Monk: Trey’s Chow Down visits Smitty’s Market and gives you a tour of the operation from a first person POV.
Description: Smitty’s Market is still run by the family today and offers authentic Central Texas Style BBQ, sides, and house prepared sausages hot or cold. No matter what kind of meat you love, Smitty’s offers some of the best.
Monk: Part 2 of True Craft‘s feature on LJ’s BBQ in Brenham. Don’t forget to watch part 1 which we posted a few weeks back.
Description: Corey, Matt, and Josh talk about their perfectly smoked brisket sourced exclusively from Nolan Ryan Brand Beef, their mouthwatering Brisket Mac and Cheese, and their Cen-Tex Smoker, which was built in Luling, Texas by Michael Johnson Jr.
Monk: LJ’s BBQ started as a side hustle by owners Corey Cook and Matt Lowery in 2015 and moved into a brick and mortar in 2017. Outside of the kitchen they proceeded to get the building ready by themselves to save money. This first part of a two-part video explores the origins of LJ’s before heading back to the pitroom to check in on pitmaster Josh Jalomo, who cooks by touch.
Description: LJ’s in Brenham, Texas, began as a pop up by Corey, Leah, and Matt and now it’s a Texas Monthly Top 50 joint. They talk to us about their journey.
Monk: From November 2023, CBS Sunday Morning sits down with Kareem El-Ghayesh of KG BBQ, Don Nguyen of Khoi Barbecue, Tatsu Aikawa of Kemuri Tatsu-Ya, and Texas Monthly Barbecue Editor Daniel Vaughn to discuss the newer fusion barbecue places in Texas that spotlight flavors not native to central. Just don’t call it fusion.
Description: The Lone Star State’s distinctive barbecue is getting some impressive variations, with the help of pitmasters with roots in such places as Egypt, Vietnam and Japan. Correspondent Lee Cowan talks with some of the new bright lights of Texas BBQ, and with Daniel Vaughn, barbecue editor of Texas Monthly.