If you’re having a craving for authentic Southern barbecue, make sure to check out these spots in and around Alcoa, Tennessee. Each location offers its own unique spin on the favorites, and you can always pair your smoked meats with tasty side dishes.
Bread of Heaven
Bread of Heaven sits on Hall Road in Alcoa and is a favorite of locals and visitors. Start your meal with a slow-roasted meat dish, such as pulled pork, ribs, sausage, turkey breast, chicken, ham, or pot roast, or opt for a rib-eye steak. You can also try a Southern classic like Salisbury steak, served with hearty gravy, or chicken and dressing.
Side options on the menu include baked beans, macaroni and cheese, corn, slaw, collard greens, sweet potatoes, dirty rice, potato salad, cornbread, or dinner rolls. Save room for dessert with tasty treats like peach or apple cobbler and banana pudding.
Sweet P’s Barbeque & Soul House
Located in Knoxville, which is about 20 miles from Alcoa, Sweet P’s Barbeque & Soul House offers a unique spin on classics. Daily specials are available, like the burrito, nachos, or quesadilla stuffed with smoked meat and barbecue sauce, smoked Andouille sausage, and a heaping plate of red beans and rice. Start your dining experience with an appetizer, such as fried pickles, pimento cheese dip, or wings, then enjoy smoked chicken, pork, brisket, or ribs.
The sauce options are thick, made with tomato sauce and sweet accents; thin, prepared with tangy vinegar and hot sauce, offering a smoky heat with chipotle puree. You can also opt for a sampler platter to sample a variety of meats, and pair it with sautéed greens n’ things, tater salad, mac n’ cheese, coleslaw, green beans, or pinto beans. Complete your meal with something sweet, like a slice of chocolate chess pie, a bowl of banana pudding, or a bacon chocolate chip cookie.
Calhoun’s
You won’t have to travel too far from Alcoa to visit Calhoun’s, located on Watkins Road in Maryville. It’s worth the short 10-minute drive, since its menu boasts a variety of delicious classics. The starters menu includes char-grilled shrimp, potato skins, soft pretzels, beer cheese dip, and pulled pork nachos. You can also try the classic wet wings, boneless wings, smoked wings, or naked wings, and the first three wing options come tossed in your choice of sauce. The Tennessee barbecue classics on the menu include ribs, chicken tenders, smoked pork, fried catfish, or steak.
Dead End BBQ
Voted Best BBQ of 2015 of East Tennessee by Cityview Magazine, Dead End BBQ is another local favorite, with locations in Maryville and Knoxville. The menu includes delicious options like Bar-B-Queso, which is Mexican queso loaded with pork or beef brisket, Sutherland Sliders, which are sliders with bread-and-butter pickles, and bacon-wrapped BBQ shrimp. You can also pick up dinner for the whole family with a feast that serves up to six people.
You can always enjoy Southern comfort food and barbecue dishes at any of these joints, located throughout the Eastern Tennessee area.
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