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Barbecue joints like Triple J’s Smokehouse are returning to their neighborly roots. Order the smoked boudin. Order the smoked boudin at...
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,...
The history of Texas barbecue begins with celebration. In the early days, barbecues catering to thousands of guests celebrated community...
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,...
Hybrid offset smoker and pellet grill at Pitts & Spitts Wood pellets at Pitts & Spitts, Houston Feuds — family or otherwise — are a tradition...
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...
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...
There are essentially three places to start cooking barbecue in Texas: in your backyard, in a competition, or in a restaurant. Traditionally,...
There aren’t many substitutes for brisket in terms of flavor and tenderness. The economics of selling brisket are broken. And for now, pitmasters...
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...
Texas barbecue is, by and large, about tradition. One of its enduring and endearing characteristics is that it delivers comfort in both food and...
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,...
John Brotherton, an influential pitmaster who helped usher in the Texas craft barbecue movement, died Jan. 15 after a brief illness. He was 49. ...
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...
Most of the barbecue joints I write about fall into distinct categories of experience and tradition. There are family dynasties, like the Bracewells...
Chuckwagon BBQ & Burgers There's something oddly comforting about eating in a replica of a chuckwagon. Also comforting: that it’s located in a...
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...
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...
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...
A welcome addition to many barbecue menus in the last few years are smoked-meat versions of classic sandwiches. As pitmasters diversify their menus,...
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...
This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate Brisket, ribs, sausage, potato salad and beans at Blu Lacy Smokehouse in Castroville...
The influence of live-fire and barbecue techniques are appearing on menus beyond steakhouses and Tex-Mex joints.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...