– Livestock producers have increased supplies of hogs and cattle to a level described by Bloomberg as a “meat mountain.” Meat just keeps getting cheaper.

– Beware pitmasters. The Atlantic dives into the root causes of tuberculosis, and determines that it might have first developed in people sharing close quarters with a wood fire.

– BBQ Summer Camp:

 

– Two barbecue pits have been installed at Houston’s NRG stadium so Ronnie Killen can serve barbecue at the Texans home games. 

– The Houston Black Pages have compiled their list of the best black-owned barbecue joints in town. 

– Trent and Norma Brooks of Brooks Place BBQ in Cypress are asking for some help after Norma suffered a stroke. 

– Confit pork ribs, anyone?

 

– The Smoking Ho made himself a batch of bacon burnt ends.

– The Guns Up BBQ blog checked out Big D BBQ in Mansfield.

– Heim BBQ in Fort Worth is just a few weeks away from opening their permanent location.

– Hutchins BBQ in McKinney is expanding:

 

– “Whole-hog cooking is the most financially irresponsible thing you can do.” – North Carolina’s Samuel Jones. 

– If you’re worried about purchasing a cheap imitation of pink butcher paper, Oren International, a butcher paper manufacturer, has some tips. 

– Freedman’s Bar in Austin was featured in the local paper. 

– Texas BBQ in photos:

 

– You could say it’s the Cadillac of smokers, and it can be yours for $12,000.

– Tickets are on sale for Houston Taste of the Nation, an event benefitting No Kid Hungry. There’ll be lots of great food and drinks including some of Houston’s best pitmasters.

– Bud’s Pitmaster BBQ will be opening inside the convention center in downtown Houston.

– Can we get a maybe?

 

– J C Reid of the Houston Chronicle didn’t find much to praise from his tour of Los Angeles barbecue. 

– Eater LA looks back to 1946 when the area’s oldest barbecue joint, Gus’s Barbecue, opened their doors. 

– Jiyeon Lee and Cody Taylor of Heirloom Bar-B-Que in Atlanta share their barbecue backgrounds in an interview with the SFA. 

– They might need a divorce: