What Memphis barbecue dish combines smoked pork, barbecue sauce, and noodles?

What Memphis barbecue dish combines smoked pork, barbecue sauce, and noodles? Barbecue spaghetti. It is a Memphis, Tennessee, specialty that combines spaghetti with shredded smoked or pulled pork, barbecue sauce, vegetables, and often a tomato-based component.

The dish is usually served as a side at Memphis barbecue restaurants rather than as a conventional Italian-style entrée. Recipes commonly simmer pork with onions and peppers in a sauce that may blend marinara and barbecue sauce, producing a sweet, smoky, savory flavor.

Barbecue spaghetti is associated with Brady Vincent, a former railroad cook who opened Brady and Lil’s. The restaurant later became The Bar-B-Q Shop, while Jim Neely’s Interstate Bar-B-Q helped popularize its own variation using meat from the back flap of ribs.

A common mix-up is Cincinnati chili, which is also served over spaghetti but is a spiced chili topping rather than a Memphis barbecue preparation. Barbecue nachos are another Memphis favorite, but they use tortilla chips instead of noodles.