this article is about the barbecue restaurant . for other uses see red hot and blue disambiguation . red hot and blue type restaurant industry caterer restaurant full service and fast casual dining and take out genre memphis style barbecue ribs brisket wings smoked chicken and southern seafood successor john walker randy mccann founded 1989 founder lee atwater don sundquist bob friedman joel wood wendell moore headquarters 22 locations throughout the southeast headquarters winston salem north carolina u.s. number of locations 22 area served washington dc metro area and suburbs fairfax va ; herndon va ; kingstowne va ; manassas va ; leesburg va ; warrenton va ; annapolis md ; deerwood & gaithersburg md ; laurel md texas dallas ; plano ; irving ; flower mound ; north richland hills ; ft worth north carolina cary ; raleigh ; winston salem other locations joplin missouri cherry hill new jersey williamsburg va key people ceo john walker ; coo randy mccann ; pitmaster sonny mcknight products hickory smoked pulled pork st. louis style dry rubbed ribs beef brisket smoked chicken wings famous potato salad services catering full service and fast casual dining take out owner john walker and randy mccann divisions 22 locations subsidiaries franchise opportunities are available website 1 red hot & blue is a memphis style barbecue restaurant franchise founded by political strategist lee atwater and former house of representatives member don sundquist of memphis tennessee among others . contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit red hot and blue was founded in 1989 by atwater sundquist bob friedman joel wood and wendell moore with its first location in arlington va near washington dc . friedman described the concept of the restaurant as pigs pork and blues as reflected in the company s logo . the name is taken from the title of dj dewey phillips radio show which aired on whbq am in memphis in the 1950s . 1 the restaurant was voted best barbecue by leading consumer magazine in 2006 . 2 in 1997 the owners of red hot and blue sued let s do barbecue the parent company of fat jack s restaurant of berlin new jersey alleging unfair trade practices . according to court documents let s do barbecue s president and ceo glenn gross gained much of his insight into the barbecue business while an employee of the cherry hill new jersey red hot and blue . these accusations were found to be untrue during a lengthy court battle with the company . 3 red hot and blue was served at washington nationals games from 2006 through 2008 2 and is still served at george mason university basketball games at the patriot center . see also edit memphis style barbecue list of barbecue restaurants references edit hayes jack . red hot & blue readies bbq blitz . nation s restaurant news . findarticles.com . 25 february 1991 . clabaugh jeff . red hot & blue gets top bbq award . washington business journal . bizjournals.com . 29 june 2006 . webber maura . bbq wars the fat jack attack . philadelphia business journal . bizjournals.com 28 march 1997 . external links edit official website the official history of red hot & blue this us based restaurant or restaurant chain article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title red hot % 26 blue restaurant & oldid 719776695 categories restaurants established in 1989restaurant chains in the united statesrestaurant franchisesrestaurants in tennesseebarbecue restaurantscompanies based in north carolinaunited states restaurant stubshidden categories tennessee articles missing geocoordinate dataall articles needing coordinatesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 11 may 2016 at 18 32 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view