Justin Spencer thought his chances of being asked to work in a pit room were behind him. Loading a firebox and seasoning a brisket aren’t usually called for from a business’s head of food and beverage, a position he holds at New Waterloo, a company with five hotels and around a dozen restaurants over five states. Junebug’s Barbecue, at the new Albert Hotel, in Fredericksburg, was a different kind of project—one that has Spencer working as a pitmaster. “I never imagined this would happen unless I left this job and decided to do my own thing,” he says.The design for Albert Hotel kicked off back in 2018. Spencer was touring the property with some executives before construction. An existing stone building known as the Sunday…

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