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Barbecue joints are returning to their neighborly roots

Barbecue joints like Triple J’s Smokehouse are returning to their neighborly roots. Order the smoked boudin. Order the smoked boudin at...

19.04.2024 6

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Grant Pinkerton goes full throttle with Pinkerton's Barbecue in 59 Diner

Grant Pinkerton behind the bar at his Pinkerton's Barbecue restaurant in the Heights 59 Diner off South Shepherd near the Southwest Freeway Nov. 12,...

04.04.2024 7

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Deckle & Hide pop-up brings the party back to Texas barbecue

The history of Texas barbecue begins with celebration. In the early days, barbecues catering to thousands of guests celebrated community...

29.03.2024 3

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CC’s combines Mississippi Delta-style tamales and Texas barbecue

The Two 90 Food Court is easy to miss along a rough-and-tumble stretch of Jones Road just east of Highway 290 in Jersey Village.  During rush hour,...

21.03.2024 4

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Texas barbecue feud: stick-burners versus pellets

Hybrid offset smoker and pellet grill at Pitts & Spitts Wood pellets at Pitts & Spitts, Houston Feuds — family or otherwise — are a tradition...

15.03.2024 4

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How Texas barbecue joints are sharpening their focus to stand out

Pizzitola’s Bar-B-Cue “Do one thing, and do it well,” is not a phrase often associated with Texas barbecue. Certainly, Texas is known for doing...

07.03.2024 3

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Pitmasters rethink the unique staffing needs of Texas barbecue joints

Lately, Texas barbecue joints have been battling the high cost of raw ingredients like brisket, even to the point of possibly replacing it with other...

02.03.2024 10

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What's the difference between competition and commercial barbecue?

There are essentially three places to start cooking barbecue in Texas: in your backyard, in a competition, or in a restaurant.  Traditionally,...

24.02.2024 20

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Are Texas barbecue joints thinking about not serving brisket? Maybe

There aren’t many substitutes for brisket in terms of flavor and tenderness.  The economics of selling brisket are broken. And for now, pitmasters...

15.02.2024 40

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Texas barbecue menu items that should have their own historic markers

Louie Mueller's beef rib All beef links are famous at Patillo's in Beaumont. On a recent drive to Austin, I took note of the many signs along the way...

09.02.2024 3

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Why Texas sheet cake is the unsung hero of barbecue desserts

Texas barbecue is, by and large, about tradition. One of its enduring and endearing characteristics is that it delivers comfort in both food and...

01.02.2024 3

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Jerry Pizzitola, Houston barbecue entrepreneur, dead at age 81

Jerry Pizzitola, owner of Pizzitola's Barbecue, stands in the entrance of his restaurant Jan. 6, 2009. Pizzitola's Bar B Cue owners Jerry Pizzitola,...

20.01.2024 30

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John Brotherton, influential Texas barbecue pitmaster, dead at 49

John Brotherton, an influential pitmaster who helped usher in the Texas craft barbecue movement, died Jan. 15 after a brief illness. He was 49. ...

17.01.2024 5

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Why the Caesar salad is a perfect match for Texas barbecue

Who goes to a barbecue joint to eat a salad? Apparently, quite a few people. Salads continue to make inroads on expanded barbecue joint menus, with...

12.01.2024 3

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Beckman’s in The Woodlands is a blueprint for getting started in BBQ

Most of the barbecue joints I write about fall into distinct categories of experience and tradition.  There are family dynasties, like the Bracewells...

05.01.2024 4

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Chuckwagon in Katy continues a family barbecue tradition of over 50 years

Chuckwagon BBQ & Burgers There's something oddly comforting about eating in a replica of a chuckwagon.  Also comforting: that it’s located in a...

28.12.2023 8

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Banh mi is getting a makeover at Houston barbecue joints

If you spent any time in Houston in the late ’90 or '00s as a student or otherwise underemployed young person, you were well-acquainted with Les...

21.12.2023 3

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Charlie’s Craft BBQ takes a former minister's hobby to the...

Barbecue, for the most part, is a young man’s game. Long hours in a smoky pit room shuffling 20-pound slabs of meat from cooker to cutting board is...

14.12.2023 10

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Redbird BBQ brings craft barbecue deeper into Southeast...

There aren’t many reasons to visit Port Neches, a small town deep in the heart of the Golden Triangle in Southeast Texas, bounded by Beaumont, Port...

01.12.2023 3

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Barbecue makes classic sandwiches better

A welcome addition to many barbecue menus in the last few years are smoked-meat versions of classic sandwiches.  As pitmasters diversify their menus,...

24.11.2023 3

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Labor costs are becoming a bigger factor in Texas barbecue

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate Oyler rotisserie smoker at Dozier’s BBQ Quy Hoang, pitmaster at Blood Bros. BBQ The...

17.11.2023 10

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Blu Lacy Smokehouse brings craft barbecue to Castroville

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate Brisket, ribs, sausage, potato salad and beans at Blu Lacy Smokehouse in Castroville...

10.11.2023 2

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Live-fire barbecue techniques are going fancy in Houston

The influence of live-fire and barbecue techniques are appearing on menus beyond steakhouses and Tex-Mex joints. 

04.11.2023 3

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Heritage Barbecue is a new evolution of Texas-style barbecue...

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate Barbecue fans with an interest in history are often surprised by the long and rich...

29.10.2023 7

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One of the East Coast's best barbecue pitmasters headed to...

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate Most Texans have never heard of Hoodoo Brown BBQ, a barbecue joint located in a small...

21.10.2023 7

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One of the East Coast's best barbecue pitmasters headed to...

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate Most Texans have never heard of Hoodoo Brown BBQ, a barbecue joint located in a small...

19.10.2023 2

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City Market in Luling is a window into Texas barbecue history

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate Growing up in Beaumont, I got my fill of Southeast Texas-style barbecue at places like...

13.10.2023 2

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Rosemeyer Bar-B-Q in Spring pays its dues to make it in the...

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate Seating area at Rosemeyer Bar-B-Q trailer in Spring The paths to barbecue glory are...

05.10.2023 4

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Baby back ribs hit Houston's modern barbecue joint menu

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate Baby back ribs are something of an outlier when it comes to Texas barbecue menus. Unlike...

29.09.2023 2

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How Mimsy’s barbecue joint in Crockett is changing with the times

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate Tray of barbecue at Mimsy's Craft Barbecue in Crockett, which is owned and operated by...

14.09.2023 1

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How the two-meat plate became the workhorse of Texas barbecue

Ask any Texas barbecue joint owner what their most popular menu item is and they will probably say the two-meat plate. Those big, Instagram-friendly...

07.09.2023 2

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