Compliments like that can't be ignored. He sat down with his wife
and said not only had barbecue become his passion, but he now
believed he could make a good living selling it. She quickly and
readily agreed.
A barbecue business had been born.
After searching for a trailer that could be converted into a food
truck and scouting for locations that had adequate parking, plumb-
ing, and power, they settled on a spot just off Maricamp Road. Patrice
has a Ph.D in health policy research and the couple also has four chil-
dren, all boys. Rashad was more or less on his own when he opened
for business in 2014.
Opening up a barbecue food truck isn't as easy as it sounds. Jones's
goal from the beginning was to serve the best barbecue in all of
