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HONORING
SMALL BUSINESSES

Evie Mae's

The Crown Jewel of

WEST TEXAS BARBEQUE

by Vickie Walters

ho would have thought smoker (“Black Pearl”) and perfected them closer to family. At the same
a small locally owned smoking meats, they started sharing time, a large landscaping company
Wbarbeque restaurant would it with neighbors and friends. To hone offered to buy their business, so they
put little Wolfforth, TX on the map? his skills, they knew they needed to decided to give barbeque a go full
But that is what happened when sell the food to pay for the quality time. They sold their home, bought
Arnis and Mallory Robbins moved meat and food they were purchasing a new food truck, and moved to
to town and opened their barbeque to practice. So, they acquired a Lubbock.
food truck, selling beef and pork, small food vending stand and began
along with tasty gluten-free sides and selling the delicious barbeque from Finding a spot to park their truck and
desserts. a parking lot once a week, while still sell barbeque was not easy. In 2015,
running the landscaping business by the city of Lubbock had many strict
It all started in 2014 in Tucson, AZ day. They named the new business rules that would prevent them from
where the Robbins were already Evie Mae’s after their one-year-old successfully selling food full time. So.
operating a successful landscaping daughter. they explored outside the city limits
business, when Arnis was diagnosed and found Wolfforth. They called
with Celiac Disease. This diagnosis As their passion for serving good the city leadership to explain who
began a journey of grilling, then food to others developed, they grew a they were and what they wanted to
smoking on an electric smoker in faithful following in Tucson. But just do. Wolfforth said, “Come on! We’ll
the backyard every night. After months later, an opportunity arose to take you!” Next, they found a storage
Arnis built his own reverse-flow move to Lubbock, which would place unit, parked the food truck out front,

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