UpNSmokin – Philipsburg, Montana barbecue finishes in the top 8 at prestigious Las Vegas cooking event

It’s called "the ultimate food fight," and you’d be hard-pressed to imagine a scene farther from the essence of uptown P-Burg.

In early November, with Food Network cameras cranking, Brent Schreyer and his UpNSmokin Barbecue https://www.facebook.com/pages/Upnsmokin-Bbq-House/310696075710723 team found themselves under one of glitziest and glitteriest features of Las Vegas.

Shirley Beck, co-owner of the town’s famous Sweet Palace and Sapphire Gallery, had a plan to turn a dark but historic 1910 building on East Broadway into a barbecue shop. It had started as a soda fountain and ice cream shop, later serving as the Gallery Café for many years and, most recently, the Philipsburg Café.

By Kim Briggeman

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