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00:00:01One year busting my ass with my cousin Jimmy on this pit, 300 grand net, and that greedy son of
00:00:07a bitch only cut me 10 grand.
00:00:09John, move your ass. Lines backed up clear to the road. You blind or something?
00:00:14Jimmy, we'll plunt out of that 16-mice pepper. Go grab some from the back, would you?
00:00:19Fuck that goddamn pepper. That shit ain't free. Just keep him on the smoker.
00:00:22No pepper in the bark's fucked. One fucking bite and they'll call us out.
00:00:26Shut your damn mouth. My truck, my rules.
00:00:30Coffee and brown sugar caramelizes fast, gives a killer bark, nice dark mahogany color.
00:00:37Ain't got no heat, though.
00:00:42Goddamn! Now that's real Texas barbecue!
00:00:48Holy shit, brother! How the hell'd you pull that off?
00:00:51Still 140 short for mama's surgery. Today's the day that prick promised the script.
00:00:57Y'all smoke some serious meat.
00:01:00Here's my card. Let's talk real business.
00:01:02You got it, sir. I'll be in touch.
00:01:07Jimmy, today's payout day.
00:01:09Like we agreed.
00:01:10The fuck you hounded me for, man?
00:01:13There. Take it.
00:01:27There. That'll keep you in pussy and beer for a couple weeks.
00:01:31Ten fucking thousand? Not enough for you? Listen there, you ungrateful prick. You stood here flipping meat. This was my
00:01:37idea, my truck, my goddamn money that built all this. I ain't even taking the rub costs out of your
00:01:41cut yet.
00:01:42Jimmy, we had a deal 50-50. 300 grand net this year. I earned 150 of that.
00:01:4650-50? Fuck you and your mama. Who the hell you think you are, you little bastard demand in half?
00:01:51Don't you forget, when you came crawling home from the service with your tail between your legs, who gave your
00:01:55sorry ass a job? Me, you dumb fuck. Without me, you wouldn't have made!
00:02:01That cancer-ridden mama of yours never taught you the word gratitude?
00:02:06Do it! Hit me, motherfucker! You touch me and you rot in a cell while your mama dies broke in
00:02:12county.
00:02:13Get the fuck out of my face, you worthless deadweight. You're nothing. A nobody. A waste of skin!
00:02:19Take your pathetic ten grand and get your ass back on that pit. One more word and you get zero.
00:02:23Nothing.
00:02:42No money, no drinks, asshole! Go sleep at the damn shelter.
00:02:50Listen there. You got a gift, brother. I've eaten at every pit from here to Austin. Nobody puts out meat
00:02:55that tastes like yours.
00:02:56Keep working for somebody else and you'll stay a nobody. Run with me. I front the truck, I front the
00:03:00money, you run the smoker.
00:03:0150-50, partner's blood.
00:03:03You swear?
00:03:04We're blood, man. Real family don't bullshit each other.
00:03:07Your mama's sick, they're wiped out. Your old man just got laid off. Send him my way. I'll give him
00:03:13light work, put him on the payroll.
00:03:15Yeah.
00:03:17I'm in.
00:03:20Money hits his pocket, and the real Jimmy shows his face.
00:03:28Mark my words, Jimmy.
00:03:30You're gonna learn just what I'm worth.
00:03:41Here's the cheapest one I got, 25 grand.
00:03:43Ain't much to look at, but she'll run.
00:03:4825,000. Between fixes, permits, and product, I'm talking another 15 easy.
00:03:53Damn right. But if I was in your boots, I'd walk into that bank and lay it on the line.
00:03:58A man with hands like yours, they might just roll the dice on you.
00:04:02Any way you can knock that number down?
00:04:0425 is rock bottom, son. Anything less, and I'm partner out for scrap.
00:04:10Cash is tight. Could we do payments?
00:04:14Payments? What the hell are you fixing to do with her?
00:04:16Run my own rig.
00:04:18Hold up. You're that John. The one who used to run the pits for Jimmy, ain't you?
00:04:22You've heard of me?
00:04:24Every pit master in this town knows Jimmy's truck.
00:04:27Lines used to wrap two damn blocks.
00:04:30Word is, he kept you on a choke chain.
00:04:32And now you're fixing to break out on your own?
00:04:35You go head to head with Jimmy.
00:04:38You really think he's gonna let you breathe?
00:04:47Tell you what, you're dead set on Biner. I'll go have a word with the boss.
00:04:50Might be able to shave a few grand off.
00:04:54Payments, though. That ain't my call, son.
00:04:58For real? I appreciate it, George.
00:05:01Don't go thanking me yet. Ain't a done deal.
00:05:04Guts are good, kid, but you best think long and hard.
00:05:07Or Jimmy ain't the kind of prick who sits on his hands while you take his business.
00:05:14It's settled.
00:05:18Money's tight.
00:05:20Gotta start small, stay local, sell close to home.
00:05:23Long as I got these hands and my recipes, the money will follow.
00:05:28I give your sorry ass a job out of the goodness of my heart, and this is how you thank
00:05:31me?
00:05:32You're a goddamn anchor.
00:05:34You call this work?
00:05:35Fuck! Your feet nailed to the floor, you worthless old hag!
00:05:43Sorry. Sorry.
00:05:45Sorry don't mean shit.
00:05:46Weren't you spreading them for half the town back in the day?
00:05:49Look at you now, fucking worthless.
00:05:51Only reason you're still breathing my air is John.
00:05:54Otherwise, I'd have tossed your ass to the curb years ago.
00:05:59Jimmy, she's old and sick.
00:06:02Would it kill you to talk to her like a human being?
00:06:04Oh, now you got balls? Then work harder, motherfucker.
00:06:07One man dragging two useless leechers and still taking three cuts of my money?
00:06:11You think I run a fucking soup kitchen?
00:06:13Let it go, John.
00:06:15Just swallow it.
00:06:16Rent and them hospital bills are crushing us.
00:06:18We can't afford to cross him.
00:06:22Mom, I got this.
00:06:24You rest. I'll handle it.
00:06:28Vacation's canceled.
00:06:29Mr. James' new joint opens next week.
00:06:32For the grand opening, you drag your ass back tomorrow.
00:06:35And starting now, you're smoking an extra 200 pounds of prime brisket from every goddamn day.
00:06:55Mom, I told you to stay in bed.
00:06:59I'm fine, John. Honest.
00:07:01Mom.
00:07:05John, two years.
00:07:08Every damn shift I could get, I worked.
00:07:10It's yours.
00:07:12I know exactly what kind of crack Jimmy is.
00:07:15Couldn't do a damn thing about it, and it's been eating me alive.
00:07:18But you, you've always had it in you, John.
00:07:21Always knew you'd rise.
00:07:25I will, Mom.
00:07:26Just seeing you free is enough, John.
00:07:29That's all I ever wanted.
00:07:32I ain't gonna be here forever, John.
00:07:35Doctors didn't sugarcoat it.
00:07:37Take the money and do what you gotta do.
00:07:40Don't wait on me.
00:07:41Here, Mom.
00:07:42Medicine first.
00:07:43Then we talk.
00:07:50Dad.
00:07:51Mom.
00:07:52Amy.
00:07:56I'm done with Jimmy.
00:07:58He's been grinding us into the dirt.
00:08:00I ain't taking it no more.
00:08:01But he gave you the job.
00:08:03Swore it'd be 50-50.
00:08:05Ten grand.
00:08:07That's all he gave me.
00:08:09Ten thousand?
00:08:11Out of three hundred?
00:08:12That greedy son of a bitch!
00:08:16Mine's made up.
