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title: "New York-Based BBQ Brand Mighty Quinn's Signs First Franchisee"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/4646133a-707b-40c8-9286-7688efe25117
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/new-york-based-bbq-brand-mighty-quinns-signs-first-franchisee-2709465
category: "Restaurants"
industry: "Restaurants"
published: 2019-04-05T18:13:38.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:26:06.159Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/2f0bb3e832929c7fb1832d413d58b0902895.jpg
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# New York-Based BBQ Brand Mighty Quinn's Signs First Franchisee

**TL;DR:** Mighty Quinn's BBQ signed its first franchisee, Jason Wotman, to bring three locations to Long Island. The brand has nine corporate-owned locations and five international franchised units since its founding in 2011.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2019-04-05. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/new-york-based-bbq-brand-mighty-quinns-signs-first-franchisee-2709465).*

## Story

Mighty Quinn's BBQ recently signed their first franchisee, Long Island native Jason Wotman. Wotman has signed to bring three locations to Long Island as the brand is looking to continue growth on the east coast. Since the brand's founding in 2011, Co-Founder Micha Magid, Christos Gourmos and Hugh Mangum have opened nine corporate-owned locations, a restaurant at Yankee Stadium and five international franchised units.

Katie LaTour is a staff writer for 1851 Franchise and Estatenvy. She has experience in copywriting, editing and translation, and has written content for brands including Coca-Cola, Ivivva and Ray Ban's. She holds a Master of Arts in Writing and Publishing from DePaul University and a B.A. in English and Spanish from the University of Dayton. Presently, Katie is working on a poetry collection and building a platform for Chicago creative professionals to share best practices.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- unit expansion (topic)
- Coke (company)
- Long Island (location)
- east coast expansion (topic)
- franchisee signing (topic)
- bbq brand (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/new-york-based-bbq-brand-mighty-quinns-signs-first-franchisee-2709465). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/4646133a-707b-40c8-9286-7688efe25117).