Growing up in Midland, Harvey Clay’s life revolved around football, barbecue, and live music at his father’s clubs. After graduating with the last class of segregated Carver High School in 1968, he left for the University of Wisconsin. It was in the barbecue wasteland of Madison that he came to appreciate the brisket and ribs that he so missed. Now, more than a half-century later, he serves Texas-style barbecue to folks in the brisket-deprived city of Shreveport, Louisiana, at Real BBQ and More. “The only thing I liked there was pizza,” Clay said of Wisconsin. He was stunned to learn they didn’t have iced tea, hot sauce, chili powder, or cornbread. “There was not even a conversation about barbecue in ’68,” he said. It was…View Original PostThe post A Barbecue Missionary From Midland Serves Real BBQ in Shreveport appeared first on Texas Monthly.