– Jacob Brogan is upset about his love for grilling because its homosocial symbology might suggest “same-sex intimacy that deflects the supposed dangers of sexual contact between men but allows them to confirm their masculinity by excluding women.”

– In Massachusetts, they can’t tell the difference between a brisket and a torso:

 

– Rush Limbaugh jumped into the Austin barbecue smoke debate, but sadly it was with false and/or outdated information. 

– Because Austin’s barbecue smoke resolution didn’t go into effect, the neighborhood behind Terry Black’s Barbecue has filed suit against them. 

– This was posted a while back, but someone actually offered up their Franklin Barbecue leftovers on Craigslist for $200. 

– One Texas representative believes Austin is actually planning to ban barbecue:

 

– A resident in St. Petersburg, Florida didn’t like her neighbor’s barbecue smoke, so she called the city and the offenders filmed their interaction with a city employee looking into the complaint.

– Barbecue pitmaster Ray “Dr. BBQ” Lampe says the real problem with the Florida smoker debate has to do with poor cooking methods.

– The Chef Steps website has made the barbecue tutorials on their site free (after you’ve signed up for a free account).

– Meathead Goldwyn talks charcoal in a new video:

 

– Zagat calls the Salt Lick and Franklin Barbecue two of the most over-hyped restaurants in Austin.

– Austin-American Statesman food critic Matthew Odam lists two Austin barbecue joints among his possibilities for a theoretical last meal in Austin.

– The Smoking Ho filed this recap of one of our Behind the Pit Dinners at Franklin Barbecue.

– BBQ Recon hits Johnny T’s BBQ in Round Rock and finds barbecue worth returning for.

– La Barbecue in Austin has a new menu item:

 

– Hopper.com calls these cities the ten best for barbecue in the country. Three are in Texas. 

– Mama Faye’s BBQ has closed in Dallas and has plans to relocate to Sulphur Springs. 

– Swift’s Attic in Austin is hosting a barbecue brunch with Stiles Switch and Barbecue Wife Bloody Mary mix. 

– SA Flavor interviewed Tim Rattray from the Granary:

 

– A new location of Jambo’s BBQ Shack is open in Arlington. 

– A new barbecue chain is coming. This one is Chap’s Pit Beef out of Baltimore. 

– Crazy Bob’s Bar-B-Que in Kilgore is celebrating two years in business. 

– Back to back to back to back to back:

 

– A few Houston barbecue bloggers entered a local barbecue competition to see how they’d fare. Not bad.

– Houstonia Magazine is doing a Top BBQ list, and went on KHOU for a promo with Russel Roegels.

– Texas Pit Quest visited the Collaboration of Smoke event in Houston.

– Texas Brew & BBQ checks out the historic Neely’s in Marshall, Texas.

– That’s a lot of beef:

 

– Smoke BBQ, unrelated to Dallas’s Smoke, has opened in Charleston, South Carolina. 

– Johnny Fugitt (of 100 Best BBQ Joints in America fame) is interviewed by First We Feast. 

– CBS reports on the growing popularity of barbecue and Southern cooking in the UK. 

– “Brisket isn’t any harder to make than any of the other barbecue meats.”