– The Houston BBQ Festival was held on Sunday. The BBQ Geniuses from Texas A&M enjoyed their time, there were plenty of photos shared, and there were some pleasant surprises too.
– Beef prices just keep going up. We’ve hit another record high for price, and the cattle herds are the lowest since 1951.
– Pork prices aren’t doing much better.
– Evan LeRoy, pitmaster at Freedmen’s Bar in Austin, noticed a mention of Freedmen’s in Southwest’s Spirit magazine while on his honeymoon:
– A “gourmet barbecue joint” called Burnt Ends has opened in Singapore.
– They held a barbecue competition in Australia.
– A new barbecue joint in Boise, Idaho specializes in smoked meats and vegan dishes.
– Andrew Zimmern visited a couple barbecue joints in Nashville for the latest episode of Bizarre Foods America.
– This list of good barbecue joints in Louisville, Kentucky leaves off Hammerheads.
– Pecan Lodge in Dallas is featured in this Men’s Journal video:
– Cranky Frank’s Barbeque in Fredericksburg is featured in USA Today.
– Golf Digest documents their trip to Franklin Barbecue in Austin.
– Deep Ellum bar and barbecue joint WORK will close this weekend, but pitmaster Doug Pickering is already looking to open a new place.
– It seems we now know why the UConn coach had a leg up on the competition. Before they won the championship, he was eating barbecue at Off the Bone in Forest Hill:
Congrats to our friends @UConnMBB and Coach @CoachKO_UConn God bless enjoy the night #MarchMadness #BleedBlue pic.twitter.com/dGZr1o2q50
— Off The Bone BBQ (@OTBTXSTYLE) April 8, 2014
– There’s a new barbecue list. This one lists the ten best cities for barbecue in the US. Texas is well represented.
– CultureMap Dallas lists their favorite underrated restaurants in D/FW, and FM Smokehouse made the list.
– Eat Your World loved the chopped beef sandwich from Ruby’s in Austin.
– Wanna buy a BBQ joint?
For Sale: Laird’s BBQ in Llano. Asking price $299,500. Contact 325-423-0252 for more info. @BBQsnob @tmbbq @ManUpTexasBBQ
— Robert Jacob Lerma (@robertjlerma) April 8, 2014
– The Texas community BBQ season is getting started, and Robb Walsh has the calendar you need to make sure you don’t miss the meat.
– The Austin Barbecue Society has tickets available for their 5/5 dinner featuring the cooking of Miguel Vidal from Valentina’s BBQ & Tex-Mex.
– Brian Mays, who owns Sam’s BBQ in Austin, has a role in the new movie Joe, starring Nicolas Cage.
– Construction is coming along at Pecan Lodge:
Pouring the foundation for future BBQ in @Deep_Ellum, smokehouse coming soon! pic.twitter.com/zIcaBf0zFi
— Pecan Lodge (@PecanLodge) April 9, 2014
– Old 300 BBQ in Blanco is now serving Akaushi brisket ($26/lb) on the weekends.
– Cattleack BBQ in Dallas has only been open for lunch on Fridays until now when they will also open on Thursdays for lunch.
– The Smoking Ho travels to Opie’s in Spicewood and leaves happy.
– One last shot from the Houston BBQ Festival:
Slicing up @LouieMuellerBBQ brisket at @HouBBQ. @houston_foodie @fulmer @tmbbq #BBQ pic.twitter.com/PnOlYRYuyr
— Robert Strickland (@rlstrickland) April 8, 2014