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When Barbecue was Against the Law
A Denison newspaper described Al Hall as “a magnificent specimen of physical manhood.” When a local alderman pistol-whipped him during an argument at Hall’s barbecue joint in 1891, Hall retaliated with...
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Barbecue: A Film
A version of this article was first published in SXSWorld Magazine. The film debuted last week at SXSW. The whole of America is in the midst of full-on barbecue worship. Of late that fascination has...
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Avoiding Dirty Smoke
Several years ago on a backroad near Galveston, I happened upon a roadside barbecue stand. Of course I stopped and ordered a combo plate. As I opened the styrofoam container, I was hit with the smell...
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– Gotta try those juicy links in Port Arthur: I can’t get enough of the wonderful, wacky world of Port Arthur barbecue. #setxbbq https://t.co/aP3McpG2Fu — J.C. Reid (@jcreidtx) March 11, 2017 – The...
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Stuffed Chicken Legs at Baker Boys BBQ
In Luling, Wayne Baker grew up on the basics of barbecue. Brisket, ribs, and beef sausage came wrapped up in butcher paper at City Market, the favored barbecue joint of his youth. “I didn’t really know...
View ArticleBBQ News: 03/24 – 03/30
– For Matthew Odam, the new Kemuri-Tatsuya in Austin is an “izakaya smokehouse that blurs the lines between Japan and Texas.” – There is now a new flavor of Payday candy bars with the “flavor of Texas...
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Barbecue in a Bag
Professional pitmasters order their wood by the cord, but us backyard cooks don’t usually need that much to smoke a brisket. Besides, flavoring your steaks and burgers with a little wood smoke doesn’t...
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Burnt End Boudin at Bodacious Bar-B-Q
Two culinary school graduates joined forces in an East Texas barbecue joint, and have created a barbecue synthesis like none other. Every Wednesday, and only on Wednesday (for now), Bodacious Bar-B-Que...
View ArticleBBQ News: 03/31 – 04/06
– Somebody’s mad at Texas barbecue: Eating good barbecue doesn’t mean it can’t have sauce. A ‘cue historian talks these rules, and how to break them: https://t.co/EfqEgXavvF pic.twitter.com/qSMlxpYZ2m...
View ArticleSoutherner Jealous of Neighbor’s Popularity
You may have noticed the yammering of a South Carolinian about the “tyranny” of Texas barbecue in a recent article on First We Feast. The author, Robert Moss, is the barbecue editor for Southern...
View ArticleBBQ News: 04/07 – 04/13
– The Houston Chronicle featured all the pitmasters of the Houston BBQ Festival in these mini profiles. – Scenes from the Houston BBQ Festival: Sights and bites from 2017 #HouBBQ Festival. We had a...
View ArticleThe Barbecue Bill
House Bill 2029 is officially titled Weights and Scales in Restaurants, but a spokesman for the office of Representative J.M. Lozano, who filed the bill, has a more succinct moniker: the barbecue bill....
View ArticleBBQ News: 04/14 – 04/20
– A Confederacy of mustard-lovers: The politics of barbecue and the legacy of a white supremacist: https://t.co/bB73DusgRh pic.twitter.com/T3zY3e7UyH — The New Yorker (@NewYorker) April 17, 2017 –...
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John Snider, Panhandle Barbecue King
Barbecue in the Texas Panhandle has struggled for a foothold in statewide prominence, and that’s not entirely because of its far-flung locale. The area is a relative newcomer to Texas barbecue history....
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John Mueller is Back
Just when you think John Mueller might be out of the barbecue game for good, he pops up somewhere hitched to a new trailer. And the pitmaster made a big announcement last Saturday on the “Great...
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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...
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BBQ 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...
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Full 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...
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Guess 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...
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BBQ 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...
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