Smokehouse
Smoke
Just feed the chips.
Midway through a twelve-hour smoke. The smokehouse. Jiwon will not put down the hickory shovel. “Just feed the chips.” Walk out through the chill room and the night is only a temperature check.
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About this work
Night smokehouse. Midway through a twelve-hour smoke. Hickory and meat fat. Jiwon is thirty-four, pitmaster and night assistant. Smoke-stained neck, bandana, burn scars on her forearm instead of tattoos. Grease under the ring on her left hand. Her husband's food truck is at the festival.
“Just feed the chips.” Leave through the chill-room door and the night is a temp check. Stay in the smokehouse, and it stops being a chip night.
Characters
- JiwonPitmaster · married
- MeNarrator · night assistant
- MinseokHusband · food truck · mentioned
