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No, Franklin Barbecue Isn’t Closing—In Fact, It’s Adding a Taco Truck
Franklin Barbecue is currently closed, but despite rumors, not for good. Aaron and Stacy Franklin shut the doors at their popular Austin barbecue joint from July 30 to August 9, as they do annually so...
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Kreuz Market, the Last Sauce-Less Texas Barbecue Joint, Now Offers Sauce
For over a century, visitors to Kreuz Market in Lockhart knew where the legendary barbecue joint stood on sauce. Open since 1900, the set-in-its-ways Kreuz Market made its “No Forks, No Sauce” message...
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BBQ News Roundup: A Job Posting for Chief Grilling Officer, Brisket Pizza,...
Lockhart Smokehouse , with locations in Dallas and Plano, is expanding to Arlington early next month. They transferred coals from the pit at the original location to light the new pit. Fort Worth’s...
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For Tender Brisket in East Texas, Head to Slaughter’s BBQ Oasis
There’s a long stretch of East Texas interstate between Dallas and Texarkana that’s light on good barbecue. But on Saturday mornings, a barbecue oasis appears in the parking lot of the Sulphur Springs...
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Here Are the Best Barbecue Books Yet This Year
Summer is the time for barbecue, but this year’s crop of cookbooks, in which Texas authors are particularly well-represented, don’t just teach you the basics of how to smoke a brisket. Instead, they...
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At Majordomo, David Chang’s Smoked Beef Short Rib Delights
I had the best fried rice of my life at Majordomo, David Chang’s restaurant in Los Angeles that opened in January 2018. But it’s not on the menu—at least, not by itself. The dish arrived at our table...
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Find Surprising Versions of Classic Dishes at Helberg Barbecue
Phillip and Yvette Helberg’s plan was to bring Texas-style barbecue to Orange County, California. They met on a Hawaiian cruise ship where Phillip, who grew up in The Woodlands, was working. Two years...
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In D.C., Head to Federalist Pig for Crispy Chicken Wings and Smoky Brisket...
In late June of 2017, Washington Post food reporter Tim Carman’s list of the ten best barbecue joints in Washington D.C. was heard loud and clear in Texas. Of Hill Country BBQ, his pick for first...
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Sid Miller Is Still Obsessed With Barbecue Scales
On August 7, Michael Hernandez was fed up. That morning, the pitmaster glanced through the window as two inspectors from the Texas Department of Agriculture pulled up to his restaurant, Hays Co....
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BBQ News Roundup: Goodbye to Freedmen’s, Hello Again to Smokey John’s, and...
I spy a couple of BBQ joints on this list: The 40 most important restaurants of the past 40 years https://t.co/VOyMLgZRdw pic.twitter.com/DWv7rf9o5F — Food & Wine (@foodandwine) August 15, 2018...
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Popularity of Texas BBQ Fuels Demand for Thousand-Gallon Smokers
Once a week, Sunny Moberg sets a cutting torch onto the surface of steel containers that once held one thousand gallons of flammable fuel. These propane tanks, delivered to Moberg’s shop in Dripping...
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‘Barbecue Nation’ Showcases American Lore at the Atlanta History Center
When Jim Auchmutey, the consulting curator of the Atlanta History Center’s barbecue exhibit, was asked by the museum which barbecue joint signs he hoped to include, he chose some familiar names. The...
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How to Smoke Brisket on a Weber Grill
One morning last week, I set a whole brisket on the cooking grate of my Weber Kettle grill and closed the lid. Ten hours later, much to my surprise, I was sharing slices of tender, juicy, smoky brisket...
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Off the Bone BBQ Still Serves Some of the Most Tender Ribs Around
The first barbecue article I ever wrote made Off the Bone BBQ famous. After I included it as one of the best barbecue joints in the DFW area in 2010, owner Eddie Brown saw lines of customers like he’d...
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BBQ News Roundup: Texas-Style Barbecue Rules Another List, Grilling Isn’t...
The Texanist answers the question: Is It Okay to Parboil Ribs Before You Barbecue Them? Paula Forbes doesn’t want you to get the idea that grilling is easy. She talked to pitmasters and grill cooks...
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Loro Experiments With a New Vein of Texas Barbecue, Offering Unusual Takes on...
Five months ago, the James Beard Award-winning duo of Tyson Cole and Aaron Franklin opened the doors of Loro in Austin. The genre-straddling restaurant, described by its owners as an “Asian...
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At Valentina’s Tex-Mex BBQ, the La Reina Sandwich Offers a Tempting Alternative
The pitmaster best known for putting barbecue in tortillas has created a barbecue sandwich like none I’ve seen before. Miguel Vidal’s San Antonio roots inform most of his recipes at Valentina’s Tex-Mex...
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Reid Guess of Guess Family Barbecue Wants to Make Waco a Barbecue Destination
Guess Family Barbecue has been a Texas Monthly favorite since shortly after Reid Guess opened the trailer in Waco in early 2017. An impressive visit in May was too late to get them on the 2017 Top 50...
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BBQ News Roundup: Vegan Brisket, Fake Beef, and Tex-Mex BBQ
When the BBQ Hall of Fame introduces its new class this weekend, Tootsie Tomanetz of Snow’s BBQ will be in that number. That also means that Snow’s BBQ will be closed this Saturday. Vera’s in...
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See If You Can Finish the Huge, Brisket-Stuffed Baked Potato at Franks Holy...
Abraham Franks got an early education in smoked meats growing up in Lockhart, the barbecue capital of Texas, but he set off to find his fortune in Las Vegas. After he moved there with his brother in...
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