Station One Smokehouse

Opening on Friday, February 23rd! We strive for simplicity, with a hyper focus on the quality of meats and spices, wood selection, and maintaining a fire - giving a nod to our German/Czech meat market roots. No Gas. No Electricity. All Wood & Hard Work. Business owner information Brad H. Business Owner My passion for BBQ began during my time running my family's butcher shop, City Meat Market in Naperville. It was during these "formative" years that I discovered Central Texas BBQ. The style is rooted in old world butcher shops smoking leftover cuts of meats so that it could be salvaged. Curious to learn more, I took a two-week tour through Central Texas to explore this world of barbecue and I fell in love. My family sold the butcher shop, and I moved on to Green Street Smoked Meats, perhaps the most renowned BBQ restaurant in Chicago. I served as executive chef and manager at Green Street for three years. Trained at Scottsdale Culinary Institute in 2001-2002, I have spent 20 year