Do genetics predetermine whether someone smokes good barbecue?
A new Gladstone restaurant — Off the Hook BBQ — might be a case study.
The spot opened a few days ago at 7506 N. Oak Trafficway. Owner Wardell Hooks Jr. has been serving barbecue via a food truck for the past 15 years (then via a small walk-up window with limited hours in downtown Parkville)…