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    Sons of Smoke

    4.7 (61 reviews)
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    Jared W.

    The best bang for your buck at Sons of Smoke - large, delicious portions at a very reasonable price point. The banana pudding is a must-try! The staff was very friendly too.

    Friday special pork tenderloin sandwich with sides of onion rings and Mac and cheese.
    Jon L.

    Sons of Smoke has a great local following and appears to be family-run, which I appreciate. Their namesake smoke on the ribs was excellent, with a great char and deep flavor. However the meat itself was quite dry, almost grainy in texture, that their sweet and hot barbecue sauces couldn't save. I enjoyed the Friday special, the pork tenderloin sandwich. It was pounded very thin and breaded well so that it had both a crunch and was chewy. The rest of the food, while cooked well, was bland and lacked flavor overall, including the green beans, onion rings, pulled pork, and baked potato. A little more seasoning and Sons of Smoke could easily be one of the best barbecue joints around.

    Christina C.

    Where do I begin! We went here today for lunch and have leftovers for dinner! The portion are great and quality of food is mmmmmmmmm mmmmm good! We order 3 meat plate, bologna, brisket and pulled pork, baked beans and potato salad and oh lawddddd it was smoked perfectly. I liked all the bbq sauce options so I mixed the hot with bbq sweet and it was goooood! My husband prefer the pull chicken, green beans, onion rings. He said the onion rings are the best he ever had and the chicken was smoked perfect and the green beans are so flavorful. My youngest order brisket, baked potato and French fries, she was silent the whole time. The service was great and food wasssss delicious ! Check them out! Next time I hope we get to try the banana pudding!!!

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    Lori W.

    I decided to come in and try the country fried chicken with green beans and baked potato and it was very good. Hubby got the three meat sampler with slaw and onion rings. I can honestly say it was really good. We loved the onion rings even though they weren't on our cardiac diet but, we had to try them anyways. The chicken fried chicken was very tender and breaded like grandma used to do it, very homemade taste, a little bland could use some sort of seasoning but overall good. Hubby said the BBQ pork, beef and ribs were excellent. They have four different sauces, three of them were on the table. Hot, BBQ sweet, spicy and mustard based. The other bottle, a mustard base, was given to us by our neighbor table who told us we had to try it. It was really good. Overall a great BBQ in Loudon. The best by far.

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    Gary N.

    Loudon, you have yourself a 5 star BBQ restaurant to rival any I have been too in Knoxville. I would even say better than any. What makes it great is easy but few can do. Great sauce, great ribs, great pork, slaw was great and add some bake beans and a great location in this small town. It's amazing. Located on the twin square across from Court House. It has a nice outside deck facing the square with noon shade. Umbrellas for afternoon sun. Trees at courthouse will give some late shade. The ribs were very tender and fall off the bone good. Smoked out back as you can smell it walking up to building. BBQ pork is just as good. Sauce is an excellent sweet BBQ with just a touch of spice. All done the way we like it in the south. I will be back and bringing friends.

    Stephanie M.

    This is the first barbecue place we visited since moving to this area of Tennessee. My husband smokes meat and we have been all over Texas tasting barbecue in that state, so we are very picky when it comes to smoked meats and especially brisket. We wanted to eat inside the restaurant to enjoy the super cute decor and down home vibe but they were preparing to close in the mid afternoon and were kind enough to let us place an order "to go". The brisket has a good flavor, however it was all chopped and no option to get sliced brisket. The restaurant has indoor and outdoor seating with very limited hours of operation. Typically they are open during weekends (Friday, Saturday and Sunday). The hours of operation are a little confusing because they close between 2 PM and 5 PM Friday and Saturday, so definitely call before you go! Sunday they are open 11 AM to 3 PM.

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    John Wayne L.

    This place is great!!! The food, service, and the restaurant itself can't be beat. You don't want to miss the fried green mators either, the best that I've ever had anywhere hands down!!!

    Chopped brisket, pulled pork, pork ribs, beans and potato salad.

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    Jennifer is the best she knows her job very well never had a bad thing from here and the service is always good

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    2 months ago

    Fantastic Ribs, SOS has become our Saturday lunch tradition of picking up a rack of ribs

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    Excellent brisket and pork plates and the Sons of Smoke cheese curds are delicious! My wife and I do takeout nearly every weekend!

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    Very good bbq- selections of meats and sides good. Everything was delicious- service excellent. All around a great experience

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    My absolute favorite weekend date night. Please hurry and come back. We miss y'all. And miss the great food

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    Everything is delicious. Meat is so tender. Comfortable seating inside or outside. One of our favorite places to eat.

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    Great food great people and a wonderful time. Service was very good. You can eat on the deck or inside.

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    Wonderful establishment, family friendly, Just the kind of place we need today. Cool place to take guests

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    Want real southern BBQ with southern hospitality, check out on the weekends only. Try the brisket it's is sooooo good.

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