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Open original video file (MP4) (opens in a new tab)Pastor, pitmaster, and founder Lew Kizer on why SmashMeals is run as both a business and a ministry, and how a gluten-free kitchen in Kingsport got started.
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Lew Kizer explains the origin of SmashMeals in his own words: a pastor and pitmaster who kept getting asked to cook for people who could not eat what everyone else was eating.
He talks about why the kitchen went 100% gluten-free from day one instead of running a shared line, and why the family still works the meat station and the dessert table on prep days.