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BBQ Joint Gift Cards – THE Nationwide List
Since it’s coming down to the wire for mailing holiday gifts AND all of our favorite BBQ spots desperately need our support more than ever, I decided to hunker down and work up a massive nationwide Gift Card List for BBQ Joints to make it super simple to lend a hand and put a smile…
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Will and Nichole Buckman – CorkScrew BBQ – Spring, Texas – Interview
Not only are Nichole and Will Buckman from CorkScrew BBQ in Spring, Texas two of the nicest people you’ll ever meet, but they just so happen to make some of the best barbecue on the planet. I haven’t had the chance to try their food yet (it’s SO high on my list), however I was…
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BBQ Joint Holiday Gift Guide – Kevin’s BBQ Joints Style
I wanted to put together a uniquely curated gift guide with ideas for the BBQ joint enthusiast in your life. I tried to find things that you may not know were for sale online and hopefully get you interested in checking out the rest of their online shop for other goodies. I chose 20 items…
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Goldbelly Wants to Ship You Barbecue & Meat
There are now 35 BBQ joints on Goldbelly. You are may have heard about Goldbelly prior to everything changing, but as the restaurant world instantly evolved into a mostly take-out, delivery, and shipping only world, Goldbelly has proven to be more important than ever. Founded by Joe Ariel, they “believe that food brings people together,…
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Daniel Vaughn – Texas Monthly Magazine – 3 Interviews
I have been fortunate to have interviewed Daniel Vaughn, the BBQ Editor for Texas Monthly Magazine, 3 times so far for my show. Our first chat was almost 3 1/2 years ago. He was my second interview for my fledgling YouTube Show. Once I actually figured out how to create a podcast I converted the…
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BBQ Books By Your Favorite Pitmasters and BBQ Joints – The List
Below is a detailed(and continually growing) list of books put out by BBQ joints owners and pitmasters across the United States. Before I get to the BIG list, I do have to start out with two books by the iconic photographer Wyatt McSpadden that I feel all fans of barbecue, especially Texas barbecue, should own.…
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12 Days of Smoked Meats – Stiles Switch
I’m a huge fan of the folks at Stiles Switch BBQ and The Switch in Dripping. I visited them in the early days at their initial location on North Lamar and watched from afar as they opened The Switch in Dripping Springs and their newest location in Cedar Park. They are always generous, beyond passionate…
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Pimento Cheese and the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon
The Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon is that thing where something you recently learned about suddenly appears EVERYWHERE. Your awareness is heightened. It’s also called the Frequency Bias (or Illusion). This ‘phenomenon’ recently hit me with Pimento Cheese. It seemed everywhere I looked I saw pimento cheese. It very well could have been that two of my favorite humans talk about…
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The Knives of Jess Timmons – Cherry Block – Houston, TX
As you know, I asked A LOT of BBQ joints and their owners about what knives they use and I got a lot of fun answers, but none were as passionate or as detailed as the one from Jess Timmons from Cherry Block in Houston, Texas. Since it was on the longer side I figured…
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Neil ‘Bigmista’ Strawder – Bigmista Barbecue
Neil ‘Bigmista’ Strawder is one of the good ones. Truly a kind soul that I met over a decade ago and am lucky to call him a friend. He was one of the first people I met in the BBQ world and I recall fondly my visits with him at his various pop-ups around Los…