00:08:17I'm buying my own rig and going independent.
00:08:24Mom's eight grand brings us to 24.
00:08:26Still short.
00:08:29But I got the hands for it.
00:08:31Barbecues in my blood.
00:08:32One rig, that's all we need.
00:08:34This is how we climb out.
00:08:36Ford gave it to me after 20 years.
00:08:38This here's all that's left.
00:08:40Ain't worth a damn, but it's yours now, son.
00:08:46John, this is every last thing I got.
00:08:49I'm with you.
00:08:51Don't you worry about my medicine.
00:08:53I'll figure it out.
00:08:57I'm gonna make this right.
00:08:59All of it.
00:09:03We carry it together.
00:09:05Don't you forget that?
00:09:08Puts us just over 30 grand.
00:09:10Still shy of 40.
00:09:12You're staring that rig like it's a bottomless hole.
00:09:14Forget who the hell's standing in front of you.
00:09:16I built Ford engines for 20 damn years.
00:09:19Do you really think patching up one old smoker's gonna beat me?
00:09:32Tomorrow you take me to go look at it.
00:09:42John, the salvage yard's a hell of a lot cheaper than George's lot in town.
00:09:47Smarter play for where we're at.
00:09:48The price ain't everything.
00:09:50Engine's toast or the kitchen's rotted out.
00:09:52You're dead on the side of the road.
00:09:58Totaled.
00:09:59Walk away.
00:10:04Frames eaten up bad, especially the axle pass.
00:10:19John, check this rig out.
00:10:22The kitchen's solid.
00:10:24No gut job required.
00:10:26Best bones we've seen all day.
00:10:28Engine's clean.
00:10:29Dad crawled under every rig in this yard for three hours.
00:10:32This is the only one that got his nod.
00:10:3719 grand.
00:10:39Firm.
00:10:39No negotiation, son.
00:10:42She's mine.
00:10:49John, we're firing up for Mr. James's big order this afternoon.
00:10:53Cancel your damn days off and get your ass back here to prep.
00:10:57I'm done not coming back.
00:10:58The fuck does that mean?
00:11:00You getting cocky on me now, you little shit?
00:11:03Hold on.
00:11:05Jimmy, it's Robert.
00:11:07Boy's off learning some new smoking techniques.
00:11:09With the hands he's got, he'll catch right up even if he's a few days late.
00:11:14Johnny, keep it quiet for now.
00:11:16No need to show our full hand yet.
00:11:21That motherfucker actually hung up on me?
00:11:24Screw it.
00:11:25Whatever fancy shit John learns, he'll still be back making money from me.
00:11:29Daddy, that John you mentioned, you mean the barbecue John?
00:11:33You've heard of him?
00:11:34Who hasn't?
00:11:36Line goes around the damn block.
00:11:37Please.
00:11:38Put any warm body behind my $100,000 smoker,
00:11:41and they'd still print money.
00:11:42Come here.
00:11:53Mom!
00:11:54Ailey!
00:11:55I got my own rig!
00:11:56For real?
00:11:57How much?
00:11:5819 grand.
00:12:00Dad picked her.
00:12:01Said she's got good bones under the rust.
00:12:03Little work and she'll run.
00:12:09You took the first real step.
00:12:11Yeah.
00:12:12Fix her up.
00:12:13Get the permits.
00:12:14Fire up the smoker.
00:12:15One week and every dollar we pull in belongs to us.
00:12:23Jimmy, that prime brisket order I placed here better not be any problems.
00:12:30This is a major goddamn account.
00:12:33Absolutely, Mr. James, sir.
00:12:38Top shelf bark and smoke ring.
00:12:41Guaranteed.
00:12:42You say how many pounds it's done.
00:12:45Word is you got a real ace back there.
00:12:47Kid named...
00:12:49John?
00:12:51Damn, Mr. James, you really do hear everything.
00:12:56Yeah, that little bastard can flat out cook.
00:12:58With John on the smoker, your brisket's money in the bank.
00:13:05I'll get him on the line right now.
00:13:07Business license, health permit, everything's filed.
00:13:10Tomorrow I pick up the paperwork and we're legal.
00:13:13Soon as this rig's breathing right, we'll fire a test batch down the road.
00:13:20Yeah?
00:13:22You finished playing school yet?
00:13:24Mr. James is riding my ass.
00:13:27Two more days, that's it.
00:13:29You ain't here Tuesday.
00:13:31Don't fucking bother showing up again.
00:13:34We clear?
00:13:35Understood.
00:13:40You heard him, Mr. James.
00:13:42Meat's handled.
00:13:43No issues whatsoever.
00:13:46If it's not on my dock before we open, you know exactly what happens.
00:13:52You can count on it, sir.
00:13:54Contract signed.
00:13:55It'll be perfect.
00:14:06Jimmy, John wouldn't have run off, would he?
00:14:09John?
00:14:09That little prick run?
00:14:11Hell no.
00:14:11His dying mom is still waiting on him to cough up surgery money.
00:14:17Besides, the whole damn town knows a smoker is my territory.
00:14:21Who the fuck's stupid enough to hire him?
00:14:26Bro, I heard he's been heading into the city a lot lately.
00:14:29What if-
00:14:30What if what?
00:14:30A fucking door slam on that empty skull of yours?
00:14:40Relax, Mikey.
00:14:41I got that little bastard locked down tighter than a cheap smoker lid.
00:14:45His folks are still slabbing away from me.
00:14:48Where the hell's he gonna run?
00:14:51You're the man.
00:14:52Once me and Mr. James close this deal and stack another 300k, I'll buy you a big rig too.
00:14:58We'll run John's ass in shifts on both trucks like the own bitch he is.
00:15:02Hell yeah.
00:15:03Hey, Jimmy.
00:15:05Let me borrow the Cadillac.
00:15:18Dad was the best damn mechanic back in the day.
00:15:21Never had his own rig to call the shots though.
00:15:25Dad, remember when I was a kid?
00:15:28I'd just stand there and watch you work.
00:15:30You always got me a chocolate after.
00:15:33Sure as hell do.
00:15:34Back then you thought your own shit was chocolate.
00:15:38But this time the real chocolate is right here under the hood.
00:15:44Dad, I've made up my mind.
00:15:46Tomorrow I'm tracking down William.
00:15:48We serve together.
00:15:49He's solid, works hard, don't run his mouth.
00:15:53As long as you know what you're doing, son.
00:16:05John, the hell you dragged me out here for?
00:16:07Whose rig is this, man?
00:16:09It's mine now.
00:16:10I'm done with Jimmy.
00:16:12You in?
00:16:13You bought your own damn truck?
00:16:15John, you...
00:16:15Yes or not.
00:16:17Contract's ready.
00:16:17We scale up, you get your own rig.
00:16:19Hell yeah, I'm in.
00:16:20But talk straight to me.
00:16:22How sure are you?
00:16:24100%.
00:16:24You've tasted my bark and smoke ring.
00:16:28Damn right I have.
00:16:29Let's fucking cook.
00:16:38Who the fuck is this?
00:16:40Boss, we got trouble.
00:16:42Some beat-a-shit food truck just showed up outside John's place.
00:16:44Too dark to make out details.
00:16:46He ain't going rogue on us, is he?
00:17:03Go on, son.
00:17:04You're my pride and joy.
00:17:07I'll make it right for you.
00:17:09I just need you breathing when you come home.
00:17:11Dad, Mom, I already texted Jimmy I'm out.
00:17:15Don't go back to his truck.
00:17:16I don't want him taking it out on you.
00:17:17He still owes us this month's pay.
00:17:19We know exactly who he is.
