Pappy's Smokehouse: The St. Louis BBQ Tradition in Missouri | John Matthews

St. Louis is a BBQ town. Outside of St. Louis, what we know as "St. Louis Barbeque", is a pork spare rib cut where the ends of the ribs are trimmed so they're all the same length. However, within St. Louis, BBQ is much more than just a cut of pork.  We take a deep dive into the St. Louis BBQ Tradition with owner and operator of Pappy's Smokehouse, John Matthews. Pappy's Smokehouse was started over 9 years ago and now has multiple locations and lines out the door. What started as John, his business partner and 3 employees, has now grown into a 50-plus person operation. We speak with John about how he started, how he hires, markets and much more on the latest episode of Small Business War Stories.