Jack Miller’s Brings the Sauce

JACK MILLER’S UNIQUE BARBECUE SAUCE AND THE NOSTALGIA THAT COMES WITH EVERY BOTTLE IS PALPABLE TO THOSE WHO ENJOY IT

STORY BY KAITLYN SHEHEE

This company’s humble beginning started in 1941 when Jack D. Miller opened the original American Inn Restaurant in Ville Platte, where the now widely recognized Jack Miller’s Bar-B-Que Sauce was first developed for customers of the inn, back when they were unaware of the growth it would have, becoming a true Louisianian staple today. After a decade of praise spread by word-of-mouth, this special sauce that once only lived on Jack Miller’s barbecue dinners and plate lunches finally hit shelves in south Louisiana in 1955, and later in other states as well. Spread over countless racks of ribs, burgers, smoked chicken, and pork chops across the South, many Southerners will tell you that a bottle of Jack Miller’s Bar-B-Que Sauce will often evoke childhood nostalgia. After a fire in the 1960s,…

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