There’s little room for variety in the smoked beef ribs you find at Texas barbecue joints—salt, black pepper, and smoke are doled out in big doses on impressively large hunks of beef and bone. They make for an imposing sight, and are a far cry from what anyone would consider refined.
The bounty of Texas barbecue.
2015's most read in longform, news, food, and general Texanness.
– Operation BBQ Relief is doing great work in tornado-damaged Rowlett:– Restaurant owners, including those of Slow Bone and Lockhart Smokehouse supplied free meals to those affected by the storm in Red Oak.– Chris Osburn traveled the American South to find his picks for the best
Rounding up a year of Texas oddballs and oddities with the Bum Steer 2016.
When you need a break from Uptown glitz, a scruffier, scrappier neighborhood beckons.
Over the last few days, I’ve shared recipes for a from-scratch ham, a smoked fried turkey, and a smoked pork crown roast. Now for the mother of all holiday meal centerpieces: the prime rib.Aside from beef tenderloin, prime rib is usually the most expensive
Greg Abbott shuts down a winter solstice display in the Capitol, Planned Parenthood loses funding, and no charges in Bland case.
Pork crown roast is a popular cut with an inferiority complex. It wants to be taken as seriously as prime rib, thought it would probably settle for the respect of rack of lamb. Alas, a bone-in loin of commodity hog isn’t much to look at, so butchers dress it up by making
“Day for Night wants to be a festival no one has ever seen before” thundered a Houston Press blog headline earlier this month. I don’t know if I would go quite that far, but Houston has not seen an event quite like this since 1986, when Jean-Michel Jarre uplifted
The state is still trying to figure out the whole open carry thing, and Bernie Tiede gets a megastar fundraiser.
I’m of the opinion that most foods can be improved when they’re smoked, and one of my favorite dishes that proves this proclaimed axiom is smoked turkey. We’ve got plenty of great options in Texas, all of which likely beat the oven-roasted turkey that your family overcooked at Thanksgiving. But when it
A definitive analysis of the last six coaching changes and the talent (or lack thereof) each of them left behind.
Texas Live!, the name of the development, is slated to be completed by 2017.
Do you have a ham brining in the refrigerator? No? Then go back to step one here. (Don’t worry. If you missed step one, there’s still time for a New Year’s ham.) For everyone whose ham is about to complete its salt-water bath, here’s what to do next.After
SMU opts out of campus carry, Blue Bell looks toward the future, and San Antonio's great pizza swindling.
It looks like there might not be a cure for this disease.
An update on Youssef Khater since we published “The Talented Mr. Khater.”
The former gubernatorial candidate is touting Hillary Clinton's commitment to women's health in Iowa, but will she finally be able to say the word "abortion"?
There’s no sign over the door—at least not for now—but somehow that doesn’t seem to matter. The Big Bib BBQ and its new attached event space anchor the corner of an aging strip center along Austin Highway in northeast San Antonio. It’s under construction, and the awnings are being replaced, but
State's troubled foster care system violates constitutional rights of children, Texans seem to be buying less guns this year, and Sandra Bland's family lawsuit gets scheduled for trial.
Yeah, it sounds pretty tinfoil hat-y, but it isn't without precedent in the UT football program.
Blue Bell put its competition in the deep freeze and took home the dubious award.
Sid Miller’s people are doing quite well this year, and Spurs fans shared maybe the most awkward kiss cam experience ever.
– These are 37 things you need to know about Texas barbecue from Wide Open Country.– Not to be outdone, Thrillist tells you EVERYTHING you need to know about Texas barbecue.– 50 things you may not have known about barbecue, from Thrillist. Some you
Researchers at Texas A&M are seeking to improve Texas barbecue. This isn’t the first time that an institution of higher learning has aspired to this lofty ambition; Harvard students already tried to design the ultimate smoker. And now the Aggies are focusing on the meat of the matter, so to speak.Earlier this
Houston's coach gets grilled, the immigration fight gets tough, and the affluenza kid and his mother are missing.
