By Rickey Brown

Anyone who has ever traveled to West Tennessee and stopped in by Brownsville has probably smelled the BBQ and likely visited the famous Helen’s Bar B Q! She closed and her last day was August 21, 2024

Helen Turner, as she is best known, announced she is closing and added that she is going to take time for a rest.. Helen said “I love all my customers and people I’ve met from all over the United States and even people from other countries have visited us.”

I will miss everyone and thank God for allowing me to be in business all these years serving people.” She was the only female pit-master cook in the United States. She has been featured on WBBJ TV’s and is known as the “Queen of Bar B Q” and also featured in the National Food channel.

She was recognized her closing day by hundreds of loyal customers along with state and local government officials paying tribute to her years of being in business.