Free Oklahoma Joe’s at the library tonight, try not to get sauce on Doug Worgul’s novel

Those on the competition barbecue circuit would tell you what they’ve seen could fill quite a new novels. It turns out local barbecue authority Doug Worgul thought the same thing.

Worgul is scheduled to read from his novel, Thin Blue Smoke, a tale of love and loss with a healthy slice of barbecue thrown in for seasoning, tonight at the Central Branch (14 W. 10th St.) of the Kansas City Public Library at 6:30. And in order to get the audience in the proper mood, barbecue from Oklahoma Joe’s will be at the reception.