00:17:21Just go.
00:17:21We'll be fine.
00:17:26Goddamn.
00:17:27I'm fucking dying here.
00:17:35John!
00:17:36John!
00:17:37You piece of shit!
00:17:48What the fuck was I thinking?
00:17:50John with his pocket change buying a goddamn rig?
00:17:53Bullshit.
00:17:54Old Broca's family finally lost their minds.
00:17:57Must be out there playing with junk in the yard at midnight like fucking idiots.
00:18:00Jimmy, you still owe me and Mary our wages for the money.
00:18:04I just handed your worthless ten grand and you're still bitching about it?
00:18:07I've been carrying your pathetic family of three on my back and you think I'm your personal fucking ATM?
00:18:11If it wasn't for respect for my old man, I wouldn't piss on you if you were on fire, you
00:18:14useless drunk.
00:18:16Where the fuck is John?
00:18:18Learn a new craft.
00:18:21If that backstabbing little prick dares go independent,
00:18:24I'll make damn sure he never sells another brisket in this town again.
00:18:31Straight up, John.
00:18:32Why we ain't setting up in town?
00:18:34Scared Jimmy's gonna come gunning for us?
00:18:36Nah.
00:18:37Two reasons.
00:18:38One, I want to push this rig, see what the market looks like further out and how our smoke travels.
00:18:44And two, two, mobile advertising.
00:18:48Advertising?
00:18:49Out here in the ass end of nowhere?
00:18:51Goddamn, it just clicked.
00:18:53No wonder the LT always called you a sneaky fucking genius.
00:18:58This Texas heat, meat starts settling its bar before it can pull real smoke.
00:19:03Got to flood the chamber right from the jump so the flavor drives all the way in.
00:19:07Plus the heat pulls moisture faster than a hooker on payday.
00:19:10So what the hell are you spraying?
00:19:12Spritz.
00:19:14Water, apple cider vinegar every 45.
00:19:16Keeps the brisket juicy instead of turning into goddamn jerky.
00:19:19No wonder it already smells like money.
00:19:22140 is the money zone before it stalls hard.
00:19:25Miss that window and you're fucked.
00:19:27But who the hell wants barbecue when it's hotter than the devil's balls out here?
00:19:31Look at these.
00:19:34You think they'd rather sweat over their own stove or pull up here for cold drinks and championship queue?
00:19:40Look at that.
00:19:41Spot on.
00:19:52Goddamn, bro, I'm drowning back here.
00:19:56It's only going to get worse.
00:19:58Say what now?
00:20:08Jesus Christ.
00:20:09I got to get a whole damn tray for my boy.
00:20:23Sorry, folks.
00:20:24We're plumb sold out.
00:20:25Come back tomorrow.
00:20:26We'll have fresh smoke waiting.
00:20:271,865.
00:20:421,865.
00:20:42Holy shit.
00:20:431,865?
00:20:45That's damn near half my whole month.
00:20:47I was praying we'd clear 300 on day one and call it a miracle.
00:20:50This is one park on a Friday afternoon.
00:20:53If we hit the weekend market, how the hell did you pull this off, man?
00:20:55Temp control, the right rubs, smoke management.
00:20:57It's muscle memory now.
00:20:58What they're eating ain't just meat.
00:20:59It's art.
00:21:02That stupid motherfucker, John.
00:21:04I shouldn't have given that prick a goddamn dime.
00:21:07He's been gone too long.
00:21:08Who's going to cook my orders?
00:21:10That rig we saw?
00:21:12That couldn't be John's, could it?
00:21:13Did that backstabbing son of a bitch actually go an independent?
00:21:16Come on, Jimmy.
00:21:17Without you, he'd still be a broke nobody.
00:21:19His mom's surgery money?
00:21:20He didn't even have a real job.
00:21:22No way he had the balls to go solo.
00:21:24Damn right.
00:21:25Without me, that useless strick is nothing.
00:21:29I'm dragging his ass back today.
00:21:33When the fuck was this sent?
00:21:35A day ago.
00:21:37He actually had the fucking nerve to go independent?
00:21:47Jimmy, where the hell is my brisket order?
00:21:50Mr. James, sir, we're running a little behind.
00:21:53Maybe you could...
00:21:53We had a contract.
00:21:55Quantity or quality fails, it's triple damages.
00:21:57That's $900,000 cash.
00:22:00Jimmy, what the fuck are we going to do?
00:22:03What the fuck else are we supposed to do, you dumb piece of shit?
00:22:06Texas is goddamn crawling with pit cakers.
00:22:08Get your ass out there and find one.
00:22:10Offer double, hell, triple the pay.
00:22:12I ain't buying that we can't find someone better than that backstabbing prick.
00:22:16Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm on it.
00:22:19My rig, my smokers.
00:22:22Any half-assed cook can run that shit.
00:22:25John, don't you dare think you're that fucking important.
00:22:38John scraped together enough cash for some rusty old rig, patched it up, and hit the road.
00:22:45That piece of shit truck selling real barbecue?
00:22:47Bet the damn thing broke down before it even cleared the county line.
00:22:51Hold up.
00:22:51What the hell is that?
00:23:01Holy shit, that's John's rig.
00:23:04The backyard smoker.
00:23:07He's back.
00:23:10Sold all fucking sold out?
00:23:14This ain't possible.
00:23:32Sold all fucking sold out?
00:23:34This ain't possible.
00:23:36Jimmy, long time.
00:23:37You did this on purpose?
00:23:38Fuck me over the fucker!
00:23:40Ruin you?
00:23:40I'm just earning with my own two hands, Jimmy.
00:23:43I ain't playing games.
00:23:44John, been waiting all damn day for you.
00:23:46I'll take 50 pounds of brisket.
00:23:48Need it tomorrow morning.
00:23:49Same here!
00:23:50Put me down for 20 pounds!
00:23:52Motherfucker.
00:23:54Who the hell does he think he is?
00:23:56Go ahead and enjoy your little victory lap for a couple days, you prick.
00:24:00Soon as I find a real pit maester, I'm coming for your ass.
00:24:09Jimmy, where the fuck is my brisket?
00:24:11Mr. James, sir, just a few more days.
00:24:14Open and still three days out.
00:24:16As soon as I lock down a decent pit master, we'll be good.
00:24:19In time?
00:24:20You think I'm some fucking idiot?
00:24:23Barbecue lives or dies on the hands that make it.
00:24:26Every pit master pulls a different bark, a different smoke ring, a different understanding of the meat.
00:24:33Quality aside, you've got three days and you don't even have a cook.
00:24:37Triple damages.
00:24:39Nine hundred thousand dollars.
00:24:41Not one goddamn cent less.
00:24:44Nine hundred thousand.
00:24:46In three days, I get either the brisket or the cash.
00:24:49Otherwise, you know exactly what happens.
00:24:57Out of my way.
00:24:59Jimmy, what the fuck are we gonna do now?
00:25:03Do?
00:25:04How the hell should I know?
00:25:13You two pit masters, you in?
00:25:16I'll pay you triple what that prick John was making.
00:25:19Name your goddamn price!
00:25:21It's hotter than Satan's asshole out here, Jimmy.
00:25:24Your truck's a goddamn sweatshop.
00:25:26I ain't walking around smelling like smoking brisket for 16 hours a day.
00:25:30Yeah, what he said.
00:25:32Your standards are insane now that John's gone.
00:25:36Meat like that needs a real pit master.
00:25:39Guys like us, we ain't touching that bark.
00:25:50Fuck this.
00:25:53I gotta think.
