Eater’s A Day at the Pit checks out Texas barbecue joint infusing its barbecue with Mexican flavors.
At 2M Smokehouse in San Antonio Texas, pitmaster Esaul Ramos is breaking Texas tradition by bringing in flavors he grew up with. Ramos’ barbacoa, brisket, ribs, turkey, and sausage all draw from his Mexican heritage in their own way.
– A small smoker has been stolen from the Durham restaurant It’s a Southern Thing
– Jelly: 52 weeks of barbecue in 2018 for the San Antonio Express News
Tacos? Tacos are so 2017. We’re onto BBQ now. Fifty-two weeks of it, to be exact. So join @fedmanwalking and @chuck_blount as we begin this new meatiest of adventures.https://t.co/VwZe6Z90U0
— San Antonio E-N (@ExpressNews) January 5, 2018
– The recent cold snap in NC (as well as the rest of the eastern seaboard) is no thing for hogs and their modern climate controlled barns
– A new restaurant from the folks at Stiles Switch
The latest details on @StilesSwitchBBQ‘s new restaurant https://t.co/iPnbATollh
— Eater Austin (@EaterAustin) January 4, 2018
– Fort Worth Magazine has the quintessential guide to Fort Worth barbecue
– Sadly, about a 100 employees were affected
Employees found out the restaurant closed Wednesday morning by phone call and a sign on the door. https://t.co/KPV69dVIu3
— The News & Observer (@newsobserver) January 4, 2018
– Ringer’s Danny Chau visits Lewis Barbecue and Rodney Scott’s BBQ in Charleston and sees the future of barbecue
Charleston is now a beacon for where the future of American barbecue is headed: everywhere https://t.co/z7mMG3imwZ
— The Ringer (@ringer) August 23, 2017
– First We Feast: “8 Common BBQ Myths, Debunked”
– Seoul Food Meat Co and Mac’s Speed Shop is on Charlotte Five’s list of where to eat and drink in Southend while the original Midwood Smokehouse is on the list for Plaza Midwood
– Some great photos behind the scenes at the world’s largest free barbecue at the XIT Rodeo and Reunion in Dalhart, TX
– Thoughts and prayers are with the Brooks family as the original owner and father of the current brother owners passed away last week at the age of 90
Brooks Sandwich Shop is closed until Wednesday to honor founder C.T. Brooks. https://t.co/EUAyTfU8CQ
— Kathleen Purvis (@kathleenpurvis) August 21, 2017
– Kathleen Purvis on the cuisine of Charlotte for newcomers:
Take our barbecue style: We’re close to Lexington, N.C., where “barbecue” means a pork shoulder, slowly cooked over wood coals, chopped and mixed with a vinegar-based sauce with a little tomato in it. The origins are probably German, from all the German immigrants who started in Pennsylvania and ended up here. But you’ll also find Eastern North Carolina style, which involves a whole pig and no tomato in the vinegar sauce. That’s descended from an old English style, and we like that too.
Or you can find newer, fancier barbecue that involves Texas brisket or Memphis ribs, and we embrace that because it tastes good. But if you invite someone over for “a barbecue” and serve them grilled hot dogs? They’ll be nice about it, but they won’t be happy. (See “pop,” above.)
– A recently-closed bistro in Durham will reopen as Maverick’s Smokehouse and Taproom, which will have an an international house of barbecue menu
– 2M Smokehouse in San Antonio: the next great Texas barbecue joint?
Two friends quit their jobs to dedicate their lives to barbecue https://t.co/MqoJM0kgUt pic.twitter.com/hcDDEhnyTP
— Bon Appétit (@bonappetit) August 22, 2017
– David Chang’s last meal on earth (which is more of a transcontinental progressive dinner) includes a stopover in Austin for brisket at Franklin Barbecue
– NC State University is holding a barbecue camp in June
– Sam Jones and Ed Mitchell are once again part of The Big Apple Barbecue Block Party
– Grant visits Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q in Decatur, AL – home of the white sauce and “perfectly fine, middle-of-the-pack barbecue”
– TMBBQ interviews Laura Loomis, the 28 year old female pitmaster of Two Bros BBQ in San Antonio
– A roundup of barbecue cookbooks out this spring
– Bullock’s Bar-B-Que in Durham will be closed for a few weeks after a fire
– The Barbecue Festival in Lexington is a food festival within driving distance from Charlotte that defines NC cuisine, according to Charlotte Five
– Speaking of Lexington, this blog considers it one of the 14 best places in the world for barbecue and we fully agree (although it mistakenly attributes Stamey’s in Greensboro to Lexington)
– Houston Chronicle BBQ writer JC Reid on the pitfalls of defining true ‘cue
Needless to say, a few pitmasters took umbrage with this definition and compliance method. Pitmaster Carey Bringle of the popular Peg Leg Porker barbecue restaurant in Nashville responded on his Facebook page: “I can assure you that (the True ‘Cue folks) are not experts. First off, they are writers, not pitmasters.”
– Potential “Pitmaster General”?
TO—POTUS candidates
FROM—@JusticeWillett
RE—victory strategyPromise to name Aaron Franklin “Pitmaster General” pic.twitter.com/7SkCco7gRp
— Justice Don Willett (@JusticeWillett) April 23, 2016