Across America, the pure love and popularity of barbecue cookery have gone through the roof. And people aren’t just eating it; they’re also reading books and articles and watching TV shows about it. But why is it, asks Adrian Miller—admitted ’cuehead and longtime certified barbecue judge—that in today’s barbecue culture African Americans don’t get much love? Miller celebrates and restores the faces and stories of the men and women who have influenced this American cuisine.
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