00:25:56Long as the money's green enough,
00:25:58I refuse to believe I can't find some son of a bitch
00:26:01who can outcook that backstabbing motherfucker John!
00:26:05Where the hell are the real pit masters in this town?
00:26:13Dad.
00:26:15Easy on the whiskey.
00:26:17It's a good day, son.
00:26:18Little won't kill me.
00:26:23Pop.
00:26:24Magnetic wristband.
00:26:25No more crawling around hunting screws on the garage floor.
00:26:28Smart-ass kid.
00:26:31Ma.
00:26:31Soft-soled slippers.
00:26:33For them tired feet.
00:26:35Oh, sweet boy.
00:26:37For you.
00:26:40Spend it on the first day already?
00:26:42Every penny.
00:26:48We're stepping up the quality.
00:26:50Better rub, better smoke, better everything.
00:27:09This your rig?
00:27:10Mine.
00:27:12Paul George.
00:27:13What do you want?
00:27:15General manager at Smokey Joe's BBQ.
00:27:18Caught wind of your run,
00:27:19the stud moving 300 pounds of brisket a day like it's nothing.
00:27:23Living legend.
00:27:24Whole damn town's buzzing about it.
00:27:27Appreciate it.
00:27:28Ain't blowing smoke.
00:27:2920 years in the game,
00:27:30I've seen every hustler, crook, and burnout.
00:27:35But a young buck with your kind of hands, rare as hell.
00:27:39I want to talk serious business.
00:27:43John!
00:27:44That backstabbing son of a bitch, John!
00:27:46The fucking balls on him,
00:27:47buying his own truck and going rogue behind my back?
00:27:49Jimmy, James is on the line again,
00:27:50says if you don't deliver this time, he's gonna...
00:27:53Gonna what?
00:27:55I heard his restaurant had problems before.
00:27:57One supplier owed him money.
00:28:00Guy fucking disappeared.
00:28:03Bullshit!
00:28:05Motherfucker just moved towns, that's all.
00:28:07And I ain't fucking finished!
00:28:08This is Jimmy we're talking about!
00:28:10John, you think you can just walk out on me and I'm through?
00:28:14I'll just throw stupid money at a new pitmaster
00:28:16and still sling the best fucking meat in the county!
00:28:19As soon as I clean up this mess,
00:28:21I'm gonna bury that prick.
00:28:23So what's the move, Jimmy?
00:28:25I heard about this Simus Sully McCory out in Lockhart.
00:28:29Best pitmaster this side of Austin.
00:28:31His smoke game's damn near as lethal as that traitor's.
00:28:35Sully, that guy?
00:28:36He's three times the price of the top boys
00:28:38and picky as hell.
00:28:40Damn right it's him.
00:28:41Load up, we're driving there now.
00:28:42Money ain't no object.
00:28:44Get his ass on my smoker.
00:28:46I wanna see if that worthless motherfucker John
00:28:48was really the only one who could make me rich.
00:28:55What's the deal?
00:28:56I need a steady, reliable supply of prime brisket.
00:29:00You smoke it right, I move it.
00:29:02Big volume.
00:29:04Money's flexible.
00:29:05Mr. Paul, why me?
00:29:08Because you move 300 pounds a day like it's nothing.
00:29:11And the whole county can't stop talking about the flavor.
00:29:14Why the hell wouldn't I choose you?
00:29:16Name the time, we'll talk.
00:29:18I like a man who don't waste breath.
00:29:20We're gonna get along just fine.
00:29:21My office.
00:29:22Every afternoon starting tomorrow.
00:29:28Holy shit, John.
00:29:30Smokey Joe's BBQ?
00:29:31That's the biggest damn name in Texas.
00:29:35Mr. Sully.
00:29:37Legend.
00:29:38You're Jimmy.
00:29:39Spit it out.
00:29:40I need you to smoke me 300 pounds of prime brisket.
00:29:44Triple pay, no haggling.
00:29:47Money's on the table.
00:29:48Triple?
00:29:49When?
00:29:49Tomorrow.
00:29:50Yesterday would be better.
00:29:52I know my way around a smoker, but the bark, the smoke wrinkle, the pull,
00:29:56it ain't gonna taste exactly like John's.
00:29:59That boy's got something different in his hands.
00:30:01Come on, Mr. Sully.
00:30:02You're the best there is.
00:30:04You can match anybody.
00:30:05I ain't being humble, Jimmy.
00:30:08John's technique is one of a kind.
00:30:10Most pit chefs can't touch what that son of a bitch puts out.
00:30:14Just try, man.
00:30:16I'm begging you.
00:30:17I'll try.
00:30:1820 grand deposit cash today.
00:30:21And I ain't pulling 14-hour shifts like your ex-boy John.
00:30:24Take it or leave it.
00:30:26Done.
00:30:27Just make the fucking meat.
00:30:35Paul, John, let me lay it out plain.
00:30:39I need reliable supply.
00:30:41150 pounds minimum of prime brisket every single day.
00:30:4520 bucks a pound, three grand daily.
00:30:47Long term.
00:30:48I can deliver.
00:30:49One condition.
00:30:51Yeah?
00:30:52Hit me.
00:30:5330 a pound.
00:30:5830 a pound?
00:30:59You know what I move that for in my stores?
00:31:01I do.
00:31:02But they ain't got this taste.
00:31:04Paul, I don't sell meat.
00:31:06I sell what these hands can do that nobody else can.
00:31:09All right, 30 it is.
00:31:10But it better be the best goddamn brisket in Texas.
00:31:14Every single day.
00:31:16Deal.
00:31:18We got a deal, John.
00:31:25John, how'd it go?
00:31:27We got it.
00:31:29But the price...
00:31:31What about the price?
00:31:32The price is 150 pounds a day.
00:31:36After costs and taxes, monthly take-home.
00:31:4243 grand a month!
00:31:4543 fucking thousand?
00:31:48That's over half a mig a year?
00:31:50Damn right.
00:31:52Your pay just doubled.
00:31:54Retail's on ice.
00:31:55We focus on Paul's orders only.
00:31:58No shit?
00:32:01John, man, if it wasn't for you, I'd still be stuck in the same dead-end shit.
00:32:07You changed everything.
00:32:1830 goddamn years smokin' meat.
00:32:21Ain't a rubber combo I ain't run.
00:32:33That flavor.
00:32:34Still pure fuckin' witchcraft.
00:32:47It ain't close, boss.
00:32:48Meat's comin' out dry and stringy.
00:32:50Tastes miles off.
00:32:51Bullshit!
00:32:51Run it again!
00:32:57Sir, it's still wrong.
00:33:00Bite's completely off.
00:33:01Again!
00:33:01I'll crack this son of a bitch if it kills me!
00:33:04Solly's got the rest.
00:33:06He'll crack it.
00:33:07Two days.
00:33:08Two days.
00:33:09We got two fucking dick-
00:33:12Jimmy!
00:33:13Solly's punchin' out at six sharp.
00:33:15The brisket still tastes like shit, and we got two days till James wants it.
00:33:19The fuck did you just say?
00:33:20I paid that prima gana fortune!
00:33:22What the hell do we do now?
00:33:23Double it!
00:33:24Drag his ass back for overtime.
00:33:25We nail this recipe or we're all dead.
00:33:44Still ain't right, boss, but it's closer than the last five.
00:33:48Mr. Solly, you want us to run it again?
00:33:53Ain't enough time left.
00:33:54We'll go with this batch.
00:33:55You three, get that meat in the rub now!
00:33:59Fuck it, boys!
00:34:01Let's move!
00:34:05How much coarse salt we dropping?
00:34:07You blind?
