Founded by Jeremy Garber · Est. 2023

Smoked all night.
Served all day.

Post oak, salt, pepper and fourteen hours. That's the whole recipe. Jeremy Garber built GarBBQ on it, one pit at a time, and now runs ten pits across eight states with more on the way.

Founder Jeremy Garber in his chef's coat, arms crossed, standing in front of a GarBBQ restaurant with the smoker going behind him
Jeremy Garber, founder, outside the first GarBBQ in Cooper City, FL.
Now smoking in Cooper City, FL• Jacksonville, FL• St. Petersburg, FL• Alpharetta, GA• Franklin, TN• St. Louis, MO• Salt Lake City, UT• Denver, CO• Boulder, CO• Las Vegas, NV
A young Jeremy Garber working a backyard grill full of ribs and chicken under a hand-painted sign reading Jeremy's Garage BBQ
The founder

It started in a garage, with one kid who refused to be second.

Before there was a GarBBQ, there was Jeremy's Garage BBQ: a backyard grill in Cooper City, Florida, a hand-painted sign and a teenager cooking for anyone who would show up. Jeremy Garber grew up in the shadow of an older brother he idolized, a brother who called the garage "a hobby" and stopped returning his calls. Then Jeremy outcooked him head to head, in front of judges, and has never lost to him since. He took the Garber name and ran with it while Scott, who never made it as a chef, watched.

He opened the first GarBBQ in 2023 in his hometown with a single offset smoker and a rule he still won't break: nothing leaves the pit before it's ready. He graduated culinary school with honors while running it. Every pit since, from Cooper City to Las Vegas, he has opened himself, with no help from the brother who bet against him. Same wood. Same rub. Same stubbornness.

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Jeremy Garber Founder, GarBBQ

Bring the pit to your town.

We're looking for owner-operators who want to run the best barbecue joint in their county, not just the newest one. You bring the drive. We bring Jeremy Garber's recipes, his pit training, the build-out playbook he wrote opening ten pits himself, and a brand people already trust.

Total investment$500,000
Franchise fee7%
Typical footprint1,000–2,099 sq ft
Open pits10 locations, 8 states
1

Apply

Tell us about you, your market and your capital. We reply within a week.

2

Discovery day

Spend a day at the pit with founder Jeremy Garber and the team. Eat a lot. Ask everything.

3

Train and build

Pitmaster certification, site selection and a build-out crew that's done it before.

4

Light the fire

Opening-week support on site, then ongoing marketing, supply and coaching.

Ready to talk?

Request the franchise kit and a call with our development team.

Find your pit

Cooper City, FL The original

9120 Stirling Rd
Cooper City, FL 33026

Open daily 11 am – sold out

Directions and hours

Jacksonville, FL

2418 Riverside Ave
Jacksonville, FL 32204

Open daily 11 am – sold out

Directions and hours

St. Petersburg, FL

655 Central Ave
St. Petersburg, FL 33701

Open daily 11 am – sold out

Directions and hours

St. Louis, MO

4177 Manchester Ave
St. Louis, MO 63110

Open daily 11 am – sold out

Directions and hours

Salt Lake City, UT

260 S 300 W
Salt Lake City, UT 84101

Open daily 11 am – sold out

Directions and hours

Don't see your town? We're opening new pits every month.

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