BBQ Photographers: R.J. Hinkle

Every month we bring you a profile of a photographer who has captured the people, the food and the spaces that make up the world of barbecue.

R.J. Hinkle – Addison, Texas

A native son of the Lone Star State as well as a barbecue habitué, R.J. Hinkle is an advertising, commercial and editorial photographer based in Addison, Texas. For years he has been traveling to joints and smoke pits throughout the state to capture images of the people, the places and the smoky creations of Texas barbecue culture.  R.J. is an alum of Texas Tech University and serves on TTU’s College of Media and Communications’ National Advisory Board. He balances his BBQ addiction with enthusiastic but weak weekend Lance Armstrong impressions (blood tests reveal no EPO, but suspicious levels of a secret rub recipe known only to an elite Oak Cliff BBQ team). He lives in Coppell, Texas with his two fantastic kids and his beautiful, and very understanding, wife. In his spare time he has delusions of having spare time.

Pablo Garcia at Smitty’s Market in Lockhart

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Kreuz Market in Lockhart

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Tootsie Tomanetz at Snow’s BBQ in Lexington

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Aaron Hernandez at Hays Co. BBQ in San Marcos

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John Lewis at la Barbecue in Austin

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John Fullilove at Smitty’s Market in Lockhart

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Jim McLennan of Hashknife on the Chisholm
in Peadenville

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Smoked meat from la Barbecue in Austin

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Kendrick Robinson of
City Meat Market in Giddings

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Bryan Gooding at Louie Mueller Barbecue in Taylor

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Dirk Miller of Miller’s Smokehouse in Belton

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The pit at Prause Meat Market in La Grange

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You can see more of R.J.’s work at rjhinkle.com.

Every month TMBBQ highlights a photographer with a love for barbecue as subject matter. If you’d like your photos to be included in this online gallery please contact dvaughn@texasmonthly.com