BBQ
August 19, 2022
Texas-Style Barbecue Invades Oklahoma
Three joints in Tulsa and Oklahoma City have embraced brisket, beef sausage, and spareribs—but will bologna-loving Oklahomans follow suit?
BBQ Outside Texas
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August 11, 2022
For a Different Kind of Brisket, Try Montreal’s Smoked Meat Sandwiches
The Canadian city has its own barbecue culture, and it centers on beef that's smoked—sometimes without wood—and served in old-school delis.
Tacos
June 8, 2021
A Texan’s Guide to the Kansas City Taco Scene
The Lone Star State and Kansas share a long, rich taco tradition. We ate our way through KC and picked five of our favorites.
BBQ
January 13, 2020
A Barbecue Missionary From Midland Serves Real BBQ in Shreveport
Harvey Clay has spent much of his adult life introducing the brisket, ribs, and sausage of his youth into smoked-meat deserts.
BBQ
October 22, 2019
Wright’s Barbecue Brings Texas Smoke to Arkansas
Inspired by the Salt Lick’s brisket, Jordan Wright left a comfortable corporate life to pursue his smoked-meat dreams.
BBQ
August 21, 2019
A Texas Road Trip Inspired Australia’s Newest Barbecue Joint
Houston’s Barbecue in the Melbourne suburbs serves admirable brisket, pulled pork, and burgers.
BBQ
August 16, 2019
Texas-Style Barbecue Has Arrived in Denver
Transplants bring familiar flavors of smoked brisket and beef ribs to the Mile High City.
BBQ
July 8, 2019
Where to Find the Best Barbecue in New Orleans
As a culinary destination, the Big Easy isn’t famous for its smoked meats, but a host of joints serve quality brisket and pork.
BBQ
October 30, 2018
Pinche Gringo BBQ Offers Texas-Style ’Cue and Sides in Mexico City
Dan DeFossey has brought brisket from the RGV to CDMX.
BBQ
August 13, 2018
In D.C., Head to Federalist Pig for Crispy Chicken Wings and Smoky Brisket Burnt Ends
There are slim pickings for quality barbecue in the capital, but pitmaster Rob Sonderman doesn't disappoint.
BBQ
August 10, 2018
At Majordomo, David Chang’s Smoked Beef Short Rib Delights
The dish isn't Texan, or Californian, or Korean, but it tastes familiar to all barbecue fans.
BBQ
July 24, 2018
ZZQ Brings Flawless Texas Barbecue to Virginia
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.
BBQ
July 19, 2018
Texas-Style Brisket and Otherworldly Pulled Pork in … Huntington Park, California
Ray Ramirez fell in love with Texas BBQ and started an underground L.A. barbecue joint before they were cool.
BBQ
July 16, 2018
Mad Jack’s Mountaintop Barbecue Offers Texas-Style Brisket in New Mexico
James Jackson, a Lockhart native, cooks up tender brisket and juicy Kreuz links—plus some New Mexico touches.
BBQ
April 21, 2018
New York Burger Tries to Bring Texas BBQ to Spain (Got It?)
Inspired by several pilgrimages to the Lone Star State, the owners of Madrid's New York Burger invited me to try their "brisquet."
BBQ
March 7, 2018
Why Did Brooklyn Barbecue Take Over the Internet for a Day?
It started with a sad photo of brisket.
BBQ
December 1, 2017
Belgium’s Take on Texas Barbecue
Black Smoke in Antwerp and Holy Smoke in Brussels are both Belgian tributes to Texas barbecue—but they couldn't be more different.
BBQ
October 5, 2017
West Tennessee Whole Hog
Eating an endangered barbecue art form.
BBQ
June 30, 2017
Surviving Pig Beach
Eating my words with Shane McBride.
BBQ
June 19, 2017
Rodney Scott Ain’t Scared
A whole hog legend smokes outside of his comfort zone.
BBQ
April 7, 2017
Southerner Jealous of Neighbor’s Popularity
You may have noticed the yammering of a South Carolinian about the “tyranny” of Texas barbecue in a recent article on First We Feast. The author, Robert Moss, is the barbecue editor for Southern Living. An esteemed position, for sure, but it’s curious that the magazine chose to poll
BBQ
August 22, 2016
Holy Smoke BBQ
Sweden is ripe for a Texas barbecue revolution, and the Johans of Holy Smoke BBQ are prepared to lead it. Johan Fritzell and Johan Åkerberg met a few years ago and bonded over a shared love of smoked meats. They soon decided to join forces and open a barbecue joint that
BBQ
August 18, 2016
Franklin Barbecue in Sweden
Although he runs Franklin Barbecue out of Austin, Aaron Franklin is known worldwide for his barbecue. Franklin’s smoked meats are respected by his peers and revered by critics, and he has a James Beard Award to prove it. He has shared his knowledge through his show, BBQ With Franklin, and his
BBQ
August 9, 2016
A Piece of Tex-Lanta at Fox Bros. Bar-B-Q
Beef barbecue isn’t hard to find in Atlanta. Most menus feature brisket, and the city might just have more options for smoked beef short ribs than Fort Worth. But that wasn’t the case in 2007, when twins Justin and Jonathan Fox opened Fox Bros. Bar-B-Q just east of downtown Atlanta. In what
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July 22, 2016
Austin, South Carolina
Texas has lost one if its best pitmasters. John Lewis has taken his talents to South Carolina, and he doesn’t plan to come back to Texas anytime soon. “I live here, and I’m staying here,” he told me during my recent trip to Charleston to visit his brand-new, week-old establishment, Lewis Barbecue.
BBQ
June 22, 2016
Hawaiian Barbecue Bites
The United States has many beloved barbecue styles, but meat cooked over fire in the fiftieth state rarely enters the discussion. Hawaiian barbecue traditions have been exported by the Honolulu-based L&L Hawaiian Barbecue chain to twelve states and six other countries, but those restaurants don’t really cook barbecue. Rather, they specialize
BBQ
June 9, 2016
Cleveland Smokes
When I was growing up in Ohio, land of my birth, it was a barren wasteland when it came to barbecue. If you were looking for ribs, you better have liked them baked, sauced, and grilled. The pitmasters of my youth specialized in chicken on a backyard grill, and I didn’t
BBQ
April 11, 2016
Boneless Ribs
I recently documented my love for the rib sandwich, so when I learned there was a company selling boneless racks of ribs, I had to order them. It seemed these ribs from Ohio-based Bubba’s Q would be the perfect alternative to the deconstructed rib sandwich.Al “Bubba” Baker, a
BBQ
March 22, 2016
The Beast
A barbecue joint in Paris, France? The notion sounded odd a couple of years ago when I first met Thomas Abramowicz, owner of the Beast. But the shock has worn off, and it seems I’m the last barbecue hound to visit. After so many words and photos from the likes of
BBQ
February 24, 2016
The Seattle Barbecue Experience
Robert and Louise Collins left Louisiana for the West Coast in 1944 and eventually opened what is now Seattle’s oldest barbecue joint: R & L Home of Good Bar-B-Q. They’re celebrating 64 years in business in a small, stone-faced storefront east of downtown, and even if Robert and Louise have both passed
BBQ
June 3, 2015
Santa Maria BBQ Restaurants
Santa Maria style barbecue is probably the least familiar of any barbecue style in the country, especially for those outside California. That’s likely due to how hyper-regional the menu and the fuel are, but also how limited its representation is outside the Santa Maria area. Even three hours in either direction,