BBQ AS BUSINESS with AMY MILLS on BBQ RADIO NETWORK

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Amy Mills is considered a complete authority on barbecue and the
business that surrounds it.  She’s a featured judge on
various barbecue shows such as Food Network’s BBQ Brawl,
Firemasters, CHOPPED, Best in Smoke,
Kingsford Invitational, and Smoked, as well as
co-star of the Mills Family’s own digital series,Peace, Love,
and Barbecue.


Co-authored with her dad, BBQ Hall of Famer Mike Mills,
affectionately known as “The Legend” in the world of barbecue,
her cookbook Peace, Love, and Barbecue is considered a classic in
the genre, was nominated for a James Beard Foundation award, and
won the National Barbecue Association Award of Excellence. Their
second book, Praise the Lard, was published in May 2017. 


17th Street Barbecue is headquartered in Murphysboro,
Illinois, with an outpost in the neighboring town of Marion.
Influenced by her business, Murphysboro was proclaimed the
“Barbecue Capital of Illinois” by the State Legislature in 2014.
The Factory at 17th Street, their barbecue sauce
co-packing facility launched in 2021. 


In the late Mike Mills’ own words, “Life’s too short for a
half-rack.”


Andy is going to get into doing MacNCheese in the smoker.


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