In 1922 Leonard Heuberger traded a Model T Ford for a 7-stool sandwich stand in South Memphis and started selling chopped pork sandwiches for five cents. That modest beginning grew into what became, by the 1940s and 1950s, the world’s largest barbecue drive-in restaurant, with 20 car-hops working the canopied lot serving a daily parade
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Barbecue, Memphis, Restaurants, Season 3, TennesseeThe BBQ Shack in Paola, Kansas started in 1997 with a whiskey barrel, a smoker, and a batch of wings that quickly built a reputation across the Kansas City area. By 2006 it had grown into a brick-and-mortar restaurant. By 2007 Guy Fieri showed up for Season 2, Episode 6 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
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Barbecue, Kansas, Restaurants, Season 2Five guys who loved food and were passionate about BBQ opened Smoque in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood in 2006. Within a year, Guy Fieri was there. That’s how fast word travels when the food is right. Smoque appeared in Season 2, Episode 6 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — “Real Deal BBQ,” aired November
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Barbecue, Illinois, Restaurants, Season 2There is no dining room. There is no fancy signage. Jay Bee’s Bar-B-Que in Gardena, California operates out of what can only be described as a shack on the median of South Avalon Boulevard — and it has been one of the most respected BBQ operations in Los Angeles for decades. It appeared in Season
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Barbecue, Califonia, Restaurants, Season 2Thee Pitts Again appeared in Season 3, Episode 4 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — “Neighborhood Joints,” aired March 31, 2008 — as a Glendale, Arizona BBQ operation earning its DDD segment with serious smoked meat. The restaurant has since permanently closed. Quick Facts Restaurant: Thee Pitts AgainCity: Glendale, ArizonaCuisine: BBQDDD Season: 3DDD Episode: 4Episode
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Arizona, Barbecue, Restaurants, Season 3Brint’s Diner in Wichita, Kansas came from the old breakfast-counter school of thought: keep the coffee moving, get the plate down hot, and let the food handle the introductions. Its spot in Season 1, Episode 1 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives puts it right at the beginning of the Triple D road map, when the
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Barbecue, New York, Restaurants, Season 1Baby Blues BBQ in Venice, California brought smoke, sauce, and serious barbecue energy to Season 1, Episode 5 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. In an episode simply called BBQ, this Venice stop landed in exactly the right lane: bold flavors, comfort food, and the kind of place that knows a stack of napkins is part
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Barbecue, Califonia, Season 1Louie Mueller BBQ in Taylor, Texas is the kind of barbecue stop that does not need a neon sign or a hard sell. It showed up in Season 1, Episode 5 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, and that fit like smoke on brisket. In an episode built around barbecue, this place was already speaking the
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Barbecue, Restaurants, Season 1, TexasBarbecue King Drive-In in Charlotte, North Carolina was the kind of place that sounded ready-made for early Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. Featured in Season 1, Episode 5, this old-school stop brought barbecue and fried chicken into an episode built for smoke, crunch, and comfort food that does not bother with subtlety. Though Barbecue King Drive-In
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Barbecue, North Carolina, Restaurants, Season 1Leo’s BBQ in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma feels like the kind of stop that does not waste time explaining itself. It showed up in Season 1, Episode 6 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, and in an episode called Local Legends, a barbecue and soul food spot like this sounds right at home. There is a different
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