Sunday Story: The Road to Redemption - richmondmagazine.com
John Vest, owner of Redemption BBQ (Photo by Jay Paul) There is something about barbecue that makes ministers out of mere men. A slab of meat sizzling over burning coals conjures imagery that is spiritual in nature, igniting memories of the enduring contributions of pitmasters past. John Vest, owner of Redemption BBQ, was a minister first and a pitmaster second â both roles born from a love of fellowship. With a civil engineer for a father, Vest moved often as a kid, usually every 18 to 24 months until middle school, when his family settled in Florida. In college, Vest originally studie...
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