Pitmaster IndexAndrew Pollard
Co-Owner
Andrew Pollard
A&R Bar-B-Que43+ years activeMemphis, TN
Signature:Fried pies (apple, peach, sweet potato)
Andrew Pollard and his wife, Rose, opened A&R Bar-B-Que on Elvis Presley Boulevard in Memphis in January 1983; the "A" is Andrew and the "R" is Rose. He learned to barbecue from his father, Alonzo Pollard. As of 2026 the couple still own the Elvis Presley Boulevard location, which their son Brian runs.
Technique
A&R cooks over an open pit in a steel-lined smokehouse ringed with fire bricks, with the meat directly over the coals. In a 2008 interview Pollard said pork shoulders and briskets cook about 14 to 15 hours over a blend of hickory charcoal and oak hardwood coals.