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Daniel Vaughn

2 months

These are the best Texas style BBQ joints I could find around the country outside of Texas.

These Are the Best Texas-Style Barbecue Joints in America

Texas Monthly's barbecue editor Daniel Vaughn spent sixteen months scouring the U.S., and determined Texas barbecue is its definitive style.

www.texasmonthly.com

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

3 years

Texas BBQ never ceases to amaze me. Tex-Ethiopian BBQ at Smoke ‘N Ash BBQ in South Arlington. Doro wat w/ smoked chicken, anyone? Lunch ended w/ Ethiopian coffee and Texas sheet cake w/ berbere spiced pecans.

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RRR (on Netflix) is the most ridiculously fun action movie I’ve seen in a long time. It’s a buddy movie where one of the stars fights 1,000 men at once. Another picks up a motorcycle and throws it as his enemies. And then there’s this scene:

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Egyptian-Tex barbecue in Austin. Cairo native Kareem El-Ghayesh is serving up smoked lamb chops, smoked brisket shawarma, and ribs glazed w/ pomegranate molasses at KG BBQ.

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3 years

The 2021 @TexasMonthly Top 50 BBQ joint list is here:

The Top 50 Texas BBQ Joints: 2021 Edition

There's a new generation of pitmasters in Texas, and many of them aren't satisfied with simply doing things the same old way. (Though fear not, staunch traditionalists: plenty of them are.)

www.texasmonthly.com

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Daniel Vaughn

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6 years

Gutted. From 2011 when we met for the first time. He said, “we’ll be doing business together.” He published my book 2 years later. #RIPBourdain

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Daniel Vaughn

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4 years

To the Texas restaurants opening their dining rooms today: I won’t see you there, but I know many of you felt like you had no other choice for your livelihood’s sake, and the government has offered little to assist. I truly wish the best for you, your customers, and your staff.

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Daniel Vaughn

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5 years

In line this morning at Franklin BBQ thinking back to one of the most memorable days of my life. Thanks Tony.

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

2 months

Who would be interested in a list of the best Texas style barbecue joints in the country that aren’