Cover; Copyright; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; "JUST FIRE AND HICKORY, BRICK AND SMOKE. DON'T SPICE UP NOTHIN',"; "I WANNA COOK CHICKEN JUST LIKE MY DADDY."; "ELVIS ATE HERE."; "MOM WAS DEFINITELY THE BUSINESS SIDE. DAD WOULD HAVE BEEN HAPPY MAKING GREAT BARBECUE AND GOING BROKE,"; "IF LOSING YOUR CUSTOMERS AND MOST OF YOUR MONEY DOESN'T SHAKE YOUR FAITH, THEN NOTHING WILL,"; "HE ONLY MADE TWO GOOD DECISIONS HIS WHOLE LIFE,"; "I AM THIS PLACE. AND THIS PLACE IS ME,"

"I DIDN'T NEED TO THINK TWICE ABOUT WHAT TO DO WHEN THE DOCTOR TOLD ME I COULDN'T BE A DIESEL MECHANIC ANYMORE,""I JUST HAD TO RE-OPEN THIS PLACE. THE RIGHT WAY,"; "TRUCKERS PUT US ON THE MAP."; "I HAD A PERFECT RECORD."; "I STARTED OUT IN THE MAIL ROOM,"; "I NEVER HAD BARBECUE BEFORE."; "I THOUGHT I COULD RUN A BARBECUE JOINT PART TIME,"; "KNOW THE LORD FIRST. PUT YOUR TRUST IN HIM."; "I GOT FIRED MY FIRST DAY."; "YOU CAN TELL A LOT ABOUT A PERSON BY SITTING ACROSS A TABLE AND LOOKING INTO THEIR EYES,"; "MY BARBECUE IS SO GOOD, IT'LL MAKE A FREIGHT TRAIN STOP RIGHT IN ITS TRACKS."

"HAVEN'T HAD ONE FIGHT SINCE WE BECAME A BARBECUE JOINT,""THIS PLACE SHOULD HAVE BEEN CALLED THE SHIMMY SHACK,"; "THE BOSS SAID THAT HE'D BE BACK IN TWO WEEKS,"; "THIS IS OVER. I WANT YOU TO PLAY FOR ME."; "I CAN SEE YOU'RE PRETTY, I'LL JUST HAVE TO FIND OUT ABOUT HONEST AND DEPENDABLE."; JACK EASLEY MAY HAVE LEFT TEACHING, BUT HE NEVER QUIT BEING A TEACHER.; "IT'S NOW OR NEVER,"; "HIGHWAY 90 IS NOT THE DANKEN TRAIL."; "GRANDMA HAD THE DEACON'S FAMILY OVER FOR DINNER EVERY SUNDAY,"; "YOU MUST BE LOOKING FOR THE RESTAURANT. JUST GO THROUGH THAT DOOR."

"ABE'S IS INDEED LOCATED ON HALLOWED GROUND.""IF YOU CAN MANAGE A 4 MILLION BUDGET, YOU CAN SURE MANAGE THIS."; "A LIGHT BULB WENT OFF."; "I'VE ALWAYS LOVED THE BLUES AND BARBECUE,"; "I'M THROWED IN THE RIVER, I GOTTA SWIM."; THE JOINT AND ITS OWNERS DIDN'T FORGET WHERE THEY CAME FROM.; "MODELING OR BARBECUE?"; "ALWAYS HAD AT LEAST TWO JOBS, SOMETIMES THREE, AMONG THEM WORKING AT A BARBECUE JOINT,"; "I WANNA DANCE WITH MY SHORT SUGAR!"; "THIS IS NOT A JOB. IT'S A WAY OF LIFE."; "THE MAN AT THE EMPLOYMENT OFFICE HAD TWO JOB OFFERS,"

"LIFE'S TOO SHORT TO BE UNHAPPY. DO WHAT WILL MAKE YOU HAPPY.""YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE IT. YOU'RE NOT LAZY."; "MY DAD WAS A CHARACTER."; "WHEN YOU GET YOUR OWN PLACE, DO IT YOUR WAY, BUT YOU'RE AT MINE."; "IF YOU GOTTA MAKE A LIVING DOING SOMETHING, I RECKON I'VE HAD A PRETTY GOOD GO OF IT,"; "WE'RE LIKE TRAVELING BACK TO AN EARLIER TIME."; "WE HAVE SEATING TO ACCOMMODATE 10,000,"; "ISN'T GOD FUNNY?"; "SON, YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO."; "GRANDPA WAS A CANTANKEROUS OLD MAN,"; "I CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY THIS,"; "THIS STARTED OUT AS SOMETHING TO DO BETWEEN GETTING LAID OFF,"; "DON'T WORRY GIRL. I'LL BE HERE."

"I'M A BULLSHITTER,"