– Two weeks ago the Carnivore’s Ball was held in Austin. It was a great party with barbecue from John Mueller. These photos by Robert Strickland will make you wish you were there.
– The TCU football team is playing for more than just the game this weekend. If they win, the entire Fort Worth City Council gets a catered meal from Pecan Lodge. Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings agreed to pay for it in a bet with the Fort Worth mayor who’s on the hook for a catered lunch from Joe T. Garcia’s if SMU wins.
– This weekend includes a bevy of barbecue events. In Fort Worth is the Beer, Bourbon & Brisket Festival. Austin is hosting both Gettin’ Sauced and Austoberfest.
– Fed Man Walking shows some love to Pieous in South Austin for their homemade pastrami. That’s cured and smoked brisket for the uninitiated.
– In this wrap-up of last weekend’s Feast Portland event in Oregon, the secret to Franklin Barbecue’s brisket is revealed – unicorn lard.
– Peggy Sue BBQ in Dallas is tempting us with a new menu item. Burnt ends are coming soon:
– Thrillist named their Top 33 BBQ Joints in the country. This was a better list than most with some obvious thought into the choices. Of course there are a few duds, but Texas is very well represented with ten of the selections.
– Ardie Davis took up the cause of barbecue inclusivity with a rant about barbecue dogma. “[U]nder the big barbecue tent where there’s room for competition barbecuers, backyard barbecuers, old-timers, newbies and hogmatists.”
– Robb Walsh of Houstonia Magazine chimes in on the rise of the beef rib on Texas menus.
– Can you say Whole-Hog-on-a-Stick?
How big is a fully grown micro pig? Find out here http://t.co/BBNm44vEpU pic.twitter.com/KKIOWs7Hov
— micropigs (@petpiggies) September 21, 2013
– You can catch a few glimpses of la Barbecue’s John Lewis in this trailer for a new show called Bite This. The Austin episode was a couple of days ago, but look for it in your DVR. Here’s a show recap.
– A very detailed guide to creating your own meat lollipops.
– What looks to be an incredible barbecue event (albeit in South Carolina) called Cook it Raw is coming up next month Chef Sean Brock is hosting. He’s a fine dining chef with a love for barbecue. In this interview he says this is his career dream: “I want to have a farm where I can raise Chinese pugs, where I can do whole-hog barbecue.”
– Mississippi culinary legend Leatha Jackson, owner and founder of Leatha’s Bar-B-Que Inn, passed away at 90.
– Nick Pencis is a barbecue man now, but he was once a full-time drummer. Tomorrow he’s getting the band back together.
Reuniting with @Greyhoundsmusic this Friday and playing drums all night! Come down to @stanleysfamous and get funky with us!
— Nick Pencis (@NickPencis) September 25, 2013
– Stanley’s Famous Pit Barbecue has also expanded their menu and hours.
– The Hub City BBQ Cook Off will be held in Lubbock tonight.
– Then, on Friday and Saturday you can hit the Hill Country for the Burnet BBQ Cook-off & Music Festival.
– I do not want to live in China. See the headline below:
– Maybe Oklahoma City finally has a great barbecue joint.
– Bob’s Texas BBQ is trying to bring good barbecue to Boise.
– Even Chicago food critics know how the brisket should be sliced.
– There was a fire at the Creekstone Farms beef plant in Kansas.
– Remember that salmonella outbreak at the North Carolina church barbecue from last week? The number affected is now up over 100.
