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Growing up in 1960's Chicago Dave Anderson didn't eat much deep dish. Instead his dad took the family to the South Side for barbecue and those memories—and aromas—stayed with him. For years Dave tinkered with his own recipes for sauces and sides while working as a salesman and business advisor to Native American tribes. Finally in 1994 he opened his first barbecue shack in the last place you might expect to find one: the little town of Hayward Wisconsin. The chain grew quickly—too quickly—

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