00:34:08Use your damn eyes and quit yapping!
00:34:09Move your ass, dumbass!
00:34:13Shit.
00:34:14We're plung out of black pepper.
00:34:15Hang on.
00:34:16I remember John used to swap in coffee powder and brown sugar when the pepper ran low.
00:34:19Fuck it.
00:34:20When you're drowning, you grab anything that floats.
00:34:28Solly, how are we looking on that meat?
00:34:31Too damn rushed.
00:34:33No time to dial in the quality.
00:34:34What about the fucking quantity?
00:34:37James wants 300 pounds delivered tomorrow morning.
00:34:40300?
00:34:41What?
00:34:42No.
00:34:42No fucking way.
00:34:43Not possible.
00:34:44I paid you a king's ransom, Solly.
00:34:46You gotta fix this shit.
00:34:47Sure.
00:34:49But it's gonna cost you action.
00:34:51More money?
00:34:52I already paid you a goddamn fortune.
00:34:54Your call, Jimmy.
00:34:55Pay peanuts, get monkeys.
00:34:56You want my name on 300 pounds of competition brisket by tomorrow?
00:34:59Then we renegotiate.
00:35:00Right now.
00:35:01Fine.
00:35:01Fuck it.
00:35:02Whatever it takes.
00:35:02Just make it happen or we're all dead.
00:35:08Delivery's due today.
00:35:09I don't know if this shit's gonna pass.
00:35:11Jimmy!
00:35:12300 pounds.
00:35:13All boxed and ready to load for James' place.
00:35:15Fuck yes!
00:35:17Let's go look.
00:35:18Hurry up.
00:35:19Bring it down.
00:35:19Be careful.
00:35:22Where the hell is Mr. James?
00:35:23Shipment's here.
00:35:24Mr. James isn't here today.
00:35:26I handle exceptions.
00:35:38Jimmy.
00:35:40This batch is garbage.
00:35:42Don't meet our standards.
00:35:44Taste it yourself.
00:35:48Flavor's off.
00:35:49Texture's all wrong.
00:35:50Nowhere near what we contracted for.
00:35:52We ain't taking this shit.
00:35:52Sir, just give me a second to explain.
00:35:55Contract's crystal clear.
00:35:57I'll report exactly what I tasted.
00:35:59Take it back.
00:36:00What happens after that is on you.
00:36:02You know how Mr. James handles problems.
00:36:09No.
00:36:10This ain't fucking happening.
00:36:13Jimmy?
00:36:14How'd it go?
00:36:15Solly's riding my ass.
00:36:16He wants his 40 grand wired today.
00:36:18Tell that greedy motherfucker to wait.
00:36:26Solly!
00:36:27What the fuck is this?
00:36:30You've got some fucking nerve asking me that.
00:36:33I paid you a goddamn fortune to smoke that meat, and this is the garbage you hand me?
00:36:39One of your idiots decided to play pit master and swap the black pepper for coffee powder and brown sugar.
00:36:45That ain't on me.
00:36:47Enough bullshit.
00:36:49Three days pay plus overtime.
00:36:51You owe me 40 large.
00:36:52Send it.
00:36:5340 fucking thousand?
00:36:54Shut your mouth.
00:36:56Get the money in my account in three days, or I swear to God you'll regret it.
00:37:0140 grand for meat that tasted like shit, and the son of a bitch is still billing me!
00:37:10John!
00:37:10Paul just called.
00:37:11The orders are stacked.
00:37:12They want every pound we can smoke.
00:37:16Is that meat fucking moldy?
00:37:20Means the dry age is perfect.
00:37:2245 days.
00:37:23Mold's a friend, not the enemy.
00:37:26What the hell are you shooting in there?
00:37:28Garlic butter.
00:37:29Hits the heat, melts, and drives flavor into every single fiber.
00:37:32John, you sure Paul's gonna be happy with this tweak?
00:37:50Holy shit!
00:37:52You're a goddamn genius, man!
00:37:53This one goes straight to Paul.
00:38:01Jimmy.
00:38:03Time's up.
00:38:06Where the fuck is my meat?
00:38:09Mr. James.
00:38:11There was a situation with Solly.
00:38:14A situation?
00:38:16That garbage sollied out so bad the whole goddamn town is laughing about it.
00:38:20I waited weeks, and you hand me this shit?
00:38:23Sir, please.
00:38:25Just a couple more days.
00:38:26I'm already hunting for a new pitmaster.
00:38:28Give you time?
00:38:29Who the hell gives me time?
00:38:31This is how you run business?
00:38:32Without John, you can't produce one edible fucking brisket.
00:38:35300,000 contract.
00:38:37No delivery means 900,000 penalty, plus my lost foot traffic.
00:38:41One million.
00:38:42Cash.
00:38:44Three days.
00:38:45No money.
00:38:46And you will regret it.
00:38:52One.
00:38:54One fucking million.
00:38:58Jimmy, do you have any goddamn damn idea how much we owe?
00:39:01One million in penalties to Mr. James alone.
00:39:05Forty grand to that hack Solly, wages, product.
00:39:09We're in the hole for 1.1 million.
00:39:15You promised me the good life, Jimmy.
00:39:17Now we're drowning in debt, you useless piece of shit.
00:39:21Baby, just hang on.
00:39:22I'm figuring it out.
00:39:23Figuring it out?
00:39:24What the fuck are you figuring out?
00:39:25John's gone, Solly crashed and burned?
00:39:27Who the hell else is stupid enough to save your sorry ass?
00:39:31I'm finished waiting.
00:39:32Three days, no cash, and I'm selling that fucking truck myself.
00:39:36The truck?
00:39:38The truck?
00:39:39You're gonna sell the truck?
00:39:41The truck?
00:39:45John!
00:39:47You mother fucker, you ruined my entire life!
00:39:58John, this brisket is goddamn phenomenal, but only the absolute top joints in Texas do dry age like this.
00:40:06It takes serious balls to scale it.
00:40:07You've got them.
00:40:08Appreciate it, Paul.
00:40:10John, this time I'm here to talk real long-term partnership.
00:40:15I want to invest, scale this thing properly.
00:40:18You bring the pit craft and the name, I bring the cash and the connections.
00:40:24We partner.
00:40:25Partnership?
00:40:26Another fucking partnership.
00:40:28I know exactly what you're thinking.
00:40:31Terms are simple.
00:40:32You run the smoker and the brand, I run the money and the network.
00:40:3670-30.
00:40:37You keep 70, I take 30.
00:40:39You serious, Paul?
00:40:41John, I know exactly what Jimmy pulled on you, but this contract is ironclade.
00:40:45And I'm not just bringing money,
00:40:47I'm bringing something a hell of a lot more valuable.
00:40:50Relationships.
00:40:51In this game, perfect meat isn't enough.
00:40:53You need people who actually know how fucking good it is.
00:40:58Stay small and you get eaten alive.
00:41:00Simple as that.
00:41:03We're going to make a lot of money, John.
00:41:05Pleasure.
00:41:06Jimmy, where the fuck is our pay?
00:41:08And the overtime for the last two days, asshole?
00:41:11We floated the brisket and all the ingredients ourselves.
00:41:13Ten grand.
00:41:14Pay up.
00:41:15All of it.
00:41:15Now.
00:41:16Come on, boys.
00:41:17Just a few more days.
00:41:19I'm tapped out right now.
00:41:21A few more days?
00:41:24The whole goddamn town knows you owe James a million bucks.
00:41:28You still got money first, you piece of shit.
00:41:30No cash?
00:41:32Then this shit's ours now.
00:41:34Repossession, motherfucker.
