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<v Speaker 1>On Thursdays, we like to do our small business shout

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<v Speaker 1>out and once again revisiting here is Axiom Kitchen, Smoked

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<v Speaker 1>Meats and Barbecue. Welcome back, Keanna Williams and Ian Mafnas.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks for coming back in you guys, we appreciate this.

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<v Speaker 3>Thanks for having us.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks for having us again.

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<v Speaker 1>One of the reasons that you're here is the the

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<v Speaker 1>third annual now third annual Long Beach Barbecue and Music Festival,

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<v Speaker 1>and you guys are helping host it.

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<v Speaker 2>This is a fun weekend. It's this weekend.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, next weekend.

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<v Speaker 2>Next weekend.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh, I'm sorry, I have my days mixed up some anyway,

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<v Speaker 4>not important, so next weekend. So this is like you

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<v Speaker 4>can bring the whole family, you bring the kids. It's

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<v Speaker 4>a whole weekend Old Day event.

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<v Speaker 2>Tell us about it.

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<v Speaker 3>Sure.

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<v Speaker 5>So it's gonna be Friday and Saturday, May twenty third

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<v Speaker 5>and twenty fourth, from twelve to nine pm at Shoreland

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<v Speaker 5>Aquatic Park in downtown Long Beach. We're gonna have a

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<v Speaker 5>free kids area, We're gonna have whiskey tasting at.

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<v Speaker 2>The kids area.

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<v Speaker 4>Definitely help with naptime adjacent to the kids for sure.

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<v Speaker 5>And we're gonna have live performances by local artists. We're

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<v Speaker 5>gonna have thirty of the best barbecue vendors in Sokel

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<v Speaker 5>representing all the different types of barbecue, Southern Carolina and

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<v Speaker 5>Keli barbecue.

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<v Speaker 4>I go to Kansas City once a year, and I've

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<v Speaker 4>heard the comment of, well, don't you get sick of barbecue? No, because,

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<v Speaker 4>like you're stating, and which is the case. Barbecue has

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<v Speaker 4>done so differently in so many different ways that it's

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<v Speaker 4>kind of like a different food group depending on where

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<v Speaker 4>you go to get your barbecue.

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<v Speaker 3>And the best part is everybody has like their idea

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<v Speaker 3>of what like the perfect barbecue is, so they'll.

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<v Speaker 2>Be like these arguments like, no, we like it with sauce. No,

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<v Speaker 2>we like it without sauce.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think that's one of the most beautiful things

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<v Speaker 1>about barbecue is that it's like so diverse.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, sometimes, like on a Tuesday, I don't want the sauce,

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<v Speaker 4>but by Thursday, I'm in a sauce mood. You know.

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<v Speaker 2>Tell us about the history of Axium Kitchen.

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<v Speaker 3>So.

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<v Speaker 5>Axium Kitchen is a restaurant Keanu and I started back

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<v Speaker 5>in twenty twenty two. It was we got married in

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<v Speaker 5>twenty twenty one, and then I smoked a brisket and

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<v Speaker 5>I brought it to her and she was like, where'd.

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<v Speaker 3>You get you?

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<v Speaker 2>She married you before she had the bristol.

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<v Speaker 3>Of course, of course, Wow, I thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>Keeping it secret? Okay, yeah, how do you keep your briskele?

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<v Speaker 2>It's an advanced move.

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<v Speaker 5>So and then she was like, where'd you get this?

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<v Speaker 5>And I was like the backyard. And she was like,

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<v Speaker 5>oh my god. We got to do something with this.

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<v Speaker 5>So we started Axiom, and we started as a pop

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<v Speaker 5>up and then we got a shared kitchen and the

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<v Speaker 5>barbecue Vessel was a birthday for Axiom and we had

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<v Speaker 5>it at Trademark Brewing in Long Beach and too many.

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<v Speaker 3>People showed up.

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<v Speaker 2>This looks a good problem to.

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<v Speaker 3>Have, right definitely.

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<v Speaker 5>So the next year we had it at Shoreline Aquatic

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<v Speaker 5>Park and that was last year and we had thirty

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<v Speaker 5>five hundred people show up on one day.

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<v Speaker 3>Wow. And I told her, I said, we got to

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<v Speaker 3>do two days next year.

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<v Speaker 5>So this year it's two days and it's also hosted

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<v Speaker 5>by a Nozark Foundation, which is a nonprofit we created

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<v Speaker 5>to honor our late son, Noah, who passed away by

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<v Speaker 5>gun violence. So all the proceeds will go to Nose

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<v Speaker 5>Art so we can continue to help in the just

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<v Speaker 5>experiencing homelessness, families and transitional age youth as well.

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<v Speaker 2>How long do you smoke your brisket for?

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<v Speaker 3>Sixteen hours?

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<v Speaker 4>Sixteen hours? That is dedication. You can almost taste it.

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<v Speaker 5>He was a pecan wood, upple wood, and white oak.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow.

