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Bill Dean had no idea how big his idea would grow when he opened the first Nashville area location of Whitt's Barbecue on March 1, 1978. To fulfill a burning desire to own his own business, he bought into the Whitt's Barbecue franchise from his home town of Athens, Alabama. He had been enjoying it for years every time he went home. He knew how successful the Whitt's had been. He know how good the product was and how people came from miles around to get in line on holidays like the Fourth of July. These people wanted to insure that they got a portion of the thousands of pounds available before it sold out. Bill Dean knew all of these things and believed he could make Whitt's successful in...