Charlottesville’s quirkiest barbecue man, Jinx Kern, spent over an hour this morning getting interviewed and photographed for a glossy Northern Virginia-based magazine called, appropriately enough, Northern Virginia Magazine

What in the world is a glitzy NoVa coffee-table mag doing down here and speaking with Kern, who runs what has to be one of the world’s smallest restaurants, Jinx’s Pits-Top Barbecue, near the corner of Mead and East Market?

It seems that Kern’s smoky ‘cue has already made a stir.

“Apparently, the publisher was in here a few months ago, incognito,” says Kern, who believes his ‘cue will make the cut of must-eats in an upcoming issue featuring ideas for exploring Charlottesville, U.S.A.