That was a long time before he started Smoke Shack BBQ + Southern Kitchen as a food trailer in San Antonio with his wife Kate Conger, a business that evolved in 2014 into a brick-and-mortar barbecue joint on Broadway across from the Witte Museum.
Smoke Shack Meat Market sits next toSmoke Shack BBQ + Southern Kitchen on Broadway. It’s owned by Chris and Kate Conger.Surprisingly, sandwiches at the Meat Market aren’t using much meat from the barbecue operation, just smoked turkey on a few and pulled pork on two rotating specials. There’s a reason for that, Chris Conger said.
“The sandwiches are still ingrained in the back of my head,” he said. “So maybe the barbecue stemmed from there in the first place.”Chuck Blount’s Top 10 San Antonio barbecue joints