New Book
- Coming -
This House is Smokin’
Brick House is a proposed new book about barbeque from the perspective of a Black woman. Cue the music “Brick House” by the Commodores. This sneak peek short story is one of many inspiring stories of a legendary family of not eight, nine, or ten but eleven Black pitmasters from Oakland, CA, and nine of these pitmasters are dynamic Black women who have been cooking delicious smoked meat on brick pits for 50 years. “Ow, what a winning hand!”
Shirley Everett-Dicko tells her legendary family’s story of operating the iconic Everett and Jones Barbeque Restaurants for 50 years in the Bay Area. The book will show the authentic Black “barbeque” experience in a fun, creative way using parody, photos, eye-popping illustrations, and short stories; part memoir and part food, Shirley clears the smoke around the male-dominated narrative that only men (mainly white men) are the best pitmasters and puts Black women on the frontline of the national American Barbecue debate. Nine beautiful, classy, sassy, big-legged queens (they got it from their mama) and their brick pits made history when they opened the first of many restaurants and have come to take their rightful place on the throne (Wakanda Forever!)
Two natural forces were born in 1973, Hip Hop and Everett & Jones Barbeque, both will celebrate 50 years in 2023. Five decades of Everett and Jones Barbeque, which continues to succeed and inspires the third generation of family pitmasters and BBQueens. My late mother and five deceased siblings' legacy will live on through these short stories. Black Girl Magic!
Contact Shirley Everett-Dicko at everettandjonesbarbeque@gmail.com
Shirley Everett-Dicko tells her legendary family’s story of operating the iconic Everett and Jones Barbeque Restaurants for 50 years in the Bay Area. The book will show the authentic Black “barbeque” experience in a fun, creative way using parody, photos, eye-popping illustrations, and short stories; part memoir and part food, Shirley clears the smoke around the male-dominated narrative that only men (mainly white men) are the best pitmasters and puts Black women on the frontline of the national American Barbecue debate. Nine beautiful, classy, sassy, big-legged queens (they got it from their mama) and their brick pits made history when they opened the first of many restaurants and have come to take their rightful place on the throne (Wakanda Forever!)
Two natural forces were born in 1973, Hip Hop and Everett & Jones Barbeque, both will celebrate 50 years in 2023. Five decades of Everett and Jones Barbeque, which continues to succeed and inspires the third generation of family pitmasters and BBQueens. My late mother and five deceased siblings' legacy will live on through these short stories. Black Girl Magic!
Contact Shirley Everett-Dicko at everettandjonesbarbeque@gmail.com
