After his mom passed away due to COVID-19 in 2020, Joe Martinez decided to leave the corporate world and chase a dream. An El Pasoan who knew how to gather friends and family with his barbecue skills, ...

When Joe Yuchinski opened Smokin Joe’s of Texas barbecue restaurant in 2010, he did it as an operation rooted in family, fun and keeping his patrons well fed. His mother Sandy can be found taking ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City metro barbecue restaurant announced Tuesday its plans to close. Smokin’ Joe’s BBQ, 519 East Santa Fe Street in Olathe, shared the decision in a Facebook post. Rhonda ...

Lakeway/Smokin’ Joe’s BBQ, the Alcoa-based entry fresh off Friday morning’s upset in the 46th Smoky Mountain Classic, had “every opportunity” to make this year’s tournament the best showing in a long, ...

Update: Read more about fans mourning the loss of Smokin’ Joe’s in this story. Olathe’s Smokin’ Joe’s Bar-B-Q is closing after 32 years of operations. On the restaurant’s Facebook page, owner Rhonda ...

Smokin’ Joe’s Bar-B-Q & Catering has been a mainstay in Olathe for more than 30 years. The restaurant opened at 519 E. Santa Fe St. in 1989. But on Tuesday, owner Rhonda Lorenz posted a notice on the ...

When Tim Gibbons started work on his restaurant in west Redding, he wasn’t sure what he had gotten himself into. But the more he worked gutting and redeveloping the space at the Sunset Marketplace ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OLATHE, Kan. — Court documents reveal more ...

The entire world has been waiting for a little girl to get her french fries for more than a week. On Feb. 26, Somer Williams, co-owner and operator of the Noble Smokin’ Joe’s BBQ in Noble, Oklahoma ...

The best barbecue cooks in the country swore by the Oklahoma Joe's smokers. In 1998, 10 years after that first big sell at the state fair, Oklahoma Joe's had more than 150 employees building more than ...