Snow’s Pitmaster Tootsie Tomanetz Reacts to Her James Beard Semifinalist Nod
For the third time in four years, the prestigious restaurant and chef awards recognize a pitmaster.
For the third time in four years, the prestigious restaurant and chef awards recognize a pitmaster.
Pitmaster: Snow’s BBQ; opened in 2003.Age: 78Smoker: A steel smoker with an offset firebox for briskets, a direct heat pit for everything else.Wood: Post OakTootsie took her lunch break to talk with me while working her day job with the Giddings school district. After Texas Monthly named Snow’s BBQ the best barbecue
For some in the small town of Lexington (population roughly 1,200), Saturdays are as holy as Sundays. It’s hard to miss these devotees. They congregate at the end of Main Street, within view of some grain elevators dressed in a gingham rust—a line of farmhands, ranchers, well-off weekenders, and groggy