00:41:36Jamie, you know exactly how fucked you are.
00:41:40Stay down and shut up.
00:41:42Or we won't be nice about it.
00:41:56This old girl hauled us through hell.
00:41:58I owe her.
00:42:06There she is.
00:42:08That's the one.
00:42:14John, what the fuck is this?
00:42:16Our new rig?
00:42:182,000 pounds of cook.
00:42:20Everything from here on out runs through this beast.
00:42:25Goddamn, John.
00:42:26Biggest pit I've ever seen.
00:42:27You hiring?
00:42:28Damn right.
00:42:30What the hell are you waiting for?
00:42:31Get in there.
00:42:40Holy shit.
00:42:41Now this is a real goddamn pit.
00:42:43The old trucks look like kids' toys next to this monster.
00:42:46From a 30 grand rust bummer wreck to this.
00:42:48From Jimmy grinding us into the dirt to standing tall like men.
00:42:53Every fucking inch came from these hands.
00:42:58John.
00:43:00This is really yours?
00:43:05Dad.
00:43:06Mom.
00:43:07This is our new rig.
00:43:092,000 pounds a load.
00:43:11Good.
00:43:11Good.
00:43:12John, you're finally free.
00:43:14John.
00:43:15You really fucking did it.
00:43:17Ain't over yet.
00:43:18This is just the beginning.
00:43:20Trucks.
00:43:20House.
00:43:21The life we lost.
00:43:22It's all coming back.
00:43:27Holy shit.
00:43:29That's John's rig?
00:43:30I've smoked meat my whole damn life and I ain't never seen a pit that big.
00:43:34Heard that cousin Jimmy of his had to sell his own truck to cover the debts.
00:43:38Now the house is on the block too.
00:43:40Karma's a vicious bitch.
00:43:46Jimmy.
00:43:47Decent house.
00:43:48Market's in the shitter.
00:43:49We got a buyer at 430.
00:43:51They'll close tomorrow.
00:43:54430 fucking thousand?
00:43:56Sign the goddamn thing.
00:43:57We don't close this.
00:43:58The wolves eat us alive.
00:44:15This is the fucking dream life you sold me?
00:44:18Truck gone.
00:44:19House gone.
00:44:20Ass deep.
00:44:20And a million dollars of debt.
00:44:21I'm done with your pathetic shit.
00:44:23Lisa, baby, please.
00:44:26Just hang on a little longer.
00:44:28I'm working on it.
00:44:29I swear to God.
00:44:37James sent us.
00:44:38Where's the money, asshole?
00:44:40Please.
00:44:41I'm begging you, man.
00:44:42Just a few more days.
00:44:43Tomorrow, wire every fucking cent to Mr. James.
00:44:47Or we come back and take it out of your hide.
00:44:51We know how this ends.
00:44:55I'm going back to my mother's.
00:44:57Don't call me.
00:45:11John!
00:45:11You mother fucker.
00:45:13You took everything from me.
00:45:15Every, everything!
00:45:29Hey, you hear about this pathetic fuck?
00:45:32Ode's over a million and had to sell his goddamn house.
00:45:37No shit?
00:45:38Wasn't that asshole strutting around like he owned the whole town?
00:45:47What the fuck are you doing in here?
00:45:50You ain't got cash?
00:45:51Don't fucking show your face.
00:45:52Baby, I'm your...
00:45:53Money makes you daddy?
00:45:54You got any bitch?
00:45:56I...
00:45:57I don't have it right now.
00:45:58But I swear I'll be back on top soon.
00:46:00I just need...
00:46:01I just...
00:46:02What?
00:46:03If you could just...
00:46:05Spot me a little cash.
00:46:15Crawl back in your hole, you...
00:46:17Just piece of shit.
00:46:18Jimmy?
00:46:19Mr. James says you ain't running from this.
00:46:26I spent a torch in on you bitches!
00:46:29That was my fucking money!
00:46:30Mine!
00:46:33The fuck y'all scaring at?
00:46:34Get the hell out of here!
00:46:43That...
00:46:44That's John's fucking rig?
00:47:02John, that piece of shit Jimmy came sniffing around yesterday.
00:47:05Jimmy?
00:47:06The fuck did he want it?
00:47:07He said join him, hand over your recipe,
00:47:09and someday I'd get my own giant smoker rig just like this one.
00:47:14He's lost his goddamn mind.
00:47:16What'd you tell the dumbass?
00:47:18Told him to go fuck himself.
00:47:30Jimmy?
00:47:31One day, money doesn't show you know what happens.
00:47:35Go fuck yourself!
00:47:36I don't give a flying fuck anymore!
00:47:41John, you motherfucker.
00:47:44You took everything from me.
00:47:46Every anything.
00:47:52Jimmy?
00:47:57Jimmy?
00:47:59What the hell are you digging for?
00:48:20Who the fuck are you going after with that?
00:48:27Say something, dammit!
00:48:29Mind your own fucking business.
00:48:31Who the hell is going to stop you if I don't?
00:48:34My whole life, you took care of me.
00:48:36You went somewhere I followed.
00:48:38You did something, I was right behind you.
00:48:40But this time it's different.
00:48:43You got a gun in your hand.
00:48:44A real fucking gun, bro.
00:48:47Mike, I got nothing left.
00:48:49The trucks, the house, Lisa, that bitch walked out.
00:48:51This whole fucking town laughs at me every time I walk down the street.
00:48:54Every night I close my eyes and all I see is that motherfucker John's face grinning.
00:48:58Always fucking grinning!
00:48:59So you're going to murder him?
00:49:00Then you die too, you idiot.
00:49:05Wouldn't be the worst thing.
00:49:10What the fuck am I supposed to do without you?
00:49:14When mom passed, you were ten years old.
00:49:17You stole bread for me.
00:49:18Got your face beat bloody for it.
00:49:21First words out of your mouth when you got home were,
00:49:23Don't worry, Mike.
00:49:25Big brother's got you.
00:49:26You forgot that?
00:49:27I never did.
00:49:28I never will.
00:49:29Till the day I die.
00:49:32I didn't forget.
00:49:34Then put the goddamn gun down.
00:49:38I don't give a shit how much money you owe.
00:49:46I don't care what this town thinks of you.
00:49:48You haven't killed anybody yet.
00:49:50You haven't crossed that line.
00:49:53There's still time, Jimmy.
00:49:58I don't even know how the fuck I let myself become this piece of shit.
00:50:03You're just lost in rage right now.
00:50:06But that ain't who you really are.
00:50:08Give it to me.
00:50:10Tomorrow I'm going with you.
00:50:11We'll find any work.
00:50:12Washing dishes, loading trucks, peeling potatoes in some greasy kitchen.
00:50:15We start over from nothing.
00:50:18You remember what you always used to say?
00:50:21What?
00:50:22As long as you got two hands and two feet, you ain't ever going to starve.
00:50:29Still got two hands and two feet.
00:50:47Well, well, if it ain't little Jimmy boy.
00:50:51You used to roll through here like you owned the whole fucking town.
00:50:54Look at you now, you pathetic goddamn sack of shit.
00:50:56No shit.
00:50:59Remember how this motherfucker screwed John six ways from Sunday?
00:51:04Payback's a brutal bitch, ain't it?
00:51:07John, that was Jimmy's kid brother, right?
00:51:10What'd that little peristite want?
00:51:12Mike asked for help.
00:51:13That's it.
00:51:14Help him?
00:51:15After what that greedy piece of shit did to you?
00:51:17You forgetting already?
00:51:19Anyway, Mun's net came in at 80 grand.
00:51:21We cut the crew to 30% just like you ordered.
