– Charlie’s BBQ in Houston was a total loss in an early morning fire:

 

– New candy bar to “combine the tang of bold BBQ-seasoned surrounding a chewy caramel center for a unique, Texas-inspired flavor.”

– This week in weaponizing barbecue: “Members of the Yale College Republicans hosted a barbecue Friday right next to where members of the Local 33 graduate student union participated in a hunger strike.”

– Loving barbecue is never wrong:

 

– The Smoking Ho loved the bacon burnt ends at Heim BBQ in Fort Worth.

– Comedian Bill Maher provided a heap of Hard Eight BBQ in Dallas to make up for a cancelled show earlier in the year.

– Bring Me, by Buzzfeed, has recently featured Pecan Lodge in Dallas and the Salt Lick in Driftwood in their videos.

– The Salt Lick is expanding to Grapevine:

 

– Eater Austin has collected the first impressions of the new LeRoy & Lewis barbecue truck in Austin.

– Rod Machen recounts his Texas barbecue road trip with a series called Project Smoke, and the first stop is in Luling.

– Johnny Johnson of Murchison drove around serving barbecue from his Chicks BBQ truck to people affected by the devastating tornados in East Texas.

– La Barbecue is sending a new pit to LA for a new location:

Meet Miss Kitty!! Our LA Smoker ?LETS COOOOOOOOK!! #labarbecue #atxbbq #losangeles @eater @eater_la @eateraustin

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– The Chamber of Commerce in Lexington, Texas named Snow’s BBQ pitmaster Tootsie Tomanetz their Citizen of the Year.

– In a related note, Snow’s BBQ will be closed this weekend for the annual Lexington Homecoming parade where Tootsie will be honored.

– Truth Barbecue in Brenham will be closed through the weekend starting today.

– Bodacious BBQ in Longview will be closed on Saturday in order to attend the Red Dirt Festival in Tyler.

– A little retro barbecue art: