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 […]
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 […]
American poet John Godfrey Saxe wrote in 1869, “Laws, like sausages, cease to inspire respect in proportion as we know how they are made.” Fast forward to 2017, and you might question whether or not this still holds true. Maybe for the “lawmaking” part, but sausage-making has been experiencing a renaissance in the Texas barbecue […]
Houston is geared up to host the “Big Game” in just a few days, and events are popping up all over the city that feature some of the best barbecue in the city. We’ve assembled a list of the notable happenings, plus a couple of game-day options as well. The Wonder Bowl BBQ Showcase is being sponsored […]
