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Bigham’s Smokehouse Spotlighted by Stag Business Coaching for Its Lubbock Roots, Culture and Commitment to Quality - Porterville Recorder
Bigham's Smokehouse, the family-owned Lubbock barbecue spot that Nick Bigham's father Don started in 1978, was recently featured in a business spotlight by Stag Business Coaching, where the younger Bigham talked family history, culture, and what keeps the place going nearly five decades in. Stag Business Coaching's Kellen sat down with Nick to walk through the restaurant's roots and the values that have carried it from Don's original vision to the operation Nick runs today.
Stag Business Coaching's Kellen sat down with Nick to walk through the restaurant's roots and the values that have carried it from Don's original vision to the operation Nick runs today. The conversation covered the restaurant's commitment to quality food and its focus on continuing to serve West Texas.
Nick put it simply: his dad built it, he's the second generation carrying it forward, and he's glad to keep doing it. That kind of continuity is increasingly rare in the restaurant business, where turnover is brutal and independent spots get squeezed from every direction. For people here who have been eating Bigham's barbecue for years, the spotlight is a reminder that the place is still run by the family that started it.
Bigham's Smokehouse has been feeding Lubbock since Gerald Ford was president, which means a lot of folks in this city have never known a West Texas without it.
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How long has Bigham's Smokehouse been open in Lubbock?
- Bigham's Smokehouse has been serving Lubbock since 1978, when Don Bigham founded the family-owned barbecue restaurant. That makes it nearly five decades in business, with Don's son Nick now running the operation as the second generation of the Bigham family.
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