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    The Shoe Fits

    Apr 27, 2021 5 minutes
    —G.M.
    Photography by Kevin A. Roberts

    JEFF FITTER WORKED the competition barbecue circuit for years with Super Smokers founder Terry Black before buying the remaining Eureka location from him in 2016. A fully equipped food truck now turns out barbecue and Cajun fare at private catering gigs and in Affton at 9 Mile Garden. Undeterred by the pandemic, the indefatigable entrepreneur doubled down by opening a second brick-and-mortar less than a block away.

    What was the first item that you barbecued? Ribs. I overcooked them so badly, they were inedible, which is hard to do. I cooked them to the point that they were crenulated—make that petrified. Needless to say, we had to order pizza.

    I started my own team, Phatso’s, but also worked on Terry Black’s Super Smokers team. Phatso’s did three competitions

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