In the Kitchen
THE THUMB
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he Thumb is an award-winning
barbecue bistro and car
wash that features a retail
area, coffee bar and bakery.
One-stop shopping at its finest,
customers can get their cars washed
and grab lunch or a bakery item
while they wait.
The concept began with the
vision of Thumb owner James
“Kipp” Lassetter. Every day, he’d
pass a vacant gas station on Bell
Road in Scottsdale. Then one day,
the idea came to him: To serve
world-class barbecue in a gas
station with a full-service car wash
to boot.
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The Thumb
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9393 E. Bell Road, Scottsdale
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480-513-8186
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Everyone thought he was
crazy. “It’ll never work,” they’d
say. Or, “Great idea, but not in
Scottsdale.”
When Scottsdale’s gourmet
gas station was featured on
the Food Network’s “Diners,
Drive-Ins and Dives,” Guy Fieri
called The Thumb “the funky
gas station/BBQ cafe dishin’ out da
bomb brisket!” And when Wayde
King and Brett Raymer from Animal
Planet’s “Tanked” visited to install
the store’s 750-gallon saltwater
aquarium, they couldn’t get
enough of the Brisket Stack,
claiming the barbecue was
“second to none!”
BRISKET RUB
1 cup cracked
black pepper
1/2 cup kosher salt
1/2 tbsp. ancho
chili powder
RIB RUB
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup paprika
1 cup chili powder
1/4 cup kosher salt
1/4 cup granulated garlic
1/8 cup cumin
1/8 cup Cayenne pepper
1/8 cup black pepper
1/8 cup onion powder
BUTT RUB
2-1/2 cups brown sugar
1-1/4 cups chili powder
1 cup kosher salt
1/4 cup cracked
black pepper
1/4 cup granulated garlic
1/4 cup onion powder
1/4 cup Cajun seasoning
