Kenneth Laird is as big a draw as his barbecue. The seventy-year old pitmaster at Laird’s Bar-B-Q in Llano has a story to share with anyone looking for a chat. It’s hard not to overhear it all, whether you were meant to or not, in the small dining room. His Texas drawl comes with a drizzle of Mississippi, from his dad’s side he says, and its leisurely pace is captivating. When I mention his gift for smoking, he smiles. “You can go anywhere for food, but you can’t go anywhere for good B.S.,” he says. “And we give it away for free.” I followed him outside as he abandoned the crowd to cook my ribeye steak on a barrel pit. After 5:00 p.m. on Thursday,…View Original PostThe post Steak Night in the Hill Country appeared first on Texas Monthly.