BBQ ASAP shutters after three years

For a little more than three years, Jim and Mary Randall served up barbecue in Ballwin. On Friday, April 1, Jim closed BBQ ASAP’s physical location and catering operations after Mary died in 2015, as reported by St. Louis Magazine.

“Mary and I were working typical entrepreneur hours – 60 to 80 hours a week,” said Jim Randall. “She was diagnosed with cancer last January and died on Sept. 11, and I couldn’t carry the load by myself.”

Randall said he plans to take the next couple of months for personal and business transitions and ultimately will reestablish a catering business. “If I do catering, I can maintain a lower overhead cost,” Randall said. “I will feature barbecue but also offer alternative entrees and sides.”