Our Story
100% Veteran owned and founded, Stars & Stones BBQ uses custom built live-fire offset smokers forged in Lockhart, Texas. Fueled with white oak grown and naturally seasoned here in Maine for regional flavors that can't be found anywhere else in the country.
Frank & Jennifer Spedoske have been spending the last 43 years collectively serving on active duty in the United States Coast Guard. Serving and hosting backyard cookouts with friends, family, and shipmates during that time became second nature.
By 2010 Frank fell in love with the process and magic that happens when making BBQ. He quickly found himself traveling down the rabbit hole wanting to learn and explore every aspect of live fire cooking. His passion and commitment to providing a special experience for each guest is only matched by the heart he puts into every dish.
Jennifer’s skills at baking those perfect sourdough buns is just the tip of the iceberg on what she provides for Stars & Stones BBQ. Having spent her Coast Guard career as a professional welder, carpenter, firefighter, plumber, and metal fabricator, Jennifer is the go-to gal for virtually any problem solving dilemma. Her versatility and flexibility are unsurpassed. From crafting the staple Jalapeno Cole-Slaw to constructing more picnic tables, there isn’t a problem Stars & Stones BBQ faces that Jennifer can’t handle.
