Bogarts Smokehouse is managed by pit master Skip Steele, Mike Macchi and manager’s Brian Scoggins and Niki Puto. Read their histories below: Chef Skip Steele soaked up his BBQ knowledge from the osmosis of his homeland….Being raised in the bbq capital, Memphis, Tennessee. By 14 he was designing and building grills, opened his first bbq store while in college and over the years his bbq travels have taken him from New York to Las Vegas.