Cattleack Barbecue is the sixth best restaurant in Dallas according to the Dallas Observer, which included several more barbecue joints in their new Top 100 list.
One of the joints in the Observer’s Top 100 might just close—Smoke in West Dallas was sold by its founders.
Get your barbecue sandwiches here:
Sandwiches are the secret weapons of BBQ. Here are 5 I like in San Antonio. #BBQ #sanantonio https://t.co/vauRfreqVM
— Mike Sutter (@fedmanwalking) December 17, 2018
The 52 weeks of barbecue series from the San Antonio Express-News headed to B & B Smokehouse, where the smoked chicken shines, and to the Pearl for a visit to The Granary.
Texas A&M hosted their annual Barbecue Town Hall last week with representatives from fifty barbecue joints around the state.
Ongoing demand for Texas barbecue will help fuel the need for beef supplies in 2019, according to Dr. David Anderson, a livestock economist at Texas A&M.
Houston-style barbecue is not a monolith:
The latest post from @HoustonChron #BBQ columnist @jcreidtx on the geographic distribution of barbecue in greater Houston. #HouBBQ https://t.co/0Wsry4GRNV
— Scott Sandlin (@TxArch) December 10, 2018
Blood Bros. BBQ, once Houston’s most popular barbecue pop-up, now has a permanent home.
Loro in Austin gets the John T. Edge treatment in Garden & Gun. He writes that the goods from the pits “honor and subvert the barbecue genre.”
Austin’s Noble Sandwich Co. is switching concepts and jumping on the barbecue bandwagon as Interstellar BBQ.
Barbecue joints are offering up more than smoked meats for pizza toppings:
La Barbecue whips up spicy pickle pizzas with Austin pizzeria https://t.co/zp6m9dFL0f pic.twitter.com/qbyxQe3u4R
— Eater Austin (@EaterAustin) December 11, 2018
Bud Kennedy of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram praises the barbecue at Not Just Q and Brix Barbecue, both of which recently found new homes in food halls.
The Dallas Morning News headed up to McKinney to try the smoked and grilled meats at the new Local Yocal BBQ & Grill.
Wanna add burnt ends to your lineup of Christmas cookies?
Have you ever had glazed burnt end chocolate chip cookies? Neither had we but they're delicious! @LaurenOnFOX7 made some w/ @BeefLovingTX https://t.co/1tcspbuhbY
— FOX 7 Austin (@fox7austin) December 7, 2018
Ben Hollander and Evan LeRoy of LeRoy and Lewis Barbecue described their Korean/Texan barbecue collaboration to Austin’s Fox 7.
A barbecue throwdown in Austin was supposed to pit barbecue joints from Austin and Houston against one another, but an East Texas joint swooped in to grab the trophy.
Take a tour of Thorndale Meat Market with owner and pitmaster Frank Felton.
Get me an order of rib tips and hot links, please:
Meet Robert Adams of Honey 1 BBQ & learn why Chicago bbq is distinct. Reporter @ambriehlc shares the story. https://t.co/BX26EJsRu7 pic.twitter.com/MOTv3pK6rl
— Southern Foodways Alliance (@southfoodways) December 7, 2018
Chicago’s barbecue divide was explored by the Sporkful podcast, which talked to food writer Kevin Pang and author Michael Twitty.
“I want Big Lee’s to become known as the worldwide leader in everything barbecue at some point,” said pitmaster Rashad Jones of Big Lee’s in Ocala, Florida.
Sadly for barbecue fans, Keith Allen has closed the legendary Allen & Son Barbeque in Chapel Hill, North Carolina after 48 years.
Ike Simas was a barbecue legend in Santa Maria, California, where he spent a lifetime cooking the local barbecue style. He recently passed away at age 91.
When life gives you bone-in pork belly:
How To Cure A 10lb Bone In Pork Belly https://t.co/XVz8fe6foL pic.twitter.com/AizemyZxjD
— RL Reeves Jr (@RLReevesJr) December 13, 2018
The World Food Championship is moving its competition, which includes a barbecue division, to Dallas in 2019.
Tyler, Texas native Dougie Adams opened a new barbecue restaurant, Bullard, in Portland, Oregon serving a style of food he’s calling Tex-Oregana.
A San Antonio artist has an Etsy store selling paintings featuring beloved Texas chains in pastoral landscapes, including Bill Miller Bar-B-Q.
If you develop a meat allergy, you won’t be able to enjoy this beautiful bologna:
Why are so many people getting a meat allergy? @mosaicscience Excellent article by @marynmck that underscores global issue of #alphaGal allergy. Raising awareness is critical for patients and funding much needed research into this expanding food allergy. https://t.co/TApFm77grM
— scott commins (@scott_commins) December 11, 2018