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This past weekend I went to what I would say is the best BBQ festival I've hung out at yet. The Red Dirt Festival. It's in the town square in Tyler, TX where they set up a stage but the music doesn't start until the barbecue is over. This is different from most because you can actually hear people and hang out when you eat their BBQ. For me, it was a dream! I usually have to filter out background music, equipment, generators, and more. This time we got to talk quietly as everyone managed their c...

This past weekend I went to what I would say is the best BBQ festival I've hung out at yet. The Red Dirt Festival. It's in the town square in Tyler, TX where they set up a stage but the music doesn't start until the barbecue is over. This is different from most because you can actually hear people and hang out when you eat their BBQ. For me, it was a dream! I usually have to filter out background music, equipment, generators, and more. This time we got to talk quietly as everyone managed their c...

This past weekend I went to what I would say is the best BBQ festival I've hung out at yet. The Red Dirt Festival. It's in the town square in Tyler, TX where they set up a stage but the music doesn't start until the barbecue is over. This is different from most because you can actually hear people and hang out when you eat their BBQ. For me, it was a dream! I usually have to filter out background music, equipment, generators, and more. This time we got to talk quietly as everyone managed their c...

Blake Stoker likes the simple things in life. Even in college he had dreams of cooking BBQ. He's from a small town between Nashville and Memphis and he wouldn't have it any other way. Blake cooks Texas BBQ. He learned on his own and has been learning an improving along the way. He has an amazing family who will soon be helping him at his new restaurant. For now Blake cooks out of his trailer that he's had for a few years. He has a good sized menu with tons of meats plus a few things that the lo...

Blake Stoker likes the simple things in life. Even in college he had dreams of cooking BBQ. He's from a small town between Nashville and Memphis and he wouldn't have it any other way. Blake cooks Texas BBQ. He learned on his own and has been learning an improving along the way. He has an amazing family who will soon be helping him at his new restaurant. For now Blake cooks out of his trailer that he's had for a few years. He has a good sized menu with tons of meats plus a few things that the lo...

Blake Stoker likes the simple things in life. Even in college he had dreams of cooking BBQ. He's from a small town between Nashville and Memphis and he wouldn't have it any other way. Blake cooks Texas BBQ. He learned on his own and has been learning an improving along the way. He has an amazing family who will soon be helping him at his new restaurant. For now Blake cooks out of his trailer that he's had for a few years. He has a good sized menu with tons of meats plus a few things that the lo...

Whether you've never had Texas BBQ before or you've eaten at every top spot, Brown's BarBque is a real treat. Owner Daniel Brown does all the cooking, chops the wood, trims the meat and everything else except serving it. He even built the smoker that he cooks on. He's committed to a great product and has a fun location at neighborhood bar in Austin. He keeps it in the family at Brown's. His daughter serves most days from the trailer. Daniel also cuts all the post oak for the smokers. He gets it...

Whether you've never had Texas BBQ before or you've eaten at every top spot, Brown's BarBque is a real treat. Owner Daniel Brown does all the cooking, chops the wood, trims the meat and everything else except serving it. He even built the smoker that he cooks on. He's committed to a great product and has a fun location at neighborhood bar in Austin. He keeps it in the family at Brown's. His daughter serves most days from the trailer. Daniel also cuts all the post oak for the smokers. He gets it...

Whether you've never had Texas BBQ before or you've eaten at every top spot, Brown's BarBque is a real treat. Owner Daniel Brown does all the cooking, chops the wood, trims the meat and everything else except serving it. He even built the smoker that he cooks on. He's committed to a great product and has a fun location at neighborhood bar in Austin. He keeps it in the family at Brown's. His daughter serves most days from the trailer. Daniel also cuts all the post oak for the smokers. He gets it...

Every year I come to Houston for a unique event, the Houston BBQ festival. From the outside it looks like any other barbecue fest. A bunch of tents, pits, meat and beer. What I can tell you is that it gets better every year. The Houston BBQ scene is growing rapidly. Restaurants are opening, popups are happening, and the meat just keeps getting better. HOUBBQ also supports the pitmasters. They create an environment that is fun and keeps great food coming every year. The setup is simple. Two rows...

Every year I come to Houston for a unique event, the Houston BBQ festival. From the outside it looks like any other barbecue fest. A bunch of tents, pits, meat and beer. What I can tell you is that it gets better every year. The Houston BBQ scene is growing rapidly. Restaurants are opening, popups are happening, and the meat just keeps getting better. HOUBBQ also supports the pitmasters. They create an environment that is fun and keeps great food coming every year. The setup is simple. Two rows...

Every year I come to Houston for a unique event, the Houston BBQ festival. From the outside it looks like any other barbecue fest. A bunch of tents, pits, meat and beer. What I can tell you is that it gets better every year. The Houston BBQ scene is growing rapidly. Restaurants are opening, popups are happening, and the meat just keeps getting better. HOUBBQ also supports the pitmasters. They create an environment that is fun and keeps great food coming every year. The setup is simple. Two rows...

