“Some folks think barbecue is a man’s world. But in Brownsville, Tennessee, it’s synonymous with a woman named Helen Turner. Mrs. Turner was the winner of the SFA’s 2012 Ruth Fertel Keeper of the Flame Award.”
A film by Joe York, who also directed “Capital Q,” the Southern Foodways Alliance documentary on Skylight Inn.
The Wilber’s Barbecue pits have officially been refired
Congrats to Desiree Robinson of Cozy Corner Restaurant, 2020 BBQ Hall of Fame Inductee and the first African-American woman to be honored with that distinction
Backyard Barbecue Pit is a black-owned restaurant to support in the Triangle of NC
Black-owned barbecue restaurants that ship overnight nationwide: Bludso’s BBQ, Interstate Barbecue, The Bar-B-Q Shop (sauces)
Jones Bar-B-Q is among this list of black owned businesses to support
Greg Gatlin of Gatlin’s BBQ in Houston spoke with Rien Fertel in this oral history for Foodways Texas in 2013
Helen Turner of Helen’s Bar-B-Que was interviewed by the Southern Foodways in 2012
“The Cooking Gene” by Michael Twitty has been on my list and I need to get around to it
Derrick Walker’s of Smoke-A-Holics BBQ in Fort Worth is one of four pitmasters to help the backyard smoker
Lolis Eric Elie remembers David McAtee
As NC moved to phase 2 of its restrictions last Friday at 5pm, BBQ King was among the barbecue restaurants that reopened with reduced capacity
J.C. Reid wonders if online orders are here to stay (in Texas)
Midwood Smokehouse pitmasters Matthew Berry and Michael Wagner list out where they dine out in Charlotte (presumably this was produced with Charlotte Agenda before the pandemic)
Robert Moss does some test kitchen-ing on no brine vs dry brine vs wet brine in the following thread and (spoiler alert) comes out on the side of dry brine
Reader’s Digest explores: barbecue or barbeque?
A great deal to be had at Stamey’s the rest of the month
The Texas Monthly BBQ Special Edition is on sale now
Getting the most out of your barbecue
The Tales from the Pits Podcast celebrates their third birthday; congrats to them!
Hoodoo Brown BBQ up in Connecticut recently celebrated their 5th anniversary by giving away free to health workers, the unemployed and anyone in need
We also celebrated a birthday/anniversary/blog-a-versary recently, our 8th. Thank you for your support and let us know if you have any suggestions for the site!
Ryan (BBQ Tourist) and Sean (NYC BBQ) from The Smoke Sheet recently joined The BBQ Beat hosted by Kevin Sandridge to discuss the current state of barbecue during the pandemic, from when festivals may actually happen again to the meat shortage to more folks grilling or smoking at home while they are sheltering in place. This was my first exposure to BBQ Beat but looks to be a live show/video podcast worth checking out again in the future.