– Brisket in NC was the meal for President Obama at Midwood Smokehouse:

 

– A Houston blogger ordered enough smoked meat at La Barbecue for five or six people, then complained that it cost $100. 

– A woman was poisoned by an industrial cleaner in her iced tea at Dickey’s BBQ. Dickey’s is now suing the company who makes the cleaner. 

– In a sad highway accident, a barbecue smoker came off its mounting on a camper and collided with a car, killing a man. 

– Would you eat beef from cloned cattle?

 

– The Collaboration of Smoke Dinner is coming to Houston on 7/18. It features Wesley Jurena of Pappa Charlie’s BBQ, Patrick Feges, and Erin Smith.

– TJ’s Seafood Market in Dallas is hosting the Sea to Smoker barbecue event on 7/24.

– It looks like there’s good barbecue in Denver:

 

– Robert Wilonsky of the Dallas Morning News wonders why nobody is going to one of his favorite barbecue joints. 

– Cattleack BBQ in Dallas has reopened after a renovation and addition. 

– Daniel Delaney of Brooklyn’s Delaney BBQ does some indoor smoking for Munchies. 

– They mean KCBS competition barbecue:

 

– These are the Daily Mail’s five best Dallas barbecue joints.

– Guns Up BBQ and the Smoking Ho were in attendance at the grand opening celebration at Evie Mae’s BBQ in Lubbock.

– Texas BBQ Treasure Hunt has found some great deals on beef ribs in Houston.

– John Lewis provides some brisket tasting notes:

 

– J C Reid looks at the history of barbecue used as a lure for railroad development in the US. 

– Goodtaste TV highlights the barbecue at the Brisket House in Houston. 

– Business Insider has ranked their list of the fifty best barbecue joints in the country. 

– Southern Living’s Robert Moss updates his barbecue list:

 

– Then Moss goes on to describe how editors can skew the intention of barbecue lists elsewhere.

– Rien Fertel listed some of his favorite joints in the Carolinas for Time.

– I also penned a list of great Central Texas barbecue spots for Time.

– Bugger off, indeed: