, kicking off a barbecue food fight over how the family name can legally be used. It isn’t the first time though that Texans have fought over their barbecue businesses.barbecue editor Daniel Vaughn, who reviews smoked-meat restaurants all over the Lone Star State. Barbecue joints, he points out, are often run by families, not corporations.
This family photo of the Mikeska family, taken in the 1930s, shows the six boys and three girls raised by John and Francis Mikeska in Taylor, Texas. Many of the family members worked at meat markets or butcher shops or started barbecue businesses in Texas. The Mikeskas are an example of a barbecue family in Texas that doesn't fight over restaurant ownership, confirms grandson Tim Mikeska, who is also in the meat business.
Tim Mikeska explains in simple terms why his family has never fractured over business: “Because we all love each other,” he says.Vaughn thinks their first-name, last-name tactic is a smart way to differentiate barbecue brands within the same family.
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