A couple of summers ago, Mike Albrecht and Jon Kane wondered why there were no formal classes around to help people improve their backyard brisket skills. Barbecue popularity was skyrocketing, with long lines at popular restaurants becoming common, competitions popping up everywhere and an increasing focus on barbecue in the media. Soon thereafter, BrisketU was born. […]
Updated 8/2/2017 at 4:10 p.m. Remember to grab your tickets for Southern Smoke 2017 — on sale at noon on August 7. The event takes place rain or shine on October 22. In addition to the new chef line-up for 2017 (listed below), a new Lexus Super VIP ticket, allows a limited number of guests to take a culinary tour […]
“The List” is out—the one we’ve been waiting on for four years. Texas Monthly’s picks for its quadrennial 50 Best Barbecue Joints in Texas list have been revealed. In other words, it’s now time for the months of debating, defending, and discrediting the findings on social media to begin! Here are the top 10 barbecue joints in Texas for 2017, […]
Texans like things big—big trucks, big business, big hair, and big food. There’s some evidence of our fondness for bigness in the roots of Texas barbecue, too. Large community barbecue gatherings first started around the state in the early 1800s. Long pits were dug in the ground, and a large wood fire was built in […]
One of the city’s most meaty all-you-can-eat events, the 5th Annual Houston Barbecue Festival will be Sunday, April 9, 2017, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Green Lot at NRG Park (same venue as the past few years). General admission tickets are available for $60 each at Eventbrite, and on-site parking is available for an additional […]
