Charlie's BBQ

Charlie's BBQ Smoked BBQ Low & Slow over wood coals Nothing fancy here. Vegetarians may not be our biggest fan base just yet. Stop in and give it a try.

Just old-fashioned Smoked BBQ cooked the right way - Low & Slow over Oak and Hickory coals

Our smoking method is as old as Pit BBQ with no real difference between today and 150 years ago. There was a time when people were not in such a hurry and took time to sit and savor a home cooked meal. Many of us can't do that today because of the rush of our busy lifestyle, but we still long for a simpler

time with friends...at a slower pace. We provide at least a glimpse into bygone days at Charlie's BBQ with a relaxed atmosphere and lots of meat-based calories. We start with whole pork shoulders and smoke them for more than 24 hours before we pull them for your sandwich or plate. The rich smoke flavor is not a flavor that we add; it is the result of the meat slowly interacting with the wood coals in our specially designed custom-built smoke pits. The interior smoke pits are 5 feet wide and 24 feet long and are kept warm around the clock. There is often a smell of fresh Q drifting over Hwy 70 in Bruceton luring unsuspecting motorists into turning on a blinker and joining us for lunch or an early dinner. We have developed special touches in an effort to provide the best product available. Our secret signature hot and mild sauces are savored by the thousands of customers we have served over the last six years. Our special bean recipe may not make you slap your grannie, but you may want to shake her around a little bit; she will understand. (Disclaimer: we love grannie so please no hate mail on that last one - take a joke or stay home). If cooking BBQ is an art form, Charlie is an artist of the highest caliber. By now, he has personally smoked more Q than 99.99% of the population. He was taught the tricks of the trade by a local legend and refined his skills before starting the restaurant by cooking for his extended family in his backyard every weekend. Since then, we have served our special West TN style BBQ to meat lovers from all over the country. Drive through, Take out and Bulk Catering available for pickup. Buy a whole shoulder and take it to work - you may get a promotion. One last thing...if you haven't tried it yet, ask for some BBQ Bark...you know that crunchy stuff on the outside. You will be glad you did.

06/07/2023

Kristie, Crab and myself have been working hard all day to get everything off the walls/ceiling semi cleaned and priced. We will open the door up at 6am to start the selling process. We have taken everything out that we and the family wanted to keep and the rest is up to yall.

06/07/2023

First off we want to apologize for such long wait times today in the drive-thru, and some where up to a hour and trust me we were moving just as fast as we could but the way folks were ordering today with such big orders we feel we did the best we could. I also want to apologize to the folks that we had to turn away today because we only had 10 shoulders and thought it would be fairest for everyone as a first come first served basis. I want to thank the Bruceton Police Department for helping us make sure that no customers where hurt while having to set on Broad St waiting to get on the side road and in the actual drive-thru lane.

Now with all of that being said I want yall to know that Kristie Swafford King and myself are very humbled about how personal Charlies BBQ is to yall and the way yall make us feel that we are "Not just a business", but that we are people that yall care about us personally and yep the tears are flowing now :( I really don't know how to put into words all the emotions we have going on now.

We want to thank each and every one of yall for understanding why we have made this decision and who knows maybe someone will step up and invest in themselves and I will bend over backwards to teach them each and everything that we know to get customers to love you like yall do us. Thanks again for yalls love for us.

06/05/2023

Well we have 10 shoulders cooking now for Tuesday which will be our very last day we are open for the public. We have decided to run drive -thru only so it will be a first come first served basis. We will open the drive thru up at 1030AM Tuesday morning until everything is gone and then Charlies BBQ will be history under our ownership :( You will still see smoke and cooking going on up until Sunday June 11th because of a shoulder promised to a church back during the middle of May. I want to thank everyone for the words of encouragement and letting us know exactly how much we mean to yall. It is very humbling to say the least. Now with this all being said Kristie Swafford King and myself have been working on taking stuff off the walls in here and semi cleaning it for our yardsale because there appears to be a lot of interest in buying some of the collectables and junk we have displayed here. We have been working hard on it and when we actually have the date set we will let yall know here. We are shooting for this Hwy70 yardsale time this weekend but we are not sure right now. I will let yall know for sure in a couple of days.

06/01/2023

First off I have to say that we are very thankful and humbled about how emotional it was to some folks that we were closing down. Several were even teary eyed if not out and out crying. We are truly sorry about it all but it is what it is with us here :( I have came up with a way for everyone to be happy but it is a very long shot but I will say this if someone was to step up and purchase Charlies BBQ with all the recipes and how we do things and all the equipment that has to do with this place (Not the building) that is between you and the landlords, it is something for the right person to consider and they will be starting off with 1000s of customers unlike we started off 16 years ago. Kristie and myself will stay on a few weeks to show you how we do things for a nominal hourly fee and then you will be on your own. Now with all this being said I would not be the owner/manager or anything just the pitmaster and wood mover to get yall going. Who knows perhaps someone will invest in themselves like we did 16 years ago. If not we will be selling everything out of here and I will post the day on here so folks know. I am just trying to find away to keep this place open and not another empty building in Bruceton.

05/30/2023

OK another thing that has come up is folks that have pre-orders already and YES they will take first priority and will be filled during this time.

05/30/2023

OK I feel I need to make another post and state the fact that Kristie Swafford King or myself neither one are retiring. We will simply just be looking for other jobs. :D

05/30/2023

OK with a lot thought and and consideration Kristie and myself have decided to shut Charlies BBQ done permanently. We are sick and tired of fighting the system when it comes to suppliers not being dependable and every headache that comes up everyday or so and have decided that we would be better off with not having to deal with these things day in and day out. We are not getting any younger and this place has aged us so much in the last 16 years. We will shut the doors when the inventory that we now have is gone which will be sometime the first 1/2 of June. We want to thank each and everyone one of you folks and this decision didn't come easy but bottom line we have to look out for us and our on sanity and health. I have always told folks if you want to know what is going on with Charlies BBQ is to ask me and not believe rumors, so you can take this as a FACT, it is coming from us personally. Thanks again for all your business over the last 16 years but we feel this is what we need to do for ourselves and our sanity. Charlie

04/26/2023

We will be closed Friday 4-28 due to personal reasons. We will re-open back up Tuesday 5-2 at 1030 AM thanks a lot for understanding.

03/27/2023

Well we got our shoulder delivery today but not early enough for me to get them BBQed for tomorrow so we will not be able to open until Wednesday 3/29 at 10:30 AM. Thanks a lot for your understanding, Charlie

03/21/2023

Tomorrow here will be drive-thru only and first come first served basis beings we only have 4 shoulders for the day. We will close when we run out and re-open either Tuesday or Wednesday of next week depending on if/when we get some shoulders to BBQ. Once again I am sorry for the inconvenience but the supply chain is what it is. Thanks a lot for understanding Charlie

03/20/2023

Due to Sysco not having any fresh shoulders in stock and want be getting any until Wednesday which is to late for us to cook them for this week. We have 16 shoulders for this week and that is it until Tuesday or Wednesday next week. We will just have to take this un-scheduled little vacation. We will open up at 10:30 Tuesday morning until all the BBQ is gone and if we have enough to open Wednesday we will. I am sorry for any inconvenience this may cause but it is out of our control. Thanks a lot for understanding, Charlie

12/23/2022

If you have a pre-order tomorrow for here and can't make it because of the weather just call and let me know and it want a be a problem. We understand about the weather.

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