{"id":379328,"date":"2026-07-20T07:32:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T07:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/379328\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T07:32:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T07:32:23","slug":"5-months-after-fire-beloved-texas-barbecue-joint-scores-50k-rebuild-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/379328\/","title":{"rendered":"5 months after fire, beloved Texas barbecue joint scores $50K rebuild grant"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been almost five months since a beloved Central Texas barbecue joint was forced to close after an overnight fire shocked the business. Now, thanks to help from city leaders, Miller’s Smokehouse in Belton<\/a> is getting a major boost toward a barbecue revival.<\/p>\n

Miller’s Smokehouse was forced to close<\/a> after a fire broke out inside the restaurant on February 28. Ever since then the business has been working out of a food truck as the team develops a plan for the rebuild. Luckily for the smokehouse, a Texas Monthly favorite<\/a>, Belton City Council unanimously approved a $50,000 Building Life Safety Grant on Tuesday, July 14, all of which will go toward the restaurant’s rebuild.<\/p>\n

The entire construction process will cost $153,402, which includes the $50,000 grant. As outlined by Belton City Council documents<\/a>, Miller’s Smokehouse plans to remove and replace fire-damaged roof trusses and structural framing, replace damaged roof decking and install a new commercial roofing system, replace damaged insulation, flashing, drains and associated roofing components, restoration of the roof structure to comply with current building and life-safety requirements, installation of a new NFPA 13 compliant commercial fire sprinkler system throughout the restaurant, install an underground fire service line connecting the building to a municipal water supply to serve the fire sprinkler and related life-safety improvements necessary to safely reopen the building.<\/p>\n

It’s unclear how long this construction plan would take, but the support the barbecue truck has received shows fans are anxious for the day Miller’s reopens its brick-and-mortar.<\/p>\n

300 E. Central Ave., Belton, TX 76513<\/p>\n

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