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My Favorite Texas BBQ Bites of 2020
Last month I was lucky enough to eat a couple slices of smoked Miyazaki A5 Wagyu brisket. It was a gift to LeRoy and Lewis Barbecue in Austin from Double 8 Cattle Company, and the whole brisket would...
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Dallas’s Back Country BBQ Community Is Helping a Pitmaster in Need
The AP reported on the lack of mask wearing in Abilene even as COVID deaths spike there. Owners of the Shed Market barbecue joint refuse to enforce the governor’s mask mandate, even though one is a...
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Burning Questions With Putska Family Barbeque
The unassuming trailer in Hutto might not look like much, but Putska Family Barbeque is the real deal. Dustin Putska found a way to turn his family’s passion into a full-time business and, in the words...
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What Happened When I Attempted a Cornyn’d Beef Brisket
A few days ago, I publicly sought out Senator John Cornyn’s brisket recipe—or, more accurately, that of his wife, Sandy Cornyn. “Don’t do this Daniel,” implored Twitter user @NTenney, who had seen...
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’Cue Course: Chris and Ernie’s Brisket Elote
Video by Riley Engemoen; Edited by Devin Fortenberry This video is part of ’Cue Course, a series that highlights barbecue tips and techniques available exclusively to TM BBQ Club members. Panther City...
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Why the Texoma Region Is Worth a Barbecue Tour
Denison, about 75 miles north of Dallas, boasts the birthplace of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Lake Texoma Dam, and the world’s best bourbon (really) at Ironroot Republic Distillery. It’s also...
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BBQ News Roundup: A McKinney Staple Forced to Close
“Navigating this continuing uncertainty requires more than Congress’s survival stop-gap measure that will help us limp into April.” — Brent Reaves of Smokey John’s Bar-B-Que in a Dallas Morning News...
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How Big Al’s Smokehouse Is Ensuring Its Barbecue Comfort Food Survives the...
This year will mark twenty years that I’ve lived in Dallas, and I’ve been going to Big Al’s Smokehouse BBQ for most of them. My early visits were long before I became an official barbecue editor, and...
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Turkey Legs Smothered in Mac and Cheese Are the Latest, Greatest Texas Trend
Many food vendors suffered severe financial setbacks when the State Fair of Texas was canceled last year. One of them was Yoakum Packing Company, which produces the item that has become the symbol for...
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What Brisket and Chocolate Have in Common (Besides Being Delicious)
Barbecue was supposed to be the side business at Tejas Chocolate Craftory when it opened in Tomball in 2015. Scott Moore Jr. and his partner, Michelle Holland, knew that chocolate alone wouldn’t pay...
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BBQ News Roundup: West Texas Gets Barbecue on the School Bus
Burnt BBQ & Tacos recently opened in Plano. Owner Brett Curtis said, “We figured, you don’t get tacos and barbecue in one location, and that’s something that makes us unique.” The two go great...
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Burning Questions With Rejino Barbeque
Pitmaster Aaron Rejino, of Rejino Barbeque in Olton, was first noticed by barbecue editor Daniel Vaughn back in 2018. Rejino opened the food truck that same year with his wife, Christina, and has been...
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Fort Worth Pitmasters Have Perfected Smoked Chicken Salad
When Lady & the Pit closed in Fort Worth in 2019, I lamented the loss of owner and pitmaster Natasha Smith’s fried pork chops, pineapple cream pie, and that smoked chicken salad. The rest of the...
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The Fried Rib Tips Are Sacred at Mitch’s Corner Stop
Thirty years ago, Mitch Davis lost a bet with his daughter. He had just taken over the Corner Stop at North Twenty-sixth and Colonial in Waco. After decades running grocery and convenience stores for...
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Burning Questions With Pitforks and Smokerings BBQ
Some people are born with barbecue coursing through their veins, and Isaac Arellano is certainly one of those people. He opened up Pitforks and Smokerings BBQ back in 2018 after being “bit by the...
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BBQ News Roundup: Welcome to BBQ University
Pitmaster and literal rocket scientist Howard Conyers argues that barbecue should be the country’s national dish. Kingsford’s Preserve the Pit Fellowship is taking applications from “barbecue...
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Kevin Bludso Is Ready to Mentor the Next Generation of Pitmasters
The most recent barbecue cookbook by a Black author wasn’t published this century. Bobby Seale, a man far better known for cofounding the Black Panther Party than for his barbecue chops, released...
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The Original K&K Bar-B-Que Gave Its Owner a Heart Attack. Now, the Corsicana...
Kamar and Kisha Chambers’s first attempt at running a barbecue joint was a disaster. “We knew nothing about running a business. Knew nothing about barbecuing,” Kamar tells me. The couple had taken over...
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TM BBQ Club Newsletter – December 2020
Hi BBQ Freaks! I’ve been spending some time around Lake Texoma, up on the border with Oklahoma, and exploring the barbecue options in the area. In Sherman and Denison, that’s going to include plenty...
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Oak’d BBQ May Just Have the Best Desserts in Texas
Michael Lane’s culinary career doesn’t look like that of most pitmasters. Before he opened Oak’d Handcrafted BBQ in Dallas late last year, he graduated from the Culinary Institute of America and worked...
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