00:51:23Boys are damn near tearing up.
00:51:24They're so grateful.
00:51:25They earned every dime.
00:51:26Man rides with me, he eats with me.
00:51:28Simple.
00:51:29What we need now is a permanent spot.
00:51:30Close.
00:51:31Long hauls.
00:51:32Fuck the product and the customer feels it.
00:51:34Customer's God.
00:51:35Period.
00:51:39The fuck you think you're doing?
00:51:46John.
00:51:48Say what you gotta say, Jimmy.
00:51:52Fuck.
00:51:53I'm sorry.
00:51:55That it?
00:51:58I ain't asking you to forgive me.
00:51:59I know I don't deserve that.
00:52:00I just, I had to look you in the eye and say I'm sorry, man.
00:52:05Jimmy, you owe me a hell of a lot more than two fucking words.
00:52:15But, you're still blood.
00:52:28Jimmy, time's fucking up.
00:52:29I, I've been grinding every goddamn day trying to get your money, man.
00:52:33Just, just a few more days, please.
00:52:35Time.
00:52:36I've given you nothing but time, you pathetic piece of shit.
00:52:39What, what the hell you want?
00:52:41Nothing much.
00:52:42Listen to this.
00:52:42Jimmy, help me!
00:52:44Mike!
00:52:45Come after me, you motherfucker!
00:52:46Leave my brother alone, James!
00:52:48You sick son of a bitch!
00:52:49Whoa, whoa.
00:52:50Easy there, little Jimmy.
00:52:51Your baby brother's perfectly fine over here.
00:52:54For now.
00:52:56He's actually a damn good kid, a lot signed up smart, and he's told me he'd pay your debt
00:53:00himself.
00:53:02Almost.
00:53:03Go ahead and call the cops if you want help.
00:53:06One of my guys might be the one who picks up.
00:53:09Bottom line, if I don't have every last dollar by the end of the day, you're gonna get a special
00:53:13delivery.
00:53:14Something you can't exactly glue back on.
00:53:17Hello?
00:53:18Hello?
00:53:20John, we got a serious fucking problem.
00:53:23James snatched Mike, Jimmy's little brother.
00:53:24Says if the money ain't paid today, he's taking a finger.
00:53:27Maybe the whole goddamn hand.
00:53:29Mike?
00:53:30Jimmy's kid brother?
00:53:31Yeah, Jimmy's flat fucking broke after losing everything.
00:53:33Still owes north of 300 grand.
00:53:34Jimmy did me and my family dirty, but Mike's just a dumb, spoiled kid who got dragged down
00:53:38by that piece of shit.
00:53:40Where?
00:53:41Abandoned industrial park on the edge of town.
00:53:43Kid's already hog-tied and on his knees.
00:53:48Senator, give me one second.
00:53:55Please!
00:53:56I'm fucking begging you, just a few more days.
00:53:59I'll get you every cent, I swear to God!
00:54:05How many fucking chances have I given you, Jimmy?
00:54:07First it was I'll find a new pitmaster, then I'll sell the house.
00:54:11Then your little brother offered to take the fall for your sorry ass.
00:54:14Just tell me which one you actually deliver on.
00:54:16None!
00:54:16That's how many!
00:54:17The rest of that money doesn't hit my account today.
00:54:19I'm taking one of his fingers right fucking now.
00:54:29Well, well.
00:54:30If it isn't John, I've heard all about you, boy.
00:54:35You here to wipe his grand?
00:54:37Cash or wire transfer?
00:54:38I'm paying it.
00:54:39My rig clears 80 grand a month profit.
00:54:42We sign papers four months.
00:54:43Bank interest.
00:54:44No games.
00:54:48I know your reputation.
00:54:49Lines around the block twice over.
00:54:51You're somebody.
00:54:52But promises are cheap as shit.
00:54:54Four months?
00:54:55I can bury your whole operation by noon tomorrow.
00:54:58Health department, fire marshal, paid agitated.
00:55:00Your little piece of paper won't stop a goddamn thing.
00:55:04John!
00:55:04Time's up.
00:55:06Take the finger.
00:55:11I said hold it.
00:55:27Paul?
00:55:29Sanderson?
00:55:31The senator?
00:55:37Paul, you told me you were bringing me to meet some young man.
00:55:39Someone who could represent the future of real Texas barbecue.
00:55:42That's him.
00:55:43John.
00:55:44Started with a rusted out pit truck.
00:55:45Nobody would look at twice.
00:55:47Less than a year later, he got lines stretching two blocks in a town that knows it's cute.
00:55:51James, it's been a minute.
00:55:53Last time I recall seeing you was at that oversight hearing.
00:55:56The one about all those fire code violations at your places.
00:55:59All taken care of, senator.
00:56:01Owing money and paying it back is simple business.
00:56:04Snatching a kid and threatening to take his fingers?
00:56:07That's way over the line, James.
00:56:09Word of something like that gets around, it's bad for everybody's business.
00:56:13Wouldn't you agree?
00:56:16James, you know exactly what needs to happen here.
00:56:22Any more problems, you come straight to me.
00:56:25And you stay the fuck away from them.
00:56:32Paul, we ought to be moving.
00:56:34The wife's waiting.
00:56:35And while we're at it, have him wrap up a couple pounds of that brisket.
00:56:40Consider it done.
00:56:42John, you just keep cooking that meat exactly the way you do.
00:56:45A gift like yours deserves a hell of a lot bigger stage than this town.
00:56:49Next election cycle, my fundraiser dinner's gonna need real Texas barbecue.
00:56:53If you're interested...
00:57:00Use that card.
00:57:01He didn't write in here for charity.
00:57:02He can use you.
00:57:02You don't owe him money, John.
00:57:03You owe him a political mark.
00:57:05Cash it carefully.
00:57:08Holy shit.
00:57:11John, that was an actual United States senator.
00:57:16Yeah.
00:57:24Take care of your brother.
00:57:31John, good, you're here.
00:57:32Paul, appreciate you stepping in back there.
00:57:34Forget that.
00:57:34You know what the barbecue game looks like in Austin.
00:57:36Huge market, but damn near every joint is cooking the same damn thing.
00:57:38I want to change that.
00:57:39Partner with you?
00:57:40Open a place that actually stands out.
00:57:42A flagship.
00:57:43I bring the money and the doors.
00:57:44You bring the fire and the know-how.
00:57:46We split it 50-50.
00:57:47Clean.
00:57:4750-50.
00:57:48Workload just got a hell of a lot heavier.
00:57:5050-50 works, but I got one condition.
00:57:52I'm listening.
00:57:52My people.
00:57:53I pick the crew.
00:57:54My guys run the pit.
00:57:55Hell, that's not a condition.
00:57:56That's smart business.
00:57:57Done.
00:57:58Amy.
00:58:00Hmm.
00:58:00John.
00:58:02They're saying you rode in and saved Jimmy and Mike.
00:58:04I don't want you risking your life for them.
00:58:05Not after what that son of a bitch did to you.
00:58:07To all of us.
00:58:07Had to be done.
00:58:09Why?
00:58:09I wanted it finished.
00:58:11Clean.
00:58:11Part of that debt was on me too.
00:58:13Now it's done.
00:58:14They go their way.
00:58:14We go ours.
00:58:17You're a better man than this world deserves, John.
00:58:31First rule, safety.
00:58:34Nobody gets hurt on my watch.
00:58:36Ever.
00:58:37Second, process.
00:58:38William runs the pit crew.
00:58:40Temperature stays locked at 275.
00:58:4210 degrees max variance up or down.
00:58:44Check the wood every 20 minutes.
