– It’s Barbecue Week on Eater:

 

– Here are the best ribs in Austin according to Eater Austin. 

– Eater Houston talks with Jerry Pizzitola about how he got into the barbecue business. 

– Mattie John Bamman recounts his journey to become a certified KCBS barbecue judge. 

– Tasting the menu at Snow’s BBQ:

 

– Eater explains why Brooklyn is driving barbecue innovation in New York.

– Here’s a history of barbecue in New York from Eater’s Robert Sietsema.

– Here’s the barbecue lingo that Eater thinks you’ve got to know.

– Then, Eater wasted 1800 words on a worthless “definition” of barbecue.

– Robert Moss came to the defense of brisket:

 

– The Dallas Morning News and MySA also offered their rebuttal to Eater’s barbecue definition.  

– D Magazine has named their 50 best restaurants in Dallas, and Pecan Lodge and Slow Bone are among them. 

– The burnt ends at 18th & Vine BBQ in Dallas, step by step. 

– Eater has tallied the amount of barbecue the most popular joints are serving in Houston and in Austin.

– Is there a case for liquid smoke?

 

– Aaron Franklin is offering a three-day barbecue pop-up in Chicago.

– Aaron Franklin is planning a food festival in Austin that is scheduled for next May.

– The sausage recipe for Franklin Barbecue is nearly complete, and will debut at the restaurant soon.

– Aaron Franklin is teaching a barbecue class in Sweden:

 

– A Russian cattlemen is stuck with a glut of briskets, so he teams up with a restaurateur who begins using it for pastrami. 

– Smoke Shop, from chef Andy Husbands, will open in a couple weeks in Boston. 

– A new barbecue joint, Globe Hall, has opened in Denver with a smoker made in Texas. 

– Barbecue on a massive scale:

 

– On the Today Show, Pat Martin and Chris Lilly duked it out in a pork vs. brisket battle, and they ended up tying.

– The Hammond family has come back to Glen Rose to open a new barbecue joint called Roadrunner Smokehouse.

– Small Texas ranchers aren’t happy about the messages being doled out with the Beef Checkoff money they’re legally required to provide.

– Lots of Houston’s BBQ tradition came from Beaumont:

 

– Anthony Bourdain was in Houston recently at Burns Original BBQ filming for his show Parts Unknown. 

– Southern Smoke, hosted by Underbelly chef Chris Shepherd, is coming back to Houston in November. 

– Brookstreet Bar-B-Que is coming to Montrose, and they’ve got a drive-thru. 

– Barbecue + chocolate:

 

– The pit room at an Austin location of Rudy’s Bar-B-Que had a small fire. The restaurant was only closed briefly.

– MySA found plenty to like at Kings Hwy Brew & Q in San Antonio.

– BBQ Recon had a great visit to Freedmen’s Bar in Austin and enjoyed the sausage at Vitek’s in Waco.

– Bold words from a Georgian:

 

– Texas A&M once again hosted the Foodways Texas Barbecue Camp, and Dr. Jeff Savell provided this recap. 

– Cattleack Barbeque in Dallas will undergo renovations, so get your barbecue today and tomorrow before they close for two weeks. 

– Will Fleischman has parted ways with Lockhart Smokehouse, and now his own barbecue website Blowin’ Smoke and Tellin’ Lies. 

– Get some smoked beer in your life: