About

Junebug's is a backyard BBQ joint celebrating food, community, family and friends, founded on award-winning recipes, housemade sides, live music, and a whole lotta heart and soul. The menu at Junebug's is led by Justin Spencer, who also happens to be New Waterloo's Head of Food & Beverage, a competition barbecue pitmaster, and the namesake - Junebug himself, or simply, Bug. Bug and his team - Ribdiculous Bar-B-Krewe - hold bragging rights as the 2023 Memphis in May World Champions for the best barbecue and have years of sweat, smoke, and sauce to prove it. Jerek Lara, the pitmaster behind JBBBQ, spends every Wednesday-Sunday tending 1,500-gallon Mill Scale Metalworks smokers, turning out hot meat for seasoned BBQ snobs and new-in-townies alike.