Daily News | Ruthie Henri, the ‘South Jersey Barbecue Queen,’ is carrying on the Henri’s Hotts legacy
The couple began their business as a food truck 2006, says Ruthie, recalling that Henri’s focus on mastering his craft was so intense she found him one day coughing and sneezing in their Voorhees garage enveloped in a cloud of spice rub. He’d been so caught up in blending vast amounts of smoked paprika, pepper, salt and sugar, she said, he’d neglected to open any doors for ventilation.
By the time I first happened by Henri’s Hotts in 2012, the aroma puffing across the road from the restaurant’s parking lot smokers was so powerful I made a U-turn on Blackhorse Pike and returned for the first of several meals, andthat noted not only the smoked meats, but the soul food menu of stellar fried chicken, corn pudding and greens inspired by recipes from Henri’s grandmother, Juhne Wheeler.
“Henri was never nice, but if you could take it, there wasn’t a person left in that kitchen who couldn’t carry their weight. He gave it to you straight up. But he’d also take care of his people,” said Cuff, who said Henri gave bonuses and frequently sent leftovers home with employees for their families at the end of a shift.“Mama Ruth is the heart of this restaurant, and she was his rock, the only one who could make Henri go quiet and hold it all down,” Cuff said.
“I set my mind after we opened this restaurant with just $7,000 that I would turn this into a million dollar business, and I will this year,” she said, based on projections from last year.
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