From Food Insider’s YouTube channel:
Terry Black’s Barbecue in Austin, Texas is known for serving giant beef ribs that are larger than your face. Each day, the restaurant cooks nearly 130 briskets “low and slow” for hours. In addition to the massive beef ribs, you can get an assortment of side dishes all made by hand.
Matthew Odam, food critic for the Austin Statesman, joins House to talk all things Austin food including his latest best Austin restaurants list, tacos, and of course barbecue. The barbecue starts at around the 29:00 mark and includes talk of the inventive stuff LeRoy & Lewis are doing at their trailer, the barbecue/Mexican hybrid at Valentina’s, and of course, Franklin Barbecue.
Rodney Scott and Dr. Howard Conyers are on Southern Living’s Southerners of the Year 2018
Midwood Barbecue and Seoul Food Meat Co make Charlotte Agenda’s list of Top 50 restaurants in Charlotte:
Missed this a few weeks back, but here is Matthew Odam’s list of best barbecue in Austin
Several barbecue restaurants including Midwood Smokehouse, Sauceman’s, Seoul Food Meat Co, and Peace-N-Hominy Q Shack are represented on this list of best wings in Charlotte
Brunswick stew was the culprit for what made nearly 300 people sick from the Poplar Tent Presbyterian Church BBQ in Concord
Awesome news:
More on Dave Grohl’s barbecue obsession, this time from Maxim
The Smoke Sheet is a new barbecue newsletter worth checking out:
Tex Mex and Barbecue equals crazy delicious:
When you enjoy a slice of juicy brisket wrapped inside a warm tortilla, you’re celebrating the marriage of our two most beloved cuisines. This is nothing new at South Texas barbecue joints, where a side dish of rice and beans is as common as coleslaw and you’ll even find the occasional fideo. But the current Tex-Mex wave is deepening the bond between the two cuisines in new ways. You’ll find a lot more than just barbecue tacos, in other words.
PREACH:
– Bill Addison’s fifth annual list for Eater is now out and includes 2 barbecue restaurants: 2M Smokehouse in San Antonio and Franklin Barbecue in Austin; Franklin is one of only five restaurants (barbecue or otherwise) that have made his list all five years
The annual guide is here: These are America’s 38 essential restaurants https://t.co/gEenaJeoQc pic.twitter.com/vz9ifRJoMs
— Eater (@Eater) November 13, 2018
– Whole hog barbecue is making its way to Texas
Carolina-style whole-hog barbecue is also making inroads in the self-proclaimed capital of Texas barbecue, Austin. Chef Evan LeRoy of LeRoy & Lewis Barbecue uses a trailer-mounted, whole-hog pit to offer pulled pork on his regular menu.
In perhaps the most ambitious implementation of Carolina-style whole-hog barbecue in Texas, chef Ted Prater of Banger’s Sausage House & Beer Garden in Austin is building a self-contained smokehouse with custom-built pits dedicated to cooking whole hogs. It’ll be ready in December.
