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From firehouse to Smokehouse in Woodstock

WOODSTOCK – For someone sleeping four hours a night, Jason Szmurlo talks with surprising energy.

The owner of BBQ King Smokehouse in Woodstock, full-time Schaumburg firefighter and father of a 4-month-old and a 3-year-old is swamped.

Szmurlo, 35, opened his dream restaurant four weeks ago – a little barbecue joint that's been bouncing around his head since he and his brother, Kyle, started catering for family and friends years ago.

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