Smokey John’s has been serving barbecue in Dallas, Texas, since 1976. It was already losing money when a devastating fire destroyed the entire restaurant in 2017. So, brothers Brent and Juan Reaves had to rebuild it from scratch. Their bet paid off. Today, Smokey John’s makes nearly $4 million in annual revenue and goes through
17th Street was well known throughout the barbecue community, primarily due to its owner and pit master, Mike Mills, a mainstay of the Illinois barbecue scene. Following his death in 2020, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker posted his condolences and his obituary said Mills was the “only griller with maximum security clearance to board Air Force