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<v Speaker 3>I think I'm partial, but I think his is the

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<v Speaker 3>best brisket I've tasted.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, that's what you're supposed to say, but it sounds

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<v Speaker 2>like it. Did he talk about the brisket at all.

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<v Speaker 2>Before you marry a little bit, you're start.

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<v Speaker 4>Like I am, like, I cannot get over this.

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<v Speaker 5>He literally sprung it on me and he was like

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<v Speaker 5>here it tastes, and like, wait, who made this?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? I did.

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<v Speaker 4>I was like, because like, if you do a good brisket,

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<v Speaker 4>that's part of your personality, right, you know, like that's

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<v Speaker 4>something I was gonna say.

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<v Speaker 1>That would be a first date thing, right, second date maybe? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>All right?

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<v Speaker 1>So I mean this idea that putting together this thing

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<v Speaker 1>for now two days and again it's next Friday, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>next Friday and Saturday, the twenty third and twenty fourth,

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<v Speaker 1>twelve to nine down at the shoreline, Aquatic Park. You

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<v Speaker 1>have some buy in from some amazing rather restaurants in here.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean all second to Axiom in terms of there's

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<v Speaker 1>taste and stuff, but still very very good. How do

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<v Speaker 1>you convince them to come out if everybody's barbecue, aren't

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<v Speaker 1>you kind of flood in the zone at that point,

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<v Speaker 1>you'd be surprised.

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<v Speaker 3>Last year everybody sold out. It was wow.

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<v Speaker 5>So apparently people really love barbecue, and people love the

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<v Speaker 5>different types of barbecue, and everyone has their own signature

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<v Speaker 5>that they do. Like we have Smoking Rubens doing brisket

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<v Speaker 5>bombs and Texas Twinkies. We have Kleifa's Barbecue doing his

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<v Speaker 5>version of brisket and crispy pork belly. We have mcgea's

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<v Speaker 5>who's been in the game for a long time bringing

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<v Speaker 5>his signature brisket, and I guess.

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<v Speaker 1>We have vegan options too, Oh yeah, right, right, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>it's Southern California kind of at this point.

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<v Speaker 5>Actually fresh off the yacht bringing the vegan fair for

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<v Speaker 5>the vegan individual so that way can be inclusive as well,

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<v Speaker 5>because that was one of the problems last year's we

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<v Speaker 5>didn't have any vegetarian or vegan so I think we

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<v Speaker 5>would have some gluten free options as well.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm shocked that somebody would go to a barbecue place

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<v Speaker 4>that was a vegan and be like, what are the

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<v Speaker 4>options for me? Like, that's wild, that is freaking any

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<v Speaker 4>but any place else other than California. If you're old, like,

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<v Speaker 4>look at you like you're crazy. What is a Texas twinkie?

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<v Speaker 5>Texas tinky is a halopenion that's been split up in

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<v Speaker 5>stuff with brisket and wrapped with bacon.

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<v Speaker 2>Stop twinky about that? Oh my gosh. They do us

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<v Speaker 2>all the time in Texas.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's like a big Texas style hallopen you'll popper

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<v Speaker 1>plus Yeah, that's amazing plus plus.

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<v Speaker 3>Plus I'm personally looking forward to trying it now.

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<v Speaker 4>I was just gonna say that, Yeah, you know what,

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<v Speaker 4>It's funny how you hear things and you just know

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<v Speaker 4>you're you're meant to hear them. I was meant to

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<v Speaker 4>hear that.

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<v Speaker 1>Texas a couple of quick websites to tell people about.

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<v Speaker 1>Obviously Axiom Kitchen bbq dot com. That's your website, but

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<v Speaker 1>tickets for the third annual Long Beach Barbecue Music Festival

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<v Speaker 1>Long Beach bbqfest dot com.

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<v Speaker 2>This is where you can get tickets.

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<v Speaker 1>You can just search forard as well and find it

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<v Speaker 1>there again next Friday and Saturday, Shoreline Aquatic Park there

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<v Speaker 1>in Long Beach.

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<v Speaker 4>This fool's driving through downtown LA on the fives.

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<v Speaker 2>Going the wrong way.

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<v Speaker 3>An idiot.

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<v Speaker 2>He was not listening to the show. Obviously. I'm excited

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<v Speaker 2>for this barbecue festival.

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<v Speaker 4>I will be in town that weekend, so I will

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<v Speaker 4>I will definitely go to this Shoreline Aquatic Park. It

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<v Speaker 4>is May twenty third and twenty fourth, Saturday Friday and

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<v Speaker 4>Saturday Friday and Saturday twelve to nine pm. You can

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<v Speaker 4>check out Long Beach Barbecue Fest dot com for your

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<v Speaker 4>tickets again. Long Beach Barbecue Fest dot com barbecue, live music, community,

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<v Speaker 4>fun place you can just dump your kids.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, you go have the whiskey. It's a whole thing.

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<v Speaker 2>It's old to do.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh keana Ian. Thanks for coming in, good to see you,

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<v Speaker 1>and best of luck next weekend.