City Barbeque Expands Catering Footprint Across Tennessee in 2026
By Sophia Al-Mansoor
The core kitchen engine drives the brand's capacity. Unlike operators who boil meats before applying liquid smoke or finish precooked portions in convection ovens, City Barbeque adheres to traditional hardwood smoking across all brick-and-mortar units. Pitmasters work split shifts around the clock, loading split hickory logs to maintain temperatures between 225°F and 250°F.
The menu leans heavily into Texas, Carolina, and Kansas City styles:
- Rubbed with coarse salt and black pepper, smoked for up to 18 hours, and portioned into lean flats and juicy point meat.
- Hand-Pulled Pork: Bone-in pork butts cooked low and slow until the fat cap renders completely, hand-shredded to preserve muscle fiber integrity.
- St. Louis-cut pork ribs rubbed and smoked until they bend cleanly off the bone without turning to mush. Sides skip the commercial cannery shortcut; the kitchen whips real potatoes, mixes green beans with smoked bacon, and bakes triple-cheese macaroni fresh every morning.
This continuous production schedule matters when ordering corporate lunch catering on tight turnarounds. If an office needs lunch for eighty people by 11:30 AM tomorrow, a Murfreesboro pit crew simply racks extra meat during the evening smoke cycle. A small bespoke barbecue truck cannot match that surge capacity without turning away regular retail walk-ins.
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