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Pitmaster Rashad Jones

Host of the hit Food Network show Eat, Sleep, BBQ, Ocala’s own Rashad Jones is the barbecue king, the ultimate pitmaster, grill dad, and “master of ‘cue”—an honor earned most recently as the winner of Season three of Food Network’s series BBQ Brawl. Jones is no stranger to competitive success having previously won the Food Network series Guy’s Big Project in 2017. He owns and operates the popular Big Lee’s BBQ in Ocala, Florida.