05/18/2026
🖤🔥 FROM THE SMOKE QUEEN… 🔥🖤
What a ride these last 8 weeks have been.
When Burn the House Down BBQ relaunched on 3/20, I honestly didn’t know what to expect. I was pregnant, exhausted, emotional, grieving, nervous, and trying to rebuild something bigger and better than before. I just knew I had a vision, faith, and a smoker full of meat. 😭🔥
But BABY… y’all showed UP.
These last 8 weeks have been some of the most phenomenal, record breaking, high volume weeks we have ever experienced as a business. The lines got longer. The smokers got fuller. The sell outs got crazier. The support got louder. And somehow… through all the stress, pressure, sweat, tears, swollen feet, sleepless nights, and contractions disguised as “BBQ cramps”… we made it happen. 😂🔥
This year we learned SO much.
We listened to customer feedback.
We improved systems.
We launched new menu items.
We tested flavors, portions, specials, and combinations.
And y’all absolutely went CRAZY over:
🔥 The Monster
🔥 Brisket
🔥 Smoke Stack Macs
🔥 Smoke Queen Trios
The final weekend before leave?
Y’all wiped us OUT.
And when I say out… I mean OUT. 😭
No brisket.
No pork.
No ribs.
No mac.
Not even a baked bean left in the building. 😂🔥
That’s love.
That’s support.
That’s community.
But now… it’s time.
The Smoke Prince Baby Grayson is in his final stages of development 👶🏽💨 and the Smoke Queen has to finally sit down somewhere and REST before his arrival.
Running a business while pregnant has been the hardest thing I have EVER done in my life.
There were days I cried.
Days I wanted to quit.
Days I was mentally overwhelmed.
Days my body hurt so bad I didn’t know how I was gonna get through service.
And on top of all of that… we lost my mother in law the SAME DAY as relaunch.
Trying to carry her first grandchild while also trying to be strong for her son, my husband Jonathan, and still show up smiling for customers every weekend… was one of the hardest emotional battles I’ve ever faced.
But somehow God carried us through it.
And honestly?
YOU ALL carried me too.
Every customer.
Every share.
Every comment.
Every “best brisket I ever had.”
Every preorder.
Every hug.
Every person that waited in line.
Every supporter that checked on me.
Y’all became part of my WHY.
I also want to thank my staff, family, and friends who helped carry Burn the House Down BBQ these last two months because there is NO way I could’ve done this alone.
And Mama…
Thank you for helping keep me sane, aligned, focused, and emotionally together all the way from Washington State while I was trying to hold everything together here in Georgia. ❤️
This is NOT goodbye.
This is simply…
SEE YOU LATER. 👑🔥
The Smoke Queen WILL return.
And when we do… we’re coming back stronger, smarter, healthier, and with even more smoke. 💨
Until then…
Keep following the page because there MAY be an occasional pop up, preorder day, or surprise appearance once Baby Grayson gets settled into the world.
And if there’s something you LOVE on the menu or want us to bring back or add when we return…
LET US KNOW NOW. 👀🔥
Thank you CSRA.
Thank you Augusta.
Thank you to every supporter that helped turn Burn the House Down BBQ into more than just food.
From ashes we rise.
From flames we cook. 🔥🖤
