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Kingsford Charcoal Launches Preserve the Pit Fellowship to Mentor Aspiring Black Pitmasters

Credit: Kingsford Charcoal company Kingsford has launched a new initiative that focuses on highlighting and preserving the contributions Black Americans have made to barbecue, while ensuring they have a prominent place in the future of the cuisine. With this week s launch of Kingsford s Preserve the Pit fellowship program, aspiring barbecue professionals are invited to apply to an opportunity for immersive training and one-on-one mentorship with some of the top pitmasters in the nation. Winners will also receive an undisclosed capital investment to kick-start their business. As the modern-day story of barbecue continues to unfold, it s important to celebrate those who have made it what it is today, Shaunte Mears-Watkins, vice president of strategy and marketing for Kingsford, said in a news release. The traditions of Black pitmasters helped bring barbecue into the center of American culture, but their

Remembering Southern Illinois barbecue legend Mike Mills, founder of 17th Street Barbecue

MOLLY PARKER The Southern MURPHYSBORO — Mike Mills, who died this week at the age of 79, didn’t set out to seed a love of barbecue across the country, well beyond its roots in the South and parts of the Midwest, but that’s what he ended up doing. After graduating from Murphysboro Township High School in 1959, he enrolled in the first class in the Dental Technology program at Southern Illinois University. He earned an associate’s degree and moved to Elgin to work in a lab there. After learning the trade, he returned home and founded the Murphysboro Dental Lab. It produced crowns and dental prosthetics for nearly 60 years on 14th Street until it closed in 2019, making it one of longest continuously running businesses in Murphysboro.

Founder of Illinois 17th Street Barbecue dies at 79

Mike Mills was an award-winning hall of fame pitmaster, a restaurateur who became a worldwide ambassador for barbecue, the southern Illinois region and the role that cooking meat slowly over a smoky fire plays in restoring the soul. Mills, 79, who founded 17th Street Barbecue, turning a century-old building in downtown Murphysboro into an internationally known restaurant with a clientele that included top chefs and former President Bill Clinton, died Tuesday, his daughter and restaurant co-owner Amy Mills said. Mills had reportedly been in ill health in recent months. No cause of death was given by the family, but Amy Mills said it was not COVID-19 related.

Legendary Southern Illinois pitmaster Mike Mills, founder of 17th Street Barbecue, has died

Legendary Southern Illinois pitmaster Mike Mills, founder of 17th Street Barbecue, has died
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BBQ legend Mike Mills passes away

Mike Mills | Courtesy: 17th Street BBQ Mills’ daughter announced his passing Tuesday from what’s being called a non-covid illness. Mills won numerous barbeque competitions across the country. In 2010, he was inducted into the barbecue hall of fame. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time.  

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