BBQ
March 5, 2020
BBQ News Roundup: James Beard Honors, a Houston Rodeo Champ, and Sad News in Smithville
Plus: The barbecue pit so long it required an official highway escort.
Micklethwait Craft Meats
BBQ Joint Reviews
November 21, 2019
Micklethwait Market & Grocery Serves Stunning Pork Ribs in Smithville
Yet with disappointing business at his small-town restaurant, Tom Micklethwait hatches plans for a taco trailer in Austin.
BBQ
December 12, 2018
The Top 15 Tex-Mex BBQ Bites in Texas
Exciting things are happening as pitmasters join the two cuisines together in new and delicious ways.
BBQ
March 21, 2014
Bacon in the Time of PEDv
This little piggy went to the market, this little piggy stayed home … and this little piggy got chronic diarrhea and died. That’s no nursery rhyme. It’s what has happened to five million piglets since April of 2013 when the nearly one-hundred-percent fatal Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus (PEDv) first started
BBQ
February 10, 2014
Jimmy Kimmel in Austin
Jimmy Kimmel and his sidekick Guillermo Rodriguez came to Austin for some SXSW scouting over the weekend. Kimmel will be taping his popular late night show in Austin during SXSW, and he was doing some advance barbecue scouting. Saturday began with Franklin Barbecue followed by Micklethwait Craft Meats
BBQ Joint Reviews
October 29, 2013
Micklethwait Craft Meats
There’s a trailer in East Austin that is creating a new target for what it means to be a complete barbecue joint. Micklethwait Craft Meats not only serves great smoked meats, they also bake their own bread and desserts, all the sides and sauce are homemade, and they start with
BBQ
August 30, 2013
BBQ Anatomy 101: Pork Ribs
The Texas Trinity combo plate—beef, ribs, and sausage—is probably the most commonly served dish at Texas barbecue joints, and usually, the beef brisket gets all the glory. But we should shine a little more light on pork ribs, which are often a joint’s better tasting meat (it’s difficult to perfectly