C O M PA N Y P R O F I L E TAKING THEIR 'CUE Moe's Original Bar B Que serves up Southern tradition with room for innovation BY LY N N P E T R A K | m e a t p o u l t r y @ s o s l a n d.c o m 34 MEAT+ POULTRY | 06.17 | www.meatpoultry.com W hat do you get when you combine three college friends, a barbecue mentor with the apt name of Moses and an inaugural pit fashioned from a diesel barrel and a mobile home trailer? In the case of Moe's Original Bar B Que, you get a successful fast-casual chain of stores with more than 50 locations and $50 million in annual sales. The business began when Univ. of Alabama classmates and friends Mike Fernandez, Ben Gilbert and Jeff Kennedy - who were also barbecue aficionados - learned the tricks of the fire roasted trade from Tuscaloosa barbecue legend Moses Day. Afterhttp://www.meatpoultry.com