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Meathead’s BBQ Is Now Serving Up Tasty Southern Barbecue
Story and Photos by Melanie Kopacz
The newly opened Meathead’s BBQ is serving up tasty backyard barbecue straight from the smoker to your plate. What started as a way to raise money for his kids’ school fundraisers soon evolved into a catering business, turned thriving food truck, serving up savory southern barbecue creations to scores of people craving tender meats. Now, those meat lovers can curb their taste buds with beef brisket, pulled pork, ribs, sausage and more at a stationary location. Meathead’s BBQ pit master and owner Marcel Hicks, along with his wife Shay and their daughters, are ready to take your order at their
newly opened and much-anticipated Royal Palm Beach restaurant. “I want it to have a backyard barbecue feel, like Texas, Louisiana, North Carolina or Georgia,” Marcel Hicks said. The corner spot is already drawing a fast and steady business in its opening weeks. It sits just a few doors down from Publix in the Crossroads shopping center at the northeast corner of Royal Palm Beach and Okeechobee boulevards. The scent of the smokehouse leads you there.
Meathead’s BBQ has the ambiance of eating in a friend’s backyard, as picnic tables topped with the company logo are within feet of the counter, and customers, workers and the owners share friendly chat. “People ask me about the process, so I show them,” Hicks said. “Their smiling faces make me want to do it.” Hicks has been making people smile with his grilling since he was a child and experimenting with different rubs. That’s when the South Florida native earned the nickname “Meathead.” And he’s proud to show people his craft.
(Below) The sampler platter with tender brisket, smoked sausage, chicken, pulled pork and the Meathead’s BBQ signature sweet sauce. (Inset) The logo can be found on the windows, as well as the inside picnic tables.
wellington the magazine | july 2019
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