KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – More than three decades after serving together in Operation Desert Storm, members of the US Army’s 47th Support Battalion gathered in Odessa for a reunion filled with laughter, memories – and the unmistakable smell of Kansas City barbeque.
The man behind the grill. One of their own.
Mike Powell was just 18 years old when his fellow soldiers handed him a spatula and told him to man the grill. Back then, he admits he didn’t know much about barbeque. But that small act of trust planted a seed that’s now grown into a full-blown passion – and a successful BBQ brand bearing the name his battalion gave him all those years ago: Mike P…