{"id":9732,"date":"2018-08-15T17:47:39","date_gmt":"2018-08-15T22:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/?p=9732"},"modified":"2018-08-20T13:41:55","modified_gmt":"2018-08-20T18:41:55","slug":"food-network-smoky-jons-best-barbecue-wisconsin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/food-network-smoky-jons-best-barbecue-wisconsin\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Network says Smoky Jon&#8217;s is Wisconsin&#8217;s best \u2019cue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jon Olson is a winner. Dozens of awards hang from the walls at Smoky Jon\u2019s, his beloved barbecue restaurant on Madison\u2019s north side. And if that isn\u2019t enough evidence, surely <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smokyjons.com\/paula-and-emilio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the picture<\/a> of Olson with actor Emilio Estevez is. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YX-mt9eFdkI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emilio!<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Now, Olson has another trophy to add to his collection: the best barbecue in the state.<\/p>\n<p>In its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foodnetwork.com\/restaurants\/photos\/best-barbecue-restaurants-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent slideshow<\/a> of \u201c50 States of Barbecue,\u201d Food Network named Smoky Jon\u2019s as tops in Wisconsin. The listing praised Olson\u2019s \u201cauthentic wood-smoked \u2019cue,\u201d which he makes with locally-raised pigs, a special spice rub and his own house-made sauce (which you can also <a href=\"http:\/\/smokyjons.com\/sauces\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">buy bottled<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>And while I can\u2019t disagree with the choice \u2014 after all, $10 at Smoky Jon\u2019s buys you like $20 worth of food \u2014 Food Network\u2019s use of the abbreviation <em>\u2019cue<\/em> disturbs me. I have never once heard anyone outside of Guy Fieri call barbecue <em>\u2019cue<\/em>. And Guy Fieri only gets away with it because he looks like he was kicked out of an Offspring cover band for being too on the nose.<\/p>\n<p>So in conclusion, I think we learned two important lessons today: 1) Smoky Jon\u2019s has really great barbecue; and 2) just because Guy Fieri does something doesn\u2019t mean you should do it too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jon Olson is a winner. Dozens of awards hang from the walls at Smoky Jon\u2019s, his beloved barbecue restaurant on Madison\u2019s north side. 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