Local Eats: Pigs Head BBQ cooks up old-school smoked barbecue in Southwest Michigan
Local Eats: Pigs Head BBQ cooks up old-school smoked barbecue in Southwest Michigan Updated Mar 06, 2021; Facebook Share GOBLES, MI — Just a short road trip from Kalamazoo is a roadside stand known for its craft barbecue. Pigs Head Barbecue was founded by Gobles native James Sluss, who had a passion for smoking meats. Using an old 1950s Philco fridge smoker that he built himself, Sluss turned that passion into a catering business in 2012. After a few years, his wife Michelle convinced Sluss to start up his own roadside stand. He branched out to bigger and better smokers and, in 2017, opene...