Amy Mills was raised up on smoke, sauce, and Magic Dust®. Heiress to

the 17th Street Barbecue empire, she’s the industry's go-to girl for all

things barbecue. Recipient of the coveted Barbecue Heroine prize, she

leads 17th Street alongside her dad, Mike Mills. She also runs OnCue

Consulting, the only barbecue business consultancy in the world,

offering seminars and training in the culinary techniques behind great

barbecue. She’s a featured judge on various barbecue shows such as

Best in Smoke, Kingsford Invitational, and Smoked, as well as co-star of

the Mills family’s own digital series, Peace, Love, and Barbecue, which

debuted on YouTube in 2016.

Peace, Love, and Barbecue, co-authored with her dad, is considered a

classic in the genre, was nominated for a James Beard Foundation

award, and awarded the National Barbecue Association Award of

Excellence. Their next book, Praise the Lard, will be published in May

2017.