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Devon Hayes
Detroit BBQ. National blueprint.
Founder · House Hospitality
Took two Detroit BBQ trucks and turned them into a 14-location, 280-employee restaurant group in 5 years.
The Story
Took two Detroit BBQ trucks and turned them into a 14-location, 280-employee restaurant group in 5 years.
The Reason
Devon turned $1,800 and a flat-top into a hospitality empire. We sat with him to talk operators, expansion, and never selling out his city.
Chapter 01
The First Truck
What Devon learned cooking out of a parking lot at 4am — and the moment he knew this wasnt a side hustle anymore.
Chapter 02
Scaling Without Selling Out
How he built an operator-first culture that kept the original soul intact across 14 locations.
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