For those of you going on a BBQ tour in Austin, The Brewer's Table is a great stop. They have cooked on Franklin and Leroy & Lewis pits and have lots of smoke on their menu. Their restaurant offers complex flavors and a ton of beer to go with it. Most of the breweries around the country do the same thing, some ales, an IPA, the usual. At The Brewer's Table they have custom fermenters, cool ships and other amazing beer apparatus that you've never heard of. What this means is their beer is delici...

For those of you going on a BBQ tour in Austin, The Brewer's Table is a great stop. They have cooked on Franklin and Leroy & Lewis pits and have lots of smoke on their menu. Their restaurant offers complex flavors and a ton of beer to go with it. Most of the breweries around the country do the same thing, some ales, an IPA, the usual. At The Brewer's Table they have custom fermenters, cool ships and other amazing beer apparatus that you've never heard of. What this means is their beer is delici...

For those of you going on a BBQ tour in Austin, The Brewer's Table is a great stop. They have cooked on Franklin and Leroy & Lewis pits and have lots of smoke on their menu. Their restaurant offers complex flavors and a ton of beer to go with it. Most of the breweries around the country do the same thing, some ales, an IPA, the usual. At The Brewer's Table they have custom fermenters, cool ships and other amazing beer apparatus that you've never heard of. What this means is their beer is delici...

There's a danger to cooking with fire. Recently, B's Cracklin in Atlanta had a fire that consumed their entire restaurant. Within days of the news Leo Botello IV, owner of Truth BBQ in Houston, put together a fundraiser. Not for the restaurant, insurance will eventually cover that, but for the employees of B's Cracklin. For the hard working people in the barbecue industry who have temporarily lost their jobs. Watching people come together in a shared goal is truly beautiful. In this episode I g...

There's a danger to cooking with fire. Recently, B's Cracklin in Atlanta had a fire that consumed their entire restaurant. Within days of the news Leo Botello IV, owner of Truth BBQ in Houston, put together a fundraiser. Not for the restaurant, insurance will eventually cover that, but for the employees of B's Cracklin. For the hard working people in the barbecue industry who have temporarily lost their jobs. Watching people come together in a shared goal is truly beautiful. In this episode I g...

There's a danger to cooking with fire. Recently, B's Cracklin in Atlanta had a fire that consumed their entire restaurant. Within days of the news Leo Botello IV, owner of Truth BBQ in Houston, put together a fundraiser. Not for the restaurant, insurance will eventually cover that, but for the employees of B's Cracklin. For the hard working people in the barbecue industry who have temporarily lost their jobs. Watching people come together in a shared goal is truly beautiful. In this episode I g...

This week I sit down with Chef and BBQ pitmaster Eric Faust. He's a fellow New Yorker who came to Texas to buy a smoker and never left. If you're listening to the episode you'll hear all about his story and how he got into the best bbq which is Texas barbecue. Eric has cooked at restaurants and privately since he graduated from Culinary Institute of America in New York. As some of you may remember from a previous episode, I grew up in New York so Eric is like a long lost brother. We've hung out...

This week I sit down with Chef and BBQ pitmaster Eric Faust. He's a fellow New Yorker who came to Texas to buy a smoker and never left. If you're listening to the episode you'll hear all about his story and how he got into the best bbq which is Texas barbecue. Eric has cooked at restaurants and privately since he graduated from Culinary Institute of America in New York. As some of you may remember from a previous episode, I grew up in New York so Eric is like a long lost brother. We've hung out...

This week I sit down with Chef and BBQ pitmaster Eric Faust. He's a fellow New Yorker who came to Texas to buy a smoker and never left. If you're listening to the episode you'll hear all about his story and how he got into the best bbq which is Texas barbecue. Eric has cooked at restaurants and privately since he graduated from Culinary Institute of America in New York. As some of you may remember from a previous episode, I grew up in New York so Eric is like a long lost brother. We've hung out...

This week I sit down with Catherine Stiles from Stiles Switch BBQ, The Switch BBQ and Barbecue Wife, her own brand of Margarita and Bloody Mary mixes. We talk about being a mother while running restaurants. Being a mother and her own brand ambassador takes a real hustler. She tells us about her past in radio marketing and events. Little did she know that her marketing jobs in Houston would prepare her for her own brand of products. Products that I highly recommend. She focuses on freshness and ...

This week I sit down with Catherine Stiles from Stiles Switch BBQ, The Switch BBQ and Barbecue Wife, her own brand of Margarita and Bloody Mary mixes. We talk about being a mother while running restaurants. Being a mother and her own brand ambassador takes a real hustler. She tells us about her past in radio marketing and events. Little did she know that her marketing jobs in Houston would prepare her for her own brand of products. Products that I highly recommend. She focuses on freshness and ...

This week I sit down with Catherine Stiles from Stiles Switch BBQ, The Switch BBQ and Barbecue Wife, her own brand of Margarita and Bloody Mary mixes. We talk about being a mother while running restaurants. Being a mother and her own brand ambassador takes a real hustler. She tells us about her past in radio marketing and events. Little did she know that her marketing jobs in Houston would prepare her for her own brand of products. Products that I highly recommend. She focuses on freshness and ...