– The owners behind Sauceman’s in Charlotte have sold the lot their restaurant sits on and are looking to relocate in Southend
– A short photo post on B’s Barbecue in Greenville
B’s #BBQ is located at NC43 West & B’s BBQ Rd. on the outskirts of #GreenvilleNC. Better get there early – when the food runs out at lunchtime, they’re done. #easternNC for #foodies. https://t.co/wVNBbcs9ue
— NCEast Alliance (@NCEastAlliance) November 10, 2018
– From this month’s Garden and Gun, former Charlotte Magazine editor Michael Graff recalls the ribs he grew up on in Charles County, Maryland
– Dr. Howard Conyers spoke at his undergrad alma mater, NC A&T, yesterday on how science influenced his love of barbecue
– The more you know
ICYMI: No one likes dry brisket https://t.co/BEMPhJILEw
— Texas Monthly (@TexasMonthly) November 10, 2018
– Damon Stainbrook, a former French Laundry sous chef, has opened his second Pig in a Pickle barbecue restaurant location in the SF area and is smoking onsite over California white oak
– I continue to love how Dave Grohl’s fallback profession is seemingly “Carolina pitmaster”
I’m not gonna lie. I totally geeked out and told Dave Grohl how much Nevermind meant to me when we met. Then we ate amazing pork and he was the best and I calmed down and we talked North Carolina smoke https://t.co/rQNdGGtXfQ
— Zachary Johnston (@ZTPJohnston) November 9, 2018
– Update: no longer a fallback profession:
Dave Grohl gives back https://t.co/cd9LfABICz
— Pitchfork (@pitchfork) November 13, 2018
– Smoked turkeys are available in Charlotte from Midwood Smokehouse and Sweet Lew’s BBQ
Oooh, pies and smoked turkeys. Get your Thanksgiving orders in. https://t.co/1CAqOFF1vF
— Kathleen Purvis (@kathleenpurvis) November 2, 2018
– Over 300 people have reported being sick from the annual Poplar Tent Presbyterian Church BBQ in Kannapolis, which has been going on from over 70 years
– The NC State Barbecue Championship will now be held at the Blue Ridge Theater in West Jefferson next August
– This latest (and last) season of House of Cards featured barbecue from The Federalist Pig in DC
One day about six months ago, when the sixth and final season of “House of Cards” was filming on a set outside of Baltimore, two fictional men discussed a plate of real pork ribs. “They’re from a place called Federalist Pig,” one character says to another, adding, “I’ve been told it’s the next best thing to Freddy’s.”
– A report from last weekend’s TMBBQ Festival in Austin
– Future idea:
Buckets of oysters, a whole hog, and bluegrass bands: What started as a small party among friends is now a full-on festival at this Orange County homestead. https://t.co/bizCvuzLja
— Our State Magazine (@ourstatemag) November 1, 2018
– The Barbecue Festival in Lexington continues to grow, and roughly 200,000 people attended last weekend’s festival
– This man is a hero:
Meet the Richmond man who’s eaten at @zzqrva every day it’s been open. That’s 161 days and counting. #rvadine https://t.co/C0COHBNore
— Times-Dispatch (@RTDNEWS) October 25, 2018
– Bay area pitmaster Matt Horn is going to Austin this Friday to collaborate with LeRoy & Lewis
– The New York Times on pork steaks, a spicy barbecue dish found primarily on the border between Kentucky and Tennessee around Tompkinsville, KY
Pretty neat to spot your professor in a @nytimes article about food in the land you love. @hungryprofessor https://t.co/SGnCkV2zmO
— Lindsey Houchin (@LindseyHouchin) October 25, 2018
– A small update on the progress at Sweet Lew’s BBQ, which is now targeting to open in November
Inside plans for this neighborhood BBQ joint in Charlotte’s Belmont https://t.co/b8EJeVOZKd pic.twitter.com/wm4zKL7N1T
— Charlotte BizJournal (@CBJnewsroom) October 25, 2018
– Hilton Head, SC’s local paper lists the 6 best barbecue restaurants in Columbia
– North Carolina! C’mon and raise up!
A North Carolina city banned this Halloween candy because ‘no one likes them’ https://t.co/U8zIWENCjU pic.twitter.com/L7NzxbM5MJ
— MUNCHIES (@munchies) October 27, 2018
– A piece on Sam Jones helping out in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence
“Everybody can do some good, not just for hurricane relief but in general. You don’t have to be a cook. You ain’t got to be a millionaire or an orator. … Everybody possesses some type of talent or skill. There is something you can do.”
– The Smoking Ho has some photos from the Woodlands BBQ Festival, where some of Houston’s best barbecue restaurants showed out
– Dallas News staff writer Ben Baby provides an uninformed answer about Texas vs Carolina barbecue in this mailbag column
A: As much as I like the Carolinas and the people it produces (like KAGS-TV’s Matt Trent), this isn’t even up for debate.
Carolina barbecue is essentially all about pulled pork and the sauces. Both are enjoyable. But both of those items exist in Texas.
I’m not going to pretend like I’m a barbecue expert, but I know very few places do brisket as well as us. And there’s nothing like ripping apart marbled, fatty brisket and enjoying it with your meal (if you have some homemade tortillas for the brisket like at 2M Smokehouse in San Antonio, it’s a game-changer).
