From homecoming brisket to barbecue haven

RISE OF SMOKIN’ DICK’S BARBECUE
  • BARBECUE HAVEN Dick and Shellee Odom stand beside their restaurant sign with great big smiles after their newly constructed addition to Smokin’Dick’s Barbecue. They will celebrate their third year on Feb. 14 with a pork chop meal deal from 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. | PAUL GIBSON PHOTO
    BARBECUE HAVEN Dick and Shellee Odom stand beside their restaurant sign with great big smiles after their newly constructed addition to Smokin’Dick’s Barbecue. They will celebrate their third year on Feb. 14 with a pork chop meal deal from 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. | PAUL GIBSON PHOTO
  • AMERICA LOVES BBQ On the wall in Smokin’ Dick’s Barbecue hangs a large map filled with pins that specify just where folks have come from to eat barbecue in Post. Dick and Shellee Odom are amazed at the stories told and the friends made from folks that come from far and near. | PAUL GIBSON PHOTO
    AMERICA LOVES BBQ On the wall in Smokin’ Dick’s Barbecue hangs a large map filled with pins that specify just where folks have come from to eat barbecue in Post. Dick and Shellee Odom are amazed at the stories told and the friends made from folks that come from far and near. | PAUL GIBSON PHOTO
    What started as an annual brisket dinner for the Post band booster parents on homecoming night turned into a real big deal barbecue. “Dick spent several days and nights cooking multiple pits full of briskets for the event for the seven years our kids were in band,” said Shellee Odom, an owner of Smokin’ Dick’s Barbecue (SDB). “He even volunteered a few years after.”...

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