I thought ya'll might enjoy this Memphis pictorial,to add to Woodburner's great roadtrip.

This is courtesy of Dallasfood.org Memphis BBQ

Here is one more that they didn't visit.

Gridley's

While we are at it,here is Michael Stern's review from Roadfood.

Roadfood TN BBQ

Good to see that Central BBQ is getting the recognition they deserve. Also good that Corky's is getting the recognition they deserve.

Paynes slaw comes accross to me more as a mustard pickle sauce. I like it, but it is certainly different.

Thanks for the post

Nice article Tom. Man! That guy likes to eat. I would have felt like a stuffed pig by the end of that trip.

The second to the lastparagraph did make me think though and has set the "Wheelz" spinning on improving the quality (flavor, juiciness, and smokiness) of my Q and being less dependent on sauce and sides.

Thanks for the link Tom!

I would still put "The Bar-B-Q Shop" up against anyone in Memphis.
I noticed that he said they spent some time at the Memphis Zoo.......too bad he didn't know that the "Shop" was just 3 or 4 blocks away.

Well written and thorough. A lot of effort was put into that report and the photos just made me hungry.

He actually has done a couple of these:

BBQ travels by Scott

Thanks, Tom,
I really enjoyed that. I almost feel like I've judged people's choice again. I'm glad it was him and not me!
Peggy

Great post Tom!!!!

Tom,
good on the trip, great explinations of the food, I really enjoyed reading your post.
Thanks

Tom, you're getting a lot of credit for those posts, did you write those reviews?

Usually I just get the blame.

Oh well.

Oh NO you DON'T, yours truly does...

Hey do you realize, between us we have 3810 and 3228 posts in this forum...what WOULD they do without us