{"id":6688,"date":"2024-02-10T20:40:33","date_gmt":"2024-02-10T20:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southernsmoke.org\/?post_type=chef&#038;p=6688"},"modified":"2025-09-11T16:23:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T16:23:12","slug":"pat-martin","status":"publish","type":"chef","link":"https:\/\/www.southernsmoke.org\/zh_tw\/chef\/pat-martin\/","title":{"rendered":"Pat Martin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nashville restaurateur Pat Martin is the founder of Martin\u2019s Bar-B-Que Joint and Hugh-Baby\u2019s BBQ &amp; Burger Shop. A leader in American barbecue, Pat Martin is one of the few pitmasters still carrying the torch of West Tennessee-style whole hog BBQ. Martin is regularly featured in the press, including <em>The Today Show<\/em>, <em>Food Network<\/em>, <em>Bon Appetit<\/em>, <em>Esquire<\/em>, <em>Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler<\/em>, <em>Travel Channel<\/em>, <em>Men\u2019s Journal<\/em>, <em>\u98df\u5ba2<\/em>, <em>National Geographic<\/em>, among many others.<\/p>\n<p>Martin\u2019s Bar-B-Que Joint is rooted in Pat Martin\u2019s lifelong love for the art of pit-cooked barbecue, open-flame cooking, and grilling. The entire menu at Martin\u2019s Bar-B-Que Joint is scratch-made, every single day &#8211; from sides to sauces, and everything in between. What began as a 950-square foot joint in Nolensville, TN, is today a beloved culinary destination with deep Nashville roots, a 500+ person team, and 7 locations sprinkled across Nashville, with outposts in Birmingham (AL), Louisville (KY), and Charleston (SC). In October 2021, Martin celebrated a milestone with the 15th anniversary of Martin\u2019s Bar-B-Que Joint.<\/p>\n<p>Building upon the success of Martin\u2019s Bar-B-Que Joint, Pat Martin opened Hugh-Baby\u2019s BBQ &amp; Burger Shop in 2017 as a tribute to the small town BBQ and burger spots that dotted the mid-South of his youth. Dedicated to simple, delicious food and warm Southern hospitality, Hugh-Baby\u2019s menu covers all the classics, with burgers, Memphis-style pulled pork, hot dogs, fries and hand-spun shakes at its heart. There are three Hugh-Baby\u2019s locations in Nashville.<\/p>\n<p>March of 2022 brings the publication of <em>Pat Martin\u2019s Life of Fire: Mastering the Arts of Pit-Cooked Barbecue, The Grill, and The Smokehouse<\/em> (Clarkson Potter). Through beautiful photography and detailed instruction, this procedural book is a must-have guide to open-fire cooking. Here, Martin looks to transform the way you cook by revealing the craft of West Tennessee-style BBQ &#8211; a tradition he\u2019s spent a lifetime studying, teaching, and celebrating.<\/p>\n<p>Pat Martin lives in Nashville with his wife, Martha Ann, and their three children Wyatt, Daisy, and Walker.<\/p>\n<p><em>Generously supported by Fortune Fish &amp; Gourmet<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":1373,"template":"","class_list":["post-6688","chef","type-chef","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southernsmoke.org\/zh_tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chef\/6688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southernsmoke.org\/zh_tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chef"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southernsmoke.org\/zh_tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chef"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southernsmoke.org\/zh_tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southernsmoke.org\/zh_tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}