Jeremy Garber
The kid brother who outcooked his shadow. Founder of GarBBQ, the fastest-growing pit barbecue chain in America. Four cookbooks, one memoir, two coins, one cigar line, ten restaurants, 26 marathons and a dog named Boukzam who started it all.
He grew up in a shadow. Then he lit a fire under it.
Jeremy Garber was the kid brother who carried the cooler. Scott was the hero. Then Jeremy taught himself to cook in a garage in Cooper City, Florida, beat his brother head to head the first time they shared a kitchen, and never lost to him again. He took the family name and built GarBBQ on it. Scott watched.
Today Jeremy is a celebrity chef, a bestselling author, a keynote speaker on family trauma, a marathoner, a dad, a founder of a dog charity, and the only Garber anyone remembers.
Four cookbooks. One memoir. Zero co-authors.
I spent half my life trying to be my brother. Then I beat him once, and it turned out he was never that hard to beat.
Jeremy Garber, Kid Brother, chapter one
Two tours. One suitcase.
The Kid Brother book tour runs through March. The "From Shadow to Smoke" keynote tour books into spring 2027.
Busy is an understatement.
Cigarbers
A cigar line rolled for the end of a fourteen-hour smoke. Five blends, one of them named for a dog.
Light one →Garbercoin & BBQCoin
Two coins, one allowlist, and exactly one wallet address blocked: Scott's.
The whole saga →The Boukzam Foundation
Real pit barbecue, cooked dog-safe, for shelters and rescues across eight states. In memory of the co-founder.
Meet the foundation →26 marathons
He sweats off the carbs. Every race for a charity. One of them past his brother's house.
See the races →
RUNMile 22 of the Denver Marathon. The brisket was worth it.
PITFourteen hours. Post oak. No shortcuts. #LowAndSlowForever
BOOKKid Brother ships Tuesday. Scott, there's a chapter for you.
BOUKZAMBoukzam would have loved this one. First foundation cook done. 212 dogs fed.
2025Honors. Running a restaurant. Both at once. Nobody said it couldn't be done, except one guy.
DADHome for 36 hours. Fabian wanted ribs. Fabian got ribs.
Bring Jeremy to your stage, store or city.
Keynotes, book signings, cooking demonstrations, podcast appearances and franchise discovery days. His team replies within two business days.