Pitmaster IndexLeonard Heuberger
Founder (Historical)
Leonard Heuberger
Leonard's Pit Barbecue
Signature:The pig sandwich: smoked pork shoulder on a bun with sauce and cole slaw
Leonard Heuberger opened Leonard's in 1922, trading a Model T Ford for a seven-stool sandwich stand at Trigg and Latham in South Memphis. In 1932 he moved to 1140 S. Bellevue, where he enlarged the restaurant several times; in the 1940s and '50s Leonard's was the world's largest barbecue drive-in, with 20 carhops. Roadfood credits Heuberger with creating the pig sandwich in the 1920s: smoked pork shoulder on a bun with sauce and cole slaw. Leonard's Pit Barbecue is still operating, now under new owners on Germantown Parkway in Cordova.
Technique
At Leonard's, barbecue means a sandwich: pork shoulder, pulled or chopped, served on a bun with sauce and slaw.