BBQ Nachos: Tortilla chips, pulled pork, liquid cheese, barbeque sauce and shredded cheese...SO GOOD! 
While living in Memphis, TN for 19 months I familiarized myself with several of the local barbecue joints. Many of them famous for their ribs, brisket, sauce or all of the above. While I tried several different places there was really only one that I thought was super good. I am not a big fan of ribs or brisket but I prefer a pulled pork sandwich but while in Memphis I tried BBQ Nachos for the first time and I was hooked!! 
In my opinion the best barbeque joint in Memphis is Central Barbeque and they have the BEST nachos. They have three locations in Memphis and one is downtown so if you are driving through and want to stop somewhere to eat the downtown location is convenient and highly recommended by yours truly. Now, back to the nachos. Since we are now living in Louisville and Central Barbeque is no longer down the street from us we sometimes still get a craving for those beloved nachos. Annnnnd, since driving 6 plus hours for nachos is not a good idea we just make our own barbecue nachos at home. First off, I used store bought barbecue sauce. I have made my own sauce before and it turned out great but I wanted to use store bought and make these nachos as quick and easy as possible. I did make my own dry rub seasoning that I rubbed all over the pork that I cooked low and slow in my crock pot. I used store bought cheez-whiz! Now, let me also be honest and say that this was the first time I have ever bought this and yes, I know it's bad for us, but once in a while we can splurge. Please, don't hate. It tastes sooooo good on Barbecue Nachos. Plus, every time we would eat at the restaurant I would tell my husband that I swore they used those large cans of cheese sauce from Sam's Club. So, by not making my own cheese sauce I was helping to make these nachos more authentic. 
BBQ Nachos would make great party food. Football season will be here soon and how cool would it be to set up a nacho bar for your guests to enjoy while everyone watches the game!
BBQ Nachos
Ingredients
- Boston Butt
- Dry Rub Recipe to follow
- Barbeque Sauce I used Sweet Baby Ray's, but you can use your preferred sauce
- Cheese Sauce
- Tortilla Chips
- Shredded Cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese
- liquid smoke
Instructions
Dry Rub
- 1 tablespoon Cumin
- 1 tablespoon Paprika
- 1 tablespoon Granulated Garlic
- 1 tablespoon Onion Powder
- 1 tablespoon Chili Powder
- 1 tablespoon Brown Sugar
- 1 tablespoon Paprika
- 1 tablespoon Smoked Paprika
- 2 Tablespoons Kosher Salt
- 1 teaspoon Cayenne Pepper
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon white pepper
- Lightly drizzle the liquid smoke over roast and massage into the roast
- Sprinkle the dry rub over roast and pat it into the meat. Do this on both sides.
- Place in crock pot on low and let cook for 8-10 hours. This will vary depending on the size of pork you use.
- Once the meat is cooked shred it.
- On a baking sheet sprinkle the dry rub on the chips and bake at 250 for 5 minutes.
- On a plate
- begin with a layer of nachos
- liquid cheese
- meat
- liquid cheese (yes, another layer)
- barbecue sauce
- shredded cheese
- Enjoy!
Notes
Kimberly Bolden
I just actually came back from Memphis last evening after a phenomenal weekend with friends who live there. I can truly attest that Central BBQ is the absolute best BBQ, I have every tasted. I also enjoyed Gus' World Famous Fried Chicken. Memphis has truly mastered the art of authentic southern cooking. I will be pinning this recipe to recreate their BBQ pull pork nachos. I absolutely enjoyed it.
Tiffany Skidmore
Glad to hear that you had fun in Memphis, Kimberly! I am also familiar with Gus's fried chicken! That stuff is AMAZING!
Dionne Dean
Love and LOVE! I may actually try to make this for the Super Bowl. We usually make the nacho dip with beans, guac, cheese and sour cream, but this may be a great alternative. Thank you!!
Tiffany Skidmore
I hope you give it a try, Dionne!
Artney @ My Pretty Brown Blog
I love Memphis and all of their good eats! The nachos look delicious! Perfect for game day snacking!
Tiffany Skidmore
Thanks so much, Artney!
Sarah
Those look awesome. I especially love that the meat is cooked in a crockpot. That's a deal-maker for me!
Tiffany Skidmore
Sarah, cooking the meat in the crockpot is a huge plus! 🙂
Ricci
WOW!! These BBQ Nachos look amazing!! I'm coming to Memphis next month (I'm near Little Rock AR) and I can't wait to get down on some BBQ!!!
Tiffany Skidmore
Thanks so much, Ricci! Have fun in Memphis!!
sarah
Looks absolutely delicious! Great photography! We love BBQ, especially living in the South we get some good recipes! I know my husband would loves these nachos! I've pinned it to try later.
Tiffany Skidmore
Thanks so much, Sarah!
Erica @ Girl, Organized
My fiance and I are huge fans of nachos of any kind! These look delicious and definitely something we will be tying soon!
Tiffany Skidmore
I hope you both love them as much as we do! 🙂
Denis
How much liquid smoke do you use? Just enough to coat it? Or to cover it?