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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…
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I Ordered Brisket, Pork Steak, & Sausage from Snow’s BBQ
I ordered Brisket, Pork Steak, and Sausage(the Tootsie Sampler) from Snow’s BBQ in Lexington, Texas a couple months ago. Currently, due to the pandemic, they are shipping meats separately and not in combos. Order meat brisket, ribs, or turkey from Snow’s BBQ HERE Order sauces from Snow’s BBQ HERE Order merchandise from Snow’s BBQ HERE…
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At Home With Feges BBQ – YouTube Channel
I didn’t think I could become a bigger fan of Erin and Patrick Feges until I started watching episodes of their semi-new YouTube show At Home With Feges BBQ. So far there are 4 episodes(OK 5 if you count the cool slo-mo sweet potatoes frying HERE), but there will be many more down the pipeline…
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The Bubba Cole from Blake’s BBQ in Martin TN Continues to Sweep the Nation
Blake Stoker, owner and fire-maker at Blake’s BBQ in Martin, Tennessee, is one of the best examples of why I, and so many others, love the barbecue world. The food(the barbecue, sides, desserts, etc.) brings the masses into BBQ joints across the nation. Be it that epiphany of having brisket from Franklin Barbecue for the…
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Pat Martin – Martin’s Bar-B-Que Joint – Behind the BBQ Front Lines
In this episode of ‘From Behind the BBQ Front Lines’ I chat with Pat Martin from Martin’s Bar-B-Que Joint with locations in Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky, and South Carolina. See all things Martin’s Bar-B-Que Joint HERE Order Delivery from all locations(except currently the downtown Nashville location) Follow Martin’s Bar-B-Que Joint on Instagram HERE Check out their…
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Where to Get Your BBQ Fix in Orange County and San Diego
ORANGE COUNTY Bad to the Bone BBQ – Sunday – Thursday – 11AM – 8:30 PM | Friday & Saturday 11AM – 9PM | Sunday 11AM – 8:30PM Balboa Bar-B-Que – Newport Beach – Monday – Sunday 11AM – 8PM Beach Pit BBQ – Costa Mesa & Aliso Viejo(opening soon) – Monday – Wednesday –…