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From Kansas City to the Carolionas, America has a wide variety of barbecue styles. For restaurateur Will Newman, his specialty is in "Nashville style," which is what he's cooking up at the four locations of "Edley's Barbecue." Newman named the restaurant chain after his grandfather, and "Thrillist" considers the spot among the best in the city.
Edley's Bar-B-Que is a few months into life as a franchisor and it already has its first franchisee. Will Newman and his wife Catharine founded the bar and barbecue restaurant in 2011 in Nashville, and since then it's grown to five locations in the area with another three in development. Newman said the city isnât known for barbecue, but a spicy pork butt might just change that. "We've been working to create a Nashville style. We do have a Nashville style pork, what we do there is marinate our butts 24 hours in a habanero pepper mash, then we smoke it for the traditional 12 hours, so it...