Jake Granville, a co-owner of Houston’s Eastbound Barbecue, explains the motto of his newly opened joint like this: “We want to intrigue the enthusiast without offending the purist.” Granville and the three other co-owners are all veterans of Killen’s Restaurant Group: Granville was a pitmaster at Killen’s Barbecue, while Ryan Penn, Ryan Powell, and Luis Lopez all worked at the now-closed Killen’s Steakhouse in The Woodlands, where Lopez was executive chef.