BBQ in Nashville: locally owned NARA restaurants

Honeyfire BBQ

BBQ · Bellevue, Downtown + 1 more

Texas brisket and Kansas City ribs

Puckett's

American / Southern · Franklin, Downtown + 4 more

Smoked brisket and pulled-pork sliders

Nashville Scene 2026: Best Restaurant in Rutherford County

Edley's BBQ

BBQ $$ · East Nashville, 12 South + 6 more

Pulled pork and St. Louis ribs

Nashville Scene 2026 Top 3: Best Barbecue

Noble’s

American / Southern $$ · East Nashville, North Nashville

House Smoked Meats

Southern Living Top 20 wings in the South

Saap Saap BBQ

BBQ $ · Sylvan Park

Smoked half chicken with cornbread or sticky rice

Nashville Scene Best Pop-Up 2025

1881 Smokehouse & Grill

BBQ · White Bluff

Hand-cut smoked meats

The Ridge

BBQ $$ · Sylvan Park

BBQ

Our Chicano was voted Best Sandwich in America!

Shotgun Willie's BBQ

BBQ $$ · East Nashville

Salt-and-pepper pork ribs