We have traveled to Memphis, St. Louis, Kansas City, the Carolinas, Detroit, and Texas. We have had BBQ at them all. Who would have ever thought the best we have ever had would be found in Seward Alaska?! We stayed at the Gateway and when we looked out our window we saw Firebrand right across the street and were curious. When we woke up in the morning and saw a line of people waiting early in the morning we knew we had to try it. We were not disappointed. The owner Chad was very nice and pleasant to all 8 of us. We asked him the story as we could tell he was not a native Alaskan haha. He happily shared his story how he ended up on the corner and his history of being a firefighter. Our family has many firefighters thru the generations so we appreciated this. The food was even better than the conversation. We had crab legs, brisket, pork belly, the baked potato dish, and some sandwiches with extra sides of meat. We were going to share a lot of the food amongst all of us. However, one of our kids ate all of the pork belly out of his own portion and his mom's sandwich. Chad, the owner overheard this and brought out more so mom could have a taste at no charge. We really enjoyed eating here and sitting outside and chatting with the other patrons and staff it was a very nice sunny day. It was a very memorable and pleasant place to have lunch and the best meal we had while we spent our couple of days in Seward. Make sure you stop by to eat.