Slow-smoked pork shoulder pulled into tender shreds, piled on a soft white bun with creamy slaw and a thin Tennessee-style tomato-vinegar sauce.
Tennessee whole-hog and pulled pork barbecue traces to West Tennessee's pit traditions, codified in Memphis by the 1920s and adopted in Nashville's BBQ joints from the 1950s. Pat Martin opened Martin's Bar-B-Que Joint in Nolensville in 2006 and grew it into the Nashville flagship; Peg Leg Porker (Carey Bringle) and Edley's Bar-B-Que round out the city's BBQ trinity.
4 editor picks for Tennessee Pulled Pork Sandwich in Nashville, ranked by editorial score. All Nashville signature dishes · Tennessee Pulled Pork Sandwich across every city.
Martin's Bar-B-Que Joint ★ 4.6
downtown · 410 4th Ave S, Nashville, TN 37201
Pat Martin's Nashville BBQ joint in downtown runs old-school whole-hog barbecue, a massive beer garden and live music nightly behind the Music City Center.
Husk Nashville ★ 4.6
downtown · 37 Rutledge Street, Nashville, TN 37210
Sean Brock's Rutledge Hill institution in Nashville cooks ingredient-driven Southern food on a wood hearth, run today by chef de cuisine Brian Baxter.
Peg Leg Porker ★ 4.5
the-gulch · 903 Gleaves St, Nashville, TN 37203
Carey Bringle's Gleaves Street BBQ joint in The Gulch, Nashville smokes Memphis-style dry-rub ribs since 2013. Family-owned, catering-strong, taproom-tight.
Edley's Bar-B-Que ★ 4.3
12-south · 2706 12th Ave S, Nashville, TN 37204
Edley's 12 South barbecue counter in Nashville smokes pork shoulder over hickory and serves the city's reliable BBQ-and-beer lunch since 2011.