Six Savage Fries. All of them start with the same hand-cut, beef tallow base. All of them come with Day One Dust. All of them are named after something that tells you exactly what you are getting into. Here is every one of them, ranked by someone who has eaten all of them more times than he would like to admit publicly.
Note: there is no bad option on this list. This is a ranking among great things. That said, some great things are greater than other great things.
Every Savage Fry starts with the same base: hand-cut Russet potatoes, double fried in beef tallow, seasoned to order. What goes on top changes. What is underneath never does. That matters more than most people realize.
The Ranking
Tender smoked beef brisket, crispy bacon, green onions, cheddar and Monterey Jack, an onion ring, BBQ drizzle, and honey gold sauce. The one reviewers call "addictive." The one someone described as "a loaded baked potato with extras" after they added ranch. The one Nashville Scene highlighted by name.
It tastes like Tennessee decided to make a fry dish and took it personally. The brisket is actually smoked. The honey gold is actually doing something. The fries somehow stay crispy under all of it, which should not be possible and yet consistently is.
Best for: anyone. First timers, repeat visitors, people who said they were just getting a small snack.
Nashville-hot-seasoned chicken tenders, shredded cheese, pickles, lettuce, spicy ranch, and Nashville hot drizzle. The one that was called "the star of the night" at a wedding reception on The Knot. The one that made a bride's wedding review specifically mention the hot fries over the flowers and the venue.
The heat is real but it is not performative. It builds. The pickles are doing the right thing. The spicy ranch is pulling the whole thing together. If you are from Nashville and have opinions about hot chicken, this is the fry that respects those opinions.
Best for: heat lovers, hot chicken loyalists, anyone who wants to see what this truck is actually about.
Angus steak, sauteed peppers and onions, nacho cheese, white American cheese, and the Fye Fye spicy ranch drizzle. One reviewer ordered this one along with the brisket and the Nashville hot and noted it as a favorite alongside the wings. Two cheese situation on a bed of beef tallow fries. There is nothing wrong with that sentence.
This is the one for people who look at the menu and immediately go "Philly." You know who you are. You are correct.
Best for: cheese maximalists, people who feel strongly about Philly-style anything, and anyone doing a group order who needs to guarantee everyone is happy.
Chicken (fried or grilled, your call), crispy bacon, cheddar and jack cheese, buttermilk ranch, and spicy ranch drizzle. The crowd-pleaser. The one that nobody argues with. The reason it is fourth and not first is purely because the brisket and the hot chicken have stronger personalities. The C.B.R. is reliably excellent, consistently satisfying, and the right answer any time someone in your group is not sure what they want.
The "fried or grilled" choice matters. Get it fried the first time. Branch out after that.
Best for: first-time group orders, people who know what they like and are right about it, feeding someone who claims not to have strong food opinions.
Grilled chicken, black beans, sauteed peppers and onions, cheddar-jack cheese, shredded lettuce, pico de gallo, and taco and spicy ranch drizzle. The freshest tasting one on the list. The pico cuts through everything. The beans add weight without making it feel heavy. This is fifth not because it is lesser but because it is doing something different from the rest of the menu, which makes it harder to compare directly.
Order this when you want something that still hits like a Savage Fry but feels a little lighter than the brisket situation.
Best for: anyone who wants a full meal in one basket, warm weather orders, people who like their food to have some green in it without being smug about it.
Meatless crumbles, black beans, spinach, sauteed peppers and onions, vegan cheese, and Za Za drizzle (spicy vegan ranch). Sixth by default because this is a fry spot built on brisket and hot chicken and this is the vegan option. But here is what actually matters: it is good. Not "good for a vegan option." Actually good. The Za Za drizzle is doing real work. The crumbles hold up. The base fries are still the same beef tallow fries as everything else.
Wait. The base fries are cooked in beef tallow. If you are vegan, know that. If you are vegetarian and okay with it, proceed enthusiastically.
Best for: vegetarians, people reducing meat who still want a full experience, anyone who needs to prove a point about plant-based food being capable of flavor.
For Your Event
Every single one of these is available when you book the food truck for your Nashville event. Corporate lunch in Brentwood, wedding reception in Franklin, rooftop party in The Gulch, birthday in Germantown -- the Savage Fries travel. The beef tallow fries travel. The Day One Dust definitely travels.
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