In 1948, Charlie Vergos cleaned out a basement below his diner, discovered a coal chute, and started a legend.
The coal chute gave him a vent for his considerable talent over a grill, and allowed him to expand from ham-and-cheese sandwiches to ribs.Today, several thousand people on an average Saturday night pour into our basement and sink their teeth into a slab of what makes Memphis, well, Memphis.
1948 was a big year in the explosion of BBQA word that means many things to many people, but generally it is the art and alchemy of cooking in the... across the nation. Take a look at the recipes that made the BBQ movement spread world wide while making fingers sticky along the way.
