There are slim pickings for quality barbecue in the capital, but pitmaster Rob Sonderman doesn't disappoint.
BBQ Outside Texas
The dish isn't Texan, or Californian, or Korean, but it tastes familiar to all barbecue fans.
A home-smoked rib brought Chris Fultz and Alex Graf together in 2011. Now the couple cooks up tender brisket and peppery pork spare ribs in Richmond.
Ray Ramirez fell in love with Texas BBQ and started an underground L.A. barbecue joint before they were cool.
James Jackson, a Lockhart native, cooks up tender brisket and juicy Kreuz links—plus some New Mexico touches.
Inspired by several pilgrimages to the Lone Star State, the owners of Madrid's New York Burger invited me to try their "brisquet."
Black Smoke in Antwerp and Holy Smoke in Brussels are both Belgian tributes to Texas barbecue—but they couldn't be more different.
