Smoke Daddy’s opens in Lansdale

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Smoke Daddy’s Home Grown Barbecue, 321 W. Main St., Lansdale, is open Thursday, 4 to 8; Friday, 11 to 9; Saturday, 11 to 9 and Sunday, 11 to 8. (Image courtesy The Reporter)

Michael Wister’s barbecue journey is 800 miles long, and for those who may be unfamiliar with the details that brought the former financial analyst full circle, they’re printed right there on the menu, cutting to the bone: “Barbecue born in Harleysville, raised in Lansdale, educated in Georgia, returned to Lansdale … grown, mature and ready to fill your belly.”

Customers have plenty of time for reading and catching up with Wister at the 64-seat restaurant while perusing an expanded menu befitting the first Smoke Daddy’s that’s not on wheels, writes Gary Puleo for The Reporter. 


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The something-for-everyone menu includes salads, chili, even a roasted veggie sandwich — “I make robust food, and it’s the kind of sandwich you can eat and be satisfied with,” Wister allowed — and enough meaty offerings, whether it’s hog or cow, for the barbecue purist.

Wister avidly relished sharing some of the artisanal aspects of the craft that has brought him award-winning acclaim — he won the 2008 Garry Maddox BBQ Challenge — while guarding the slimmest notion of grilling “secrets.”

 

Wister’s passion for the beloved American cuisine was ignited when he bought an inexpensive smoker at Walmart back in 2001 when he was living in Harleysville and began fancying himself a pitmaster hobbyist who enjoyed cooking for family and friends.

Frowning as he recalled his early smoking efforts, Wister said he quickly learned the tricks to turning out “tender and delicious” barbecue on the way to becoming a bona fide “Smoke Daddy.”

Smoke Daddy’s Home Grown Barbecue, 321 W. Main St., Lansdale, is open Thursday, 4 to 8 p.m.; Friday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Order online at smokedaddysbarbecue.com.

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