The motto at Leonard’s barbecue restaurant in Memphis is “Mr. Brown Goes To Town.” It was explained to us many years ago by a waitress who said, “Mr. Brown was the term used for brown-meat barbecue. It is the outside of the shoulder that gets chewy from the sauce and the smoke in the pit. The inside part of the roast, which is moist but has very little barbecue flavor, is known as Miss White. People used to ask for plates and sandwiches of ‘Mr. Brown and Miss White’.” Racial harmony in the smoke pits of Memphis!
White and dark, crisp and soft, mild and intense: Pork barbecue is a study in harmonies.