Slow Burn is an upcoming documentary on the barbecue scene in East Austin. Here’s the trailer.
The mega-trailer for the new #gastropunk documentary Slow Burn, a story of barbecue and urban identity in the rapidly gentrifying east side of Austin, TX.
Music by Alex Peterson / Smith + Robot
Support this film here: facebook.com/slowburnfilm
Coming in Spring 2016.
(via TMBBQ)
–Monk
Jess Pryles (aka Burger Mary) gives a breakdown of the different types of backyard smokers. Which just so happens to be very helpful for the Barbecue Bros, seeing as how we are in need of a new smoker.
Filmed for the Australasian Barbecue Alliance, I run through some of the different types of bbq pits and smokers out there, and how they work. Do you know your offset from your water smoker?
–Monk
From a couple months back, here’s a behind the scenes video from the Big Apple BBQ Block Party, courtesy of Nick Solares and Eater.
The Big Apple Barbecue Block Party came to New York on June 13 and 14 for its thirteenth annual festival. And while 140,000 attendees showed up to eat some of the best barbecue from across the country, when you’re professional carnivore Nick Solares, you beat the crowds — and head over the day before.
–Monk
Linked in a linkdown a few weeks ago, but worth another look. There’s a fair amount of information about barbecue restaurants in this infographic created by CHD Expert, a food service marketing research company.
Did you know that there are more than 14,000 BBQ across the United States?For anyone that’s a barbecue lover, it should come as no surprise that Independent restaurants dominate the Barbecue Menu Type, at 86% of the landscape. With protein maintaining it’s staple position in most American’s diet, you’ll want to know the stats on this Menu Type.
–Monk