Corky’s
5259 Poplar Ave., White Station
Memphis is famous for barbecue, but the jury’s still out on where to find the best of the best. Our solution: Try as many of the top contenders as possible. Corky’s, which has two Memphis locations (and outposts all over Tennessee and Arkansas), brushes their dry ribs with sauce as they’re shifted from the smoker to the grill, for perfectly smoking half-and-halfs.