In front of the pits at Harlem Road Texas BBQ, where the smoke and the man behind it both carry a point of view. I met Ara in 2018, back when I was still trying to get my media company off the ground and find my footing with the Cost of Goods Told podcast. A mutual friend, Darren Lafferty, told me I needed to go try Ara’s barbecue. So I drove out to Richmond early one morning, back when there was not much out there. Harlem Road stood almost by itself, a barnlike restaurant in