Is Pappy's Smokehouse Still Open? Food Paradise Update (St. Louis, MO)

Food Paradise, Season 10, Episode 7

Food Paradise's 'Taste of the Town' (S10E7) featured Pappy's Smokehouse, a St. Louis barbecue restaurant known for dry-rubbed, slow-smoked ribs. According to pappyssmokehouse.com, the Food Network named the restaurant among the best ribs in the country and Southern Living named it the best barbecue in Missouri. The restaurant's name is a tribute to the late Jim 'Pappy' Emerson, according to pappyssmokehouse.com. Since the episode, Pappy's Smokehouse's own website, checked 2026-09-08, remained active with a working online-ordering system, posted current hours, and listed multiple locations, including St. Louis and St. Peters, according to pappyssmokehouse.com.

Man v. Food, Season 1, Episode 14 Aired February 25, 2009

The episode featured Pappy's Smokehouse and its Memphis-style ribs, dry-rubbed and smoked without sauce over applewood and cherrywood for about four hours, with barbecue sauce added by the customer at the table. Pappy's is a barbecue restaurant in St. Louis, Missouri, opened in 2008 by Mike Emerson, who had previously worked at another St. Louis barbecue restaurant, Super Smokers, according to Wikipedia (revised 2026-07-23). Wikipedia lists the restaurant's name as a tribute to Emerson's late brother, Jim "Pappy" Emerson. According to Pappy's own website, checked 2026-09-08, the restaurant listed current weekly hours and an active online ordering option across its St. Louis and St. Peters locations. The site also listed recognition from the Food Network as having the best ribs in America and from Southern Living as the best barbecue in Missouri. Google Places listed the business as operational as of the same check.