Here we have another segment from the Smokestack Lightning interview tapes. Jim Quessenberry tells the story of locking horns in Cleveland over ribs, and how his ribs went missing like Jimmy Hoffa.
This one is best heard in Jim’s own voice. Press play below.
A short story from Jim’s competition years — the time he hauled the Arkansas Trav’ler up to Cleveland, threw down against the local rib outfits, and learned the hard way that championship ribs and unattended coolers don’t mix. Like a lot of Jim’s stories, the punch line involves missing meat, suspicious circumstances, and a wink that says he’s not naming names.
