JR's is named after a former local businessman Jack Robert Taylor. Mr. Taylor developed the Fact-O-Bake Car Painting franchise. He told his friends he always wanted to own a BBQ restaurant....so in 1989 he opened JR's Smokehouse.

The current owners are David Mong and Joey Wilkinson.
Both are locals who managed JR's for several years and eventually bought it.

JR's famous "meats" are slow cooked over a pit for 16-18 hours to give them their wonderful taste.

JR's now has "wireless Internet" available.