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Delauder’s: Highly Awarded Barbecue<\/h3>\n
Delauder\u2019s Smoky Mountain BBQ puts Tennessee\u2019s proud culinary tradition on display for all to enjoy. Located off the beaten path in Gatlinburg, Delauder\u2019s has consistently impressed visitors from all over the United States. The restaurant in June of 2018 received recognition for its delicious flavors and distinctive regional style in Travel & Leisure Magazine\u2019s list of America\u2019s Top 25 Best Places for Barbecue<\/strong><\/em>. The year before it was awarded in Yelp\u2019s list of the Top 100 Best Places to Eat in America<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n The first thing you\u2019ll notice about Delauder\u2019s is the sheer variety of barbecue styles they serve. From pulled pork to rack ribs to brisket to chicken chunks, the restaurant offers every variety of meat, putting its unique, smoky spin on each. Delauder\u2019s also serves veggie and fruit trays, salads, and both traditional and jalape\u00f1o-based sauces. Combined with baked beans, fried green beans, barbecue nachos, cobblers, and a host of other sides and desserts, you can have your pick of unique local foods.<\/p>\n As the restaurant\u2019s founder and owner, Denny Delauder has one main goal: to \u201cfeed people like you are family.\u201d To that end, he makes all his barbecue fresh each morning, so you can experience it at its best. This is why the restaurant only opens in the afternoon, and closes each day as soon as the barbecue has sold out. Denny and his team need the mornings to slowly roast this delicious meat, and refuse to serve any that wasn\u2019t cooked that day. He wouldn\u2019t serve leftover meat to his family; why should you be treated any different?<\/p>\n Delauder\u2019s has consistently earned glowing reviews not only from locals, but also from visitors hailing from all over the country. Customers praise its meats on every front, describing its \u201cmelt in your mouth\u201d texture and calling its flavor \u201clike eating a juicy campfire.\u201d The sides are also a big hit, with past patrons being particularly fond of Delauder\u2019s fried green beans and its unique take on nachos.<\/p>\n This isn\u2019t just coming from people who never had barbecue before, or who’ve only had the specific style of Eastern Tennessee. Past customers include people from North Carolina, Texas, Kentucky, and Missouri\u2014 states with their own renowned barbecue styles. Yet all these customers say that Delauder\u2019s served them some of the best barbecue they\u2019ve ever had.<\/p>\n Delauder’s is hard to find, hidden behind shops, but it’s along the Great Smoky Arts & Crafts Community Trail<\/a>, so you could make it a stop for refueling in a day’s worth of shopping. You’ll find it at 680 Glades Road, right behind Smiths Scrimshaw, Knives, & Silversmithing. Glades Road is off of East Parkway (aka Hwy 321).<\/p>\n Delauder’s is small, and its hours of operation vary by day, but generally last from lunchtime until around 7 pm. Make sure to get there early or call ahead, because if they run out of meat they\u2019ve cooked that day, they won’t serve anything that’s old!<\/p>\n Delauder’s Smokey Mountain BBQ TIP: Check our other resources for more things to do in Gatlinburg<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\nFresh Food & Signature Styles<\/h3>\n
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Useful Information<\/h3>\n
\n680 Glades Road, Gatlinburg, TN
\nTel<\/strong>: (865) 325-8680
\nWeb<\/strong>: http:\/\/delaudersbbq.com\/<\/a>
\nMenu: http:\/\/delaudersbbq.com\/catering.shtml<\/a>
\nHours<\/strong>: Wed-Sun (closed Mon-Tues), from lunch until close (times vary, check ahead).<\/p>\n