When Nyesha and Fred Hopson left corporate America, they never imagined what would happen next. Smoked tells the story of RibsInLA a small but growing BBQ business built upon passion, family and most of all a love of BBQ and community. Captured by a team of University of Southern California Film and Television Production students, Smoked explores the universal human experience of perseverance and resilience in the wake of unseen change; and some bomb ass BBQ Ribs.