Pastrami Pork Ribs at Wheelhouse
Underdressed in my standard attire of jeans and a barbecue t-shirt, I dropped my car with the (mandatory/complimentary) valet at the new Dallas Design District restaurant, Wheelhouse, and found a seat...
View ArticleBBQ News: 04/21 – 04/27
– George H W Bush has good taste when ordering barbecue during his recent hospital stay. He called Houston’s Roegels Barbecue Co. – The Houston Chronicle examined the origins of the offset brick smoker...
View ArticleFull Fat Beef Ribs at Knife
You don’t have to look far to find a beef short rib on a barbecue joint menu, and chef John Tesar* has eaten many of them. [Full disclosure: Tesar and I share a literary agent, I’m mentioned in his new...
View ArticleGuess Family Barbecue
Reid Guess describes his ‘cue as regular old barbecue. “The kind Jesus ate,” he jokes. The motto is painted right there on the side of the little red trailer parked beside Bare Arms Brewing just off...
View ArticleBBQ News: 04/28 – 05/04
– Charlie’s BBQ in Houston was a total loss in an early morning fire: AERIAL VIEWS: Fire at Charlie’s BBQ in N. Harris County https://t.co/n5nHonACdx #KHOU #HouNews pic.twitter.com/c1wHqFuAZ8 — KHOU 11...
View ArticleThe American Egg Roll at Bolivar St. BBQ
Sanger is hoping for a barbecue joint that sticks. We praised Texas Smoke BBQ Co. in 2014, but it closed a year later. Late last year, Brian Davis opened Bolivar St. BBQ in the same building, and he...
View ArticleHot Luck Preview
Aaron Franklin’s Hot Luck festival will debut in Austin in a couple weeks. Despite Franklin’s involvement, this isn’t strictly a barbecue festival, but smoked meat fans needn’t worry. There are still...
View ArticleBBQ News: 05/05 – 05/11
– We love this slo-mo brisket drop: Here’s a totally unoriginal, slow-mo video of a brisket jiggling. It was too good not to post. #txbbq #lubbock #wolfforth #texasbbq #bbq #brisket #cincodemayo A post...
View ArticleArgyle, Texas: BBQ Destination
With two recently opened barbecue joints north of Fort Worth, the tiny town of Argyle has turned into a barbecue destination. Bumbershoot Barbecue and 407 BBQ couldn’t be more different. The former is...
View ArticleSmoked Bologna at Gatlin’s BBQ
Gatlin’s BBQ in Houston already had a great pitmaster in owner Greg Gatlin, but last year they hired a chef. Thanks to the influence of Michelle Wallace, who was most recently at Houston’s, you’ll find...
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