Yes, really. Make a ham. From scratch. Don’t just reheat one from the grocery store like you did for Easter. You still have the time to get it on if you start now. After a seven- or eight-day brine, you can have one you can call your own on your
Officials respond to frightening dam story, John Jay coach guilty in referee targeting, and officials aren't prepared for another surge of unaccompanied minors.
Paxton gets rejected, all the weekend gun stories, and the Lewisville Dam might be headed for an historic disaster.
Frank “Trey” Felton is the owner of Thorndale Meat Market, which we reviewed last week on TMBBQ. Felton, a graduate of the Air Force Academy, is a talented pitmaster, but his skills don’t stop at the smoker; writing is another passion. Felton is the author of Jewel of
Panel forced to recommend campus guns, the costly T2 embarrassment, and an ultimate drinking warrior.
Central Texas was once known for its meat market-style barbecue joints, i.e. meat markets that had a barbecue business on the side. Many of those places are gone, or they have converted into barbecue-only businesses. A few holdouts remain, including one shining example: the Thorndale Meat Market.About an hour northeast of Austin, out on Texas
Gregg Popovich & Co. have made sustained success boring.
Eva Longoria holds the key to Corpus Christi (and to our hearts), SCOTUS arguments get super awkward, and the campus gun performance art controversy.
– It’s the time of year when Stiles Switch brings us their 12 Days of Smoked Meat: If you were lucky enough to to join us today…Smoked Bone In Ribeye. #12DaysOfSmokedMeat continues tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/I3aPjAxtrZ — StilesSwitchBBQ (@StilesSwitchBBQ) December 10, 2015 – In which
Sid Miller gets deep fried at a Senate Committee on Agriculture hearing, and Abbott goes to Washington to plead his anti-refugee case.
SCOTUS hears Texas voting district case today, legislators drill into the student-teacher problem, and cops are really having fun with the new 'Star Wars' movie.
Hitting the barbecue trail in Texas is something of a weekend sport. Plenty of people create their own routes, but one of the more official itineraries—the Texas Barbecue Trail, which takes you from Taylor to Elgin, Lockhart, and finally through Luling—is enormously popular. As the name suggests it’s a great
The Smokey Denmark barbecue trailer on East Fifth Street in Austin has a new head pitmaster: Keenan Goldis. Goldis recently took over for Bill Dumas (who is now working with Lance Kirkpatrick at Stiles Switch), and he may be a familiar name to anyone who enjoyed his wild creations at
Texas backs down from blocking Syrian refugees, the DPS has some issues with stopping Hispanic drivers, and state teachers can’t keep their hands to themselves.
The state’s top offerings, from playing a real live Ebenezer in Galveston to lighting a giant menorah in Houston.
The Lege gears up another battle over sanctuary cities, Patrick fends off the Internet’s snark, and a love of tacos is mistaken for graffiti.
I’ve never eaten at a restaurant more often before a first review than this one. Including opening night, I’ve enjoyed seven meals at 18th & Vine since they opened the doors in early October. It helps that the restaurant is just fifteen minutes from my house, but it also takes a
Texas sues to for more control over refugees, and a confusing look at how Irving has become the protest capital of Texas.
– Stubbs sauce versus Stubb’s restaurant: Stubb’s bottled barbecue sauce is suing Stubb’s Bar-B-Q https://t.co/BNluyj687P pic.twitter.com/QShCWekkSr — Eater Austin (@EaterAustin) December 1, 2015 – More details on the Stubb’s v. Stubb’s lawsuit from Texas Monthly. – Golfer Jordan Spieth is the reigning Masters
A team of Bigfoot believers, a legion of “Haters,” more than one Walmart parking lot, and the showman at the center of it all.
As Cypress loses one of the oldest dance halls in the state, we look at what's causing the decline in their popularity.
George P. joins the Red River property fight, fireworks during Paxton’s day in court, and Abbott's Cuba adventure.
Special prosecutors wrapping up Sandra Bland investigation, the Paxton brawl begins, and refugee relief group thumbs its nose at state.
