BBQ
November 27, 2019
BBQ News Roundup: Smoked Duck Season, a Turkey Leg Lawsuit, and R.I.P. Vencil Mares
Plus: Central Texas stalwart Terry Black’s Barbecue arrives in Dallas.
Taylor Cafe
BBQ
February 26, 2014
Pitmaster Interview: Vencil Mares of Taylor Cafe
Owner/Pitmaster: Taylor Cafe; opened 1948Age: 90Smoker: Wood-fired offset smokerWood: Post OakVencil Mares (pronounced like a group of female horses, not the planet) normally sits at the end of the bar just inside the side door of Taylor Cafe. For this interview we went into the only place in the restaurant with air conditioning
BBQ
February 3, 2014
Super Bowl Debut for Taylor Cafe
I didn’t expect to see Vencil Mares make his Super Bowl debut last night, but there he was with his red apron on sitting at his usual spot. It was quick, but right there at the 0:35 mark of a Chevy truck commercial, a rancher transporting his
BBQ
May 21, 2008
Taylor Cafe
Octogenarian Vencil Mares has been perfecting his skills on the brick pit since 1948. We’d heard about his chicken, but the day we visited, the pork ribs were the highlight, with brisket not far behind. Mares’s trick is wrapping the meat in butcher paper and smoking it over post oak