Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Screemshot/Instagram The trademark was the subject of plenty of online discussion surrounding “Unc” and the catchphrase that he ...

Walter “Unc” Johnson, the man who went viral in 2025 all in the name of “tendernism,” is going solo. Despite the viral success and business he brought to Destination Smokehouse, he was let go for ...

*Walter Johnson Sr. — the man the internet affectionately calls “Unc” — is proving that you can’t keep a good pitmaster down. On Monday, the viral BBQ sensation celebrated his triumphant resurgence by ...

Walter "Mr. Tendernism" Johnson is proud to announce himself as the official owner of the "Tendernism" trademark. Walter Johnson, widely known on social media as “Mr. Tendernism” on social media, has ...

Ashestruts out of Ruby’s Southern Comfort Kitchen to meet a throng of adoring fans, Walter Johnson hit a little two-step while the crowd chanted “Unc!” Mr. Tendernism is in town. At his latest stop on ...

The California pitmaster, lovingly known as ‘Unc’ on social media, went viral in 2025, leading people to believe he owned the restaurant where he worked. Walter “Unc” Johnson, the man who went viral ...

Less than one day after going public with his intentions to take “tendernism” worldwide, Walter Johnson officially has the one thing many thought was deserved to him from the jump: the trademark for ...