Jane Ammeson Times Correspondent

“In 1975, about ½ mile north of Sunset Boulevard on Doheny Drive in West Hollywood, California, a stocky Texan who looked a bit like Orson Welles smoked meat, producing faint bluish plumes with the sweetest smell. I can't remember what particular cuts of meat my father, Hugh Mangum III, used to smoke, but I do remember that smell. It was my introduction to the world of barbecue.”

Though barbecue permeated his life, Hugh Mangum’s first career choice was to be a musician. But cooking with fire came to the rescue when the housing crisis hit in 2009 and the family lost almost everything, including jobs. Going back to his roots, Mangum, who had never lost interest in craft, and his wife, Laura, became vendors at Smorgasburg, a new food-only market in New York

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