I like Bojangles a lot. I’m sure Cook Out is fine. But when it comes to food from the Carolinas, I draw the line at barbecue.
– Midwood Smokehouse has the best crinkle cut fries in Charlotte, according to Charlotte Agenda
– From last week’s photo, here’s the story behind what Bill Murray actually ate and drank from Midwood Smokehouse
– Hoodline’s list of five best barbecue restaurants in Charlotte is based on Yelp data and contains a korean BBQ restaurant (Let’s Meat) and the just average McKoy’s Smokehouse
– Jim Shahin’s latest is on New Orleans barbecue
Terrific @jimshahin piece on New Orleans’s growing (and singular) barbecue scene. https://t.co/l1v5hy0E6f
— Tim Carman (@timcarman) October 16, 2018
– The Eastern Carolina BBQ Throwdown took place this past weekend in Rocky Mount
– This viral marquee sign at Little Pigs in Asheville is fake news
– Here’s what to expect at The Barbecue Festival later this month
– Say what now?
Plant-based brisket exists. Here’s what @bbqsnob thought of it, and a look at how one of @RiceUniversity’s dining halls is trying to get more students to try plant-based meals. https://t.co/CDUqg8V2au
— Texas Monthly (@TexasMonthly) October 16, 2018
Check out our latest episode, a roundtable recap of our whole hog trip, plus another giveaway announcement. You really should be following us on Instagram (@ TalesFromThePits)
Non-🍎: https://t.co/cyzPG4QJ6J pic.twitter.com/4f1m4lirTE
— Tales From The Pits (@BBQpodcast) September 18, 2018
The Tales from the Pits crew and The Smoking Ho recap their epic #HogTripping roadtrip from Texas through the Carolinas and back that took place earlier this month. I even get a brief mention at around the 49:45 mark, from when I was able to briefly meet up with them at Lewis Barbecue the Saturday of Labor Day.
– Operation BBQ Relief has made its way to Wilmington and Fayetteville in the aftermath of Florence
– Sounds alright to me!
Texas pitmasters are incorporating Mexican-American flavors in their must-have barbecue. https://t.co/sbvcleNZ6y
— Bon Appétit (@bonappetit) September 12, 2018
– The Takeout stumbles upon the fabled “short, fast-moving line at Franklin Barbecue phenomenon
– Midwood Smokehouse is a Charlotte restaurant that has expanded to the ‘burbs
– Chef Ford Fry picks three barbecue restaurants in Atlanta – Fox Bros BBQ, Das BBQ, and Community Q
– Catch replays of the first show of “TrueSouth” from John T. Edge and Wright Thompson all this week on SEC Network
Tonight at 7 p.m. Eastern, @SECNetwork will premiere #TrueSouth, the @johntedge-hosted show spotlighting food and football in the South: https://t.co/nEsNScr40X pic.twitter.com/EdX0EAFPyE
— Garden & Gun (@gardenandgun) September 18, 2018
– TrueSouth even brought up Rodney Scott last week to Bristol to treat ESPN to a pig pickin tailgate
.@SECNetwork, Wright Thompson & @johntedge gave ESPN employees a taste of #TrueSouth last Friday, teaming up with @rodneyscottbbq for a pig roast tailgate to promote & celebrate the show, which debuts tonight at 7 p.m. ET on SEC Network.
More: https://t.co/SOuHVeitPT pic.twitter.com/4UHK6jaF36
— Amanda Brooks (@BrooksAD) September 18, 2018
The Hot Luck Festival was started by Aaron Franklin, Mike Thelin (co-founder of Feast Portland), and James Moody (owner of Austin’s Mohawk), and this year’s edition took place in Austin over Memorial Day Weekend. Farideh Sedeghin of America’s Test Kitchen gives you the lowdown in this video.
Join MUNCHIES Test Kitchen Director Farideh Sadeghin as she eats her way through Austin, Texas’ Hotluck music and food festival. This casual event is a hodgepodge of everything locals and visitors alike love about the city—good music, fun people, and the best barbeque known to man.
