BBQ room invented BBQ spaghetti and has run dry-rub and wet ribs from a wood-pit smoker since 1987.
Central BBQ Downtown ★ 4.5
downtown · 147 E Butler Ave, Memphis, TN 38103
Central BBQ Downtown in Memphis runs the city's most reliable dry-rub ribs and pulled pork from a casual counter across from the National Civil Rights Museum.
A&R Bar-B-Que ★ 4.4
south-memphis · 1802 Elvis Presley Blvd, Memphis, TN 38106
A&R Bar-B-Que on Elvis Presley Boulevard in South Memphis has run Black-owned hickory-smoke BBQ from a converted gas station since 1983: pulled pork, ribs, bologna.