– Barbecue competitor and television personality Myron Mixon ran for mayor in his hometown of Unadilla, Georgia, and won by twenty votes.

– The Houston Chronicle provides this historical profile of Houston pitmaster Lenoa Ginn.

– Sunday’s Texas Monthly TMBBQ Fest in Austin was a success:

 

– Also reporting at the TMBBQ Fest was CultureMap Houston and CultureMap Dallas.

– …and Zagat,  Brisket & Bagels, Texas BBQ Treasure Hunt, Texas A&M, and Austin Food Magazine. 

– A time-lapse of Corkscrew BBQ’s grand opening:

– Jess Pryles follows a day in the barbecue life of Lance Kirkpatrick at Stiles Switch BBQ, in Austin. 

– Romanouska’s in Austin is moving. The smoked meat deli trailer form Micklethwait is headed to the Grackle. 

– The much-delayed Austin location of Cooper’s BBQ is coming along. 

– Travis and Emma Heim of Heim BBQ were featured on Fox 4 in DFW:

– Ray “Dr. BBQ” Lampe talks with the Big Green Egg podcast about his life in barbecue. 

– Don McLemore of Big Bob Gibson BBQ was honored with the Pioneer of Barbecue award at last month’s Jack Daniel’s Barbecue Competition. 

– A cute kid in Austin dressed as Aaron Franklin for Halloween. 

– There’s a new female pitmaster in Texas: 

– Steven Raichlen found a big rack of ribs in Florence, Italy.

– “US barbecue restaurants have spread across Britain with the eagerness of a sprightly bacterial growth on agar jelly.”

– Ed Levine of Serious Eats describes the experience of eating barbecue at Louie Mueller Barbecue in Taylor.

– In honor of the World Series champs, an ode to Kansas City BBQ:

 

– Guns Up BBQ had a good first impression at Winner’s BBQ in Plano. 

– The El Paso Times is a fan of their new local joint, Desert Oak Barbecue. 

– Bodacious BBQ in Longview is profiled by the local paper. 

– KLTV interviews pitmaster Jonathan Shaw at Stanley’s Famous Pit Bar-B-Que in Tyler. 

– Lazy J’s BBQ in Floresville was destroyed by a tornado this week:

 

– The Houston Chronicle features eight local young gun pitmasters that are shaping the barbecue scene in Houston.

– There’s a Kosher BBQ Championship coming to San Antonio this weekend.

– Hutchins BBQ in McKinney was profiled by Community Impact.

– Smoke and booze: