Arnis and Mallory Robbins thought they’d be slinging brisket with ease when they opened a new location of Evie Mae’s Pit Barbeque in Miramar Beach, Florida, last year. The couple is a decade into a successful run at the joint’s original location, in Wolfforth, just southwest of Lubbock, which has landed a top ten ranking in the last three of our Top 50 barbecue lists. They assumed the reputation they built in Texas would transfer elsewhere, and that barbecue lovers all over the Florida Panhandle would flock to Evie Mae’s once it opened. “Texas barbecue transcends Texas,” Arnis said. In a recent conversation at Evie Mae’s in Wolfforth, the couple shared some of the unexpected hurdles they’ve encountered and a stark realization about expanding to…

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