Article: Thrill of the grill: a deal with Yum Brands has put once-obscure Back Yard Burgers on the restaurant map. .(Cover Story)

Someone in Memphis ought to give Back Yard Burgers President Michael W. Myers a job as a tour guide. Minutes after pulling away from headquarters, he abruptly suspends his autobiography (Kansas City-born, finance major, former Whataburger executive) to describe the bucolic scene rolling past. "What we are sitting on is a former penal farm," he tells a visitor, "just like in Cool Hand Luke. Now it's a state park with two ponds, horseback riding and bike paths."

It's like this for the next three hours, his dissertation on the 126-unit chain interrupted whenever he passes a noteworthy landmark. When the sprawling Baptist Hospital appears, Myers notes Lisa Marie was ...

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