Flpyd "Sonny" Tillman and his wife, Lucille, founded Sonny's Real Pit BBQ in Gainsville FL in 1968. They created a casual restaurant offering the very best authentic southern Bar-B-Que. After hours of slow cooking, you can tell Genuine Bar-B-Que by the smoke rings and reddish color in the Rib, Pork, Brisket and Chicken. It's caused by our basting sauce and the smoke from our wokkd fire Bar-B-Que pit.