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title: "Bourbon and barbecue is becoming America's favorite combination"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/c49430c1-5cd2-4864-bad2-f9c4655975d2
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/bourbon-and-barbecue-is-becoming-americas-favorite-combination-1467
category: "Casual dining"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Casual dining"
published: 2015-04-10T20:15:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T03:23:09.319Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/8d777f385d3dfec8815d20f7496026dc6622.png
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# Bourbon and barbecue is becoming America's favorite combination

**TL;DR:** America is combining bourbon and barbecue for a new food trend. Buffalo Wings & Rings executive chef Elliot Jablonsky comments on the flavor profile of bourbon barbecue.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2015-04-10. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/bourbon-and-barbecue-is-becoming-americas-favorite-combination-1467).*

## Story

“[The flavor] starts with heat, then sweet, then finishes with smoke,” said Elliot Jablonsky, executive chef of Buffalo Wings & Rings. “Bourbon definitely brings the smoke and kind of a wood flavor, like oak does to wine, in a good way.”

The reason for the spike in popularity of bourbon barbecue is the newness of the flavor.

“When you’ve been doing wings for years, it’s not that often that you can give people something a little more current,” he said.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- menu innovation (topic)
- Wings and Rings (company)
- food trend (topic)
- bourbon barbecue (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/bourbon-and-barbecue-is-becoming-americas-favorite-combination-1467). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/c49430c1-5cd2-4864-bad2-f9c4655975d2).