Joe Riscky's Barbeque

Joe Riscky’s family has owned a grocery store in Fort Worth for 90 years, and that’s where Joe grew up—around food. His first job at age 16 was as a busboy in the family business. His dad was a working-class guy, Joe remembers, and that’s what he always admired about him. “He had an amazing work ethic. He was a hands-on guy who knew the mechanics of barbecue, and made his own smokers.” “He was the kind of guy who would work all week and then go up to the farm and cut firewood on Sunday. If the tractor or the truck was broken, he would fix it himself.”