JJ's BBQ in Elba, which was destroyed in a fire in May 2023, is reopening in a new building 14 months later.
Chequita Walker, the owner of JJ's BBQ in Elba, Ala., stands in front of the new location of her barbecue business. Her previous location was destroyed in a fire in 2023. Walker is holding a new, wooden plaque from the Alabama Pork Producers, which named JJ's as "Bama's Best Pulled Pork" in a 2020 statewide contest. The original plaque was also destroyed in the fire. The new location is opening on July 1, 2024.
JJ came to live with Walker in December 2014, when he was just two months old. She later became his legal guardian, and his adoption was finalized in January 2020.In addition to that award-winning pulled pork, the JJ’s menu featured beef brisket, smoked chicken and ribs, along with baked beans, coleslaw, potato salad, rice, french fries and fried okra.Ms.
“Nobody got hurt, and that was the number one thing for me,” she adds. “I was just so glad that no one got hurt from the fire because it could have easily been that way -- especially in that small building with that pit in the back.” Previously, JJ’s BBQ had been open three days a week -- Thursdays through Saturdays -- but the new location will be open five days -- Tuesdays through Saturdays, Walker says.
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