A sign reading “post oak smoked Texas BBQ” wouldn’t seem out of the ordinary at a barbecue joint in Austin. But down in South Texas, the land of mesquite-smoked barbecue, it’s a statement of purpose. At the new Teddy’s BBQ in Weslaco, just east of McAllen, owners Joel and Jesse Garcia want you to know that they’re serving Central Texas-style barbecue. They aren’t some big-city interlopers, though. “I used to live right down the road from here, in the projects,” Joel Garcia told me as we sat at a table in the restaurant’s dining room, but he went to Austin for his barbecue education. Actually, Garcia went to Austin for a government job. He graduated from Texas A&M University with an environmental science degree in…View Original PostThe post At Teddy’s Barbecue, House-Made Sausages and Tortillas Are a Tantalizing Treat appeared first on Texas Monthly.