‘Queer Eye’ Sends Jones BBQ Sauce Sales Through the Roof | Eater
"A small Kansas City barbecue restaurant run by sisters Mary and Deborah Jones, known for smoking meat and a signature barbecue sauce based on a secret recipe passed down from their father, Leavy, a former pitmaster. The sisters have been part of the local barbecue scene for more than three decades and maintain hundreds of regulars they know by name; fans often arrive as early as 7 a.m. to get meat fresh from the smoker, and the restaurant frequently sells out by noon. After being featured on Queer Eye—where they collaborated with a packaged-food partner and Antoni Porowski to bottle the sauce—demand surged, causing a temporary shortage and long lines; the bottled sauce is now available again but ships with a posted 7–10 day delay as they scale up production." - Greg Morabito
