– Texas Governor Greg Abbott says that calling barbecue sauce “the most important thing about barbecue” was, in hindsight “my biggest regret” while in office.
– Officials in China have seized meat illegally smuggled in from Vietnam. It was all previously frozen, and some of it was forty years old.
– A brisket demonstration video featuring the Salt Lick brought about what First We Feast has entitled #Brisketgate.
– Salt Lick responds:
@clarklab Sorry for the confusion! We like to give customers options on the cut and he was demonstrating how to cut lean brisket.
— Salt Lick BBQ (@SaltLickBBQ) June 18, 2015
@clarklab We don’t throw away the deckle. We save it for people who want a fattier cut.
— Salt Lick BBQ (@SaltLickBBQ) June 18, 2015
@clarklab Video stops before he brings deckle back to cut it. Just putting it to one side until he finishes cutting the flat. — Salt Lick BBQ (@SaltLickBBQ) June 18, 2015
– Steven Raichlen has a new barbecue show debuting this weekend called Project Smoke.
– Myron Mixon has a new show coming out next month called BBQ Rules.
– McCormick has purchased the full line of Stubb’s barbecue sauces for $100 million.
– Fatboy’s BBQ in Cooper is getting a new building soon:
Our new location on hwy 24 in Cooper. Coming in September. @BBQBryan @tmbbq @firstcalltx @BBQsnob @NationalBBQNews pic.twitter.com/VFHIG21fQW
— FATBOYS BBQ (@badboyofbbq) June 18, 2015
– These are the 20 best barbecue joints in New York City according to Eater NY.
– ….and the 12 hottest barbecue joints in Dallas/Fort Worth.
– …and the 15 essential barbecue spots in Austin.
– …and the 11 essential barbecue spots in Houston, one even as far away as La Grange.
– …and the 15 essential barbecue joints in Los Angeles.
– This monster pizza is stuffed with lots of stuff including Pecan Lodge brisket:
We Got @zolisnypizza to Make Their Version of the Pizza Hut Hot Dog Crust http://t.co/7P6dWGVmXt pic.twitter.com/O9jNz8cGvH — Dallas Observer (@Dallas_Observer) June 22, 2015
– The Smoking Ho came back from the new Southside Market in Bastrop pleased with the sausage slammers.
– Texas Pit Quest has released a guide to great barbecue in Houston.
– Texas BBQ Treasure Hunt likes what he found at Pappa Charlie’s in Houston, especially the brisket.
– Corkscrew BBQ has been operating out of a food truck in Spring, but they are moving to a permanent building later this year.
– The Texas Supreme Court’s Justice Willett on impeachable offenses in the barbecue realm:
My fellow Texans— Please impeach me if I ever decide to reduce my “BBQ footprint.” cc: @BBQsnob @burgermary https://t.co/Nbhmbksrla
— Justice Don Willett (@JusticeWillett) June 21, 2015
– An unnamed “upscale” barbecue restaurant is coming to the Lakewood neighborhood in Dallas.
– JC Reid goes to Huntsville, and finds that “New Zion’s barbecue isn’t necessarily better or worse than elsewhere in Texas – it’s just different.”
– Catherine Stiles of Stiles Switch BBQ in Austin is using the restaurant’s barbecue sauce in a new Bloody Mary mix in her new Barbecue Wife label.
– Cleveland style barbecue?
.@chefsymon is inventing Cleveland-style BBQ – http://t.co/nzdZvwdFzE pic.twitter.com/xetEqWWnun — Playboy (@Playboy) June 24, 2015
– Sisterdale Smokehouse in Sisterdale will be closed for the month of July.
– Snow’s BBQ in Lexington will be closed on Saturday, July 4th.
– A vote to go sans sauce:
Why I Hate BBQ Sauce, And You Should Too: http://t.co/Z6xCE23jff pic.twitter.com/gng23fp6yA
— Thrillist (@Thrillist) June 23, 2015
– The Food Network chose their top 5 best barbecue joints in America, and #2 was in Texas.
– Timeout.com lists the 23 best barbecue joints in America.
– Here are Expedia’s 10 best barbecue joints in the South, but they forgot about Texas.
– Another top barbecue list for Texas. The only surprise to readers might be Triple J’s Smokehouse in Houston.
– A big-time barbecue bucket list:
29 bucket-list barbecue joints that you have to try before you die – http://t.co/5eLkhb4wWO pic.twitter.com/eYVq1HihAc — First We Feast (@firstwefeast) June 24, 2015
– Speedy Lohr’s Barbecue in Lexington, North Carolina was damaged by fire.
– Some history on the three generations of a barbecue family that has run Van’s Pig Stand in Oklahoma.
– Men’s Journal explains why 2015 is the year of Alabama barbecue.
– Thrillist lists the most innovative barbecue dishes in the country.
– Mmmm. Brisket:
Pick pork, invest in a good thermometer and more expert BBQ tips: http://t.co/HK6VKRA8aH @JohnLewisBBQ pic.twitter.com/H4nj0m1K4F
— Food & Wine magazine (@foodandwine) June 23, 2015