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How Texas barbecue continues to incorporate global flavors

Pomegranate-glazed pork ribs, pomegranate BBQ sauce, Egyptian baladi salad, smoked kofta with pita bread, yogurt sauce and brisket shawarma pita at KG...

30.11.2024 7

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Kolacny Bar-B-Q in Hallettsville is a Texas barbecue time capsule

Texas barbecue joints can be broadly classified into two main types: old-school and new-school. New-school establishments, which have proliferated...

23.11.2024 10

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How barbecue came to dominate the Michelin Guide Texas

CorkScrew BBQ's Will and Nichole Buckman, both at right, pose for a photograph after their barbecue joint was given a Michelin star. CorkScrew BBQ...

14.11.2024 4

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La Cruda Brand BBQ builds on local connections in Crosby

Driving northeast on Highway 90 toward Crosby reveals endless fields of oil-well drill pipe operations and other industries supporting the nearby...

10.11.2024 5

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LaVaca BBQ is all about Mexican flavors and small-town hospitality

The story of contemporary Texas barbecue is told and tasted in big cities with flavors inspired from the culture of Central Texas cattle ranches and...

01.11.2024 5

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LeRoy and Lewis Barbecue opens state-of-the-art restaurant in South Austin

LeRoy and Lewis Barbecue opens state-of-the-art brick-and-mortar in South Austin. Evan LeRoy opens state-of-the-art brick-and-mortar in South Austin....

27.10.2024 9

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1775 Texas Pit BBQ brings craft barbecue to College Station

Pulled pork, burnt ends, brisket, sausage, turkey, pork ribs, corn casserole and  pinto beans at1775 Texas Pit BBQ in College Station. Pitmaster...

27.10.2024 8

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Eclectic influences inspire Rosemeyer Bar-B-Q’s evolving menu

One of the most important jobs when hunting white-tailed deer in South Texas is the camp cook. After a long day of hunting in the cold, windy and...

04.10.2024 10

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3rd Coast BBQ combines smoked meats with Gulf Coast cooking

3rd Coast BBQ in Spring The three-meat platter at3rd Coast BBQ in Spring  Collard greens at 3rd Coast BBQ in Spring  Troy Mulligan opened 3rd Coast...

28.09.2024 9

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Southern Q still flies the flag for East Texas-style barbecue

Fried green tomatoes, sausage, collard greens, rib tips, jerk chicken, turkey legs at Southern Q BBQ Rib tips and french fries at Southern Q BBQ The...

21.09.2024 10

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Why you’re seeing more dinner menus at Houston barbecue joints

The Vietnamese word “nhậu” means “to drink.”  In Vietnamese culture, the definition is broadened so that it means “to go drinking and...

14.09.2024 6

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This California barbecue joint is worth a trip from Texas

If you find yourself driving through the Sonoran Desert west of Tucson, Ariz., especially after a rainfall, it is advisable to pull over to the side...

08.09.2024 4

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Why aren’t there more 24/7 barbecue joints in Texas?

By many measures, barbecue joints should be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. After all, most joints have staff on site all day, either cooking,...

25.08.2024 10

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Barbecue pop-ups are thriving in Texas. Here are some to try now

The stereotypical image of a Texas barbecue pitmaster is someone who toils before a roaring fire, stoking the flames in the firebox and slicing smoked...

17.08.2024 10

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Andiron's prime rib sandwich is a delicious take on French dip

Prime rib is a cut of beef often associated with special occasions and holidays, especially Christmas and New Years. But once you get a taste for the...

08.08.2024 9

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How does Dallas-Fort Worth's barbecue scene stack up to Houston's?

Frisco is a fast-growing suburb north of Dallas. You get there by driving on one the many anonymous toll roads that ring the outer limits of the...

01.08.2024 6

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Playing the long game is paying off for The Pit Room

In many ways, managing a successful barbecue joint is like smoking a brisket. In the beginning, you hit it with a big blast of heat and the...

25.07.2024 3

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How lack of refrigeration helped create Texas barbecue as we know it today

Refrigeration, or the lack thereof, was one of the most important factors in the establishment of the techniques and traditions of Texas barbecue. The...

21.07.2024 20

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How the Oyler pit changed Texas barbecue forever

Oyler pit under construction at J&R Manufacturing in Mesquite Test kitchen at J&R Manufacturing in Mesquite President Ryan Higgins supervises...

07.07.2024 9

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This trailer brings Pakistani flavors to Texas barbecue

Growing up in Southlake, north of Dallas, Zain Shafi ate Pakistani cuisine cooked by his family who had immigrated to Texas in the 1980s from the...

30.06.2024 8

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What is proper Texas barbecue-joint line and seating etiquette?

“When people save tables, they occupy that seat for two-to-four times as long as it would have been occupied by someone sitting down to eat their...

05.06.2024 10

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How Thai curry became the perfect accompaniment to Texas barbecue

Like the word “barbecue,” the culinary term “curry” can refer to many different things. In Texas, “barbecue” refers to a specific type of...

26.05.2024 50

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Smoke Queen Barbecue in Orange County is a star

The sign at the entrance to Smoke Queen Barbecue in Garden Grove, Calif., spells out the word “Welcome” in four languages: English, Spanish,...

19.05.2024 20

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The surprising versatility of chopped brisket

One pound of chopped brisket with sides at Truth BBQ On a recent trip to Castroville for a reunion, I met about a dozen family members at Blu Lacy...

04.05.2024 40

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The Best Stop brings real-deal Cajun cuisine to Katy

Order counter at The Best Stop in Katy  The Best Stop in Katy sells all manner of Cajun goods. Bottled sauce is one offering at The Best Stop in...

27.04.2024 50

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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 10

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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 20

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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 10

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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 20

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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 30

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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 60

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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 10

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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 20

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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 9

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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 20

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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 8

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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 9

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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 10

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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 20

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