00:58:46We want thin blue smoke.
00:58:48The second it turns white, you yell for me.
00:58:50No guessing.
00:58:50I know you've all heard the stories.
00:58:52Jimmy, the debt, us moving to Austin.
00:58:54None of that shit matters.
00:58:55What matters is this.
00:58:56Every single customer who walks up to this rig today,
00:58:58every single bite they take,
00:58:59they know they just ate the best damn barbecue in Texas.
00:59:02Questions?
00:59:03No, sir.
00:59:04You heard the man?
00:59:05Let's light these smokers up and go make some money.
00:59:18Lisa.
00:59:20Shut your fucking mouth and sign the goddamn papers.
00:59:24My flight's boarding.
00:59:25You're really leaving me?
00:59:27Why the hell would everything's gone?
00:59:28And the final kick in the balls?
00:59:30You had to have John, the man you fucked over.
00:59:32I am done.
00:59:33John's made it big now.
00:59:35He said he'd help me.
00:59:36You actually think that man is going to carry your dead weight?
00:59:39Keep dreaming, you pathetic piece of shit.
00:59:44Lisa.
00:59:55Now that's what a partner of mine is supposed to look like.
00:59:58John, look at this opening.
00:59:59Yo, I heard the pitmaster run in this place.
01:00:01Is that John dude from the little town down south?
01:00:04John, a crazy bitchard who started with 10 grand and a busted rig?
01:00:08Respect.
01:00:09That's a real comeback story.
01:00:14It's been one hell of a long, ugly road to get here.
01:00:17Mr. John, heard nothing but legends.
01:00:19Meat supplier.
01:00:20I'd like to talk serious long-term partnership,
01:00:22best rates in Texas if your menu features us.
01:00:24Done.
01:00:25Let's talk.
01:00:30Biggest meat supplier in Austin.
01:00:32Put their logo on the menu and it's half off across the board.
01:00:36John, you just pocketed another fat stack without even trying.
01:00:40Mr. John, guy outside says he needs to see you.
01:00:44Who?
01:00:45Says he's your cousin.
01:00:46Jimmy.
01:00:48Send him in.
01:00:53John, Lisa served me divorce papers.
01:00:55Thank you for stepping in last time with James.
01:00:59I'll pay back every cent of that 30 grand.
01:01:01I swear on what's left of me.
01:01:02I know I got zero right to stand here.
01:01:04But I'm done, John.
01:01:06Nowhere left to go.
01:01:07Can you help me one more time?
01:01:09You know why I stepped up for Mike?
01:01:11I watched that kid grow up.
01:01:12Couldn't stomach watching you finish turning him into a worthless parasite.
01:01:15But you?
01:01:16You ground my dignity into the dirt.
01:01:18You humiliated my mom and dad while they were sick and broke.
01:01:21Money don't wash that stain off.
01:01:22I know.
01:01:26I'm sorry, John.
01:01:28Hold up.
01:01:34I'm giving you one shot.
01:01:35Central Kitchen needs a driver.
01:01:37Mornings you haul the meat to every major account.
01:01:39Afternoons you collect the empties.
01:01:40Four grand a month.
01:01:41Take it or walk.
01:01:43You'd actually give me a job?
01:01:44This ain't charity or forgiveness.
01:01:46This is your last fucking chance, Jimmy.
01:01:48Keep your head down.
01:01:49Do the work right.
01:01:50And you might still crawl out of the hole you dug.
01:01:51You slip back into that old greedy piece of shit behavior.
01:01:54Don't say I didn't warn you.
01:01:55We're done.
01:01:55I'll take it.
01:01:56I'll take it.
01:01:56Thank you, John.
01:01:58Don't thank me.
01:02:00Thank your brother.
01:02:02Mike's the only reason you're still breathing.
01:02:09John, how the hell does a guy go from a busted food truck to open in a whole new style
01:02:13of barbecue in Austin?
01:02:15Paul and I partnered up to give Texas one more voice in the smoke.
01:02:18One that actually remembers where it came from.
01:02:21So regular folks can finally taste something real.
01:02:24Something worth the grind.
01:02:26William, as general manager of Blackstar BQ, what's your message to the people?
01:02:30I ain't much for speeches.
01:02:32You want barbecue that hits different?
01:02:34That tastes like blood, sweat, and second chances?
01:02:37Come to Blackstar BVU.
01:02:39We got you.
01:02:39We will not let you down.
01:02:47Feeling better, Mom?
01:02:51A whole lot better watching my boy like this.
01:02:54Got to give Paul credit.
01:02:55Docs say she's turning the corner.
01:02:57A few more days and she'll be right as rain.
01:02:59It was John's meat that hooked Paul in the first place, you old mule.
01:03:03You're always giving our sons blood and sweat to somebody else.
01:03:08Stubborn as the day I met you.
01:03:11All right, all right.
01:03:13Guilty as charged.
01:03:14The boy did it.
01:03:15All of it.
01:03:19Split the brisket clean down the middle.
01:03:20Layer mesquite, then pecan.
01:03:22Smoke it slow.
01:03:23Marry it back together.
01:03:24Respect the meat.
01:03:27Every single cut is different.
01:03:29Watch it like it's trying to kill you.
01:03:30Keep it alive inside.
01:03:32Turn the beef ribs over.
01:03:33No apple cider vinegar left.
01:03:38Black pepper's light.
01:03:40Do it again.
01:03:41It's close enough, man.
01:03:43Close enough is what got us that James shipment.
01:03:45Almost got my brother's finger cut off.
01:03:48Almost got us all killed.
01:03:52You do it exactly right, or you get the fuck out of my kitchen.
01:04:01Boss, got a crew of creative pit guys wanting in.
01:04:04William already ran them through the wrinkle.
01:04:05They're clean.
01:04:05Tell them Black Star doesn't care where you came from.
01:04:08You bring real smoke, real work.
01:04:10You get the best shot I can give.
01:04:12You deliver.
01:04:12I take care of mine.
01:04:14Wasn't a straight road.
01:04:15Took a busted $3 truck, a dying mother, a backstabbing cousin, and a whole lot of smoke
01:04:20to get here.
01:04:22Hey, bro.
01:04:23This is our new mate.
01:04:25Lucky as hell, though.
01:04:27Got brothers now who'd run into the fire with me.
01:04:29Real ones.
01:04:42Sure.
01:04:46Still here.
01:04:48Still breathing.
01:04:51No, no, no, no.
01:05:07This is...
01:05:09John, this is a King Range?
01:05:13Dad, 20 years at Ford building engines for everybody else.
01:05:16Figured it was time you had one that was yours.
01:05:22Told you I'd make it right.
01:05:23You damn fool.
01:05:35Mom.
01:05:43This one's yours.
01:05:49This is...
01:05:50You always talked about Yellowstone.
01:05:53As soon as you're strong enough, whole family's going.
01:05:55The check is walking around money.
01:05:56Don't you dare pinch pennies.
01:06:01Yeehaw, John!
01:06:04William!
01:06:06This fancy-ass neighborhood?
01:06:09Gate guard said our old rust bog was an eyesore.
01:06:12So how the hell did you get it past him?
01:06:15Hold it right there, you son of a bitch!
01:06:18Get back here!
01:06:26Well, shit.
01:06:28Quit staring and get your ass in the truck, brother!
01:06:30Handle, you're gonna get my ass in the truck, brother!
01:06:33Come on!
01:06:33Oh, God!
01:06:35I'm a littleb.
01:06:39I'm a littleb, brother!
01:06:45You're not going to get your ass in the truck.
01:06:49Bye!
01:06:49You
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