Smokin' Joe's Bar-b-que

8303 State Hwy 73, Townsend, Tennessee

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Size: 154 x 38

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+1 865 448 3212

This family-style restaurant serves some of the best barbecue beef, pork, ... more on Yahoo! Travel

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Will return more on Yahoo! Travel

I love to eat at Smokin' Joe's Bar-B-Que which has great tables on the back porch where you can look out on the Little River. more on TripAdvisor

The chicken was fantastic as well as the potato skins. more on CitySearch

Decent atmosphere tho. more on Yahoo! Travel

My favorite is the pulled pork sandwich and french fries. more on TripAdvisor

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We travel a fair amount around the country and, after 10 years, still believe this is the best pulled pork in the country. more on TripAdvisor

I love to eat at Smokin' Joe's Bar-B-Que which has great tables on the back porch where you can look out on the Little River. I recommend that you try the Fried Dill Pickles which sound a little wierd ... more on TripAdvisor

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My sister and I have eaten here several times and always enjoyed the pulled pork platter with hot fries and cole slaw. Waitresses are ... more on Yahoo! Travel

best bar-b-que around! From the baby back ribs- to the pulled pork- the best! more on Yahoo! Travel

My wife and I have eat there before. It was o.k. Folks there was friendly, BBQ was o.k. I am picky about my BBQ, if it ain't smoked over hickory wood it ain't BBQ. The time we visited ... more on Yahoo! Travel

We visit Gatlinburg at least once a year and we always take time to drive to Townsend just to eat at Smokin Joes. The food is ... more on Yahoo! Travel

This place is a Smokey Mountain Tradition. Even though it has change buildings, names, and is often closed without notice. The big Chick sandwich and fried dill pickles will make your tongue beat your brain out trying to get to ... more on Yahoo! Travel

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The combo is the way to go and the briskit is worthy of an award! My boyfriend and I enjoyed an evening of smoked bar-b-que in the beautiful smokey mountains. We highly recommend smokin' joe's to locals and tourists alike! ... more on CitySearch

we happen to LOVE smokin' joe's--we think it is the best barbecue we've ever had!! every year we go to the smokies and we ALWAYS eat at joe's. they absolutely cook over an open pit--we met smokin joe out back in the smokehouse and ... more on CitySearch

They claim to have BBQ cooked in an "open pit", so we decided to give it a try. It was awful!! The ribs had been cooked in the oven, not in an open pit. Service was also bad, our waitress came back only to bring us the check. We got ... more on CitySearch

I've been a regular customer at Smokin' Joes since they forst opened in a tiny log cabin restaurant near the corner of 321 and 73 in Townsend. I was very impressed with the open-pit bbq. The bbq sandwiches are excellent as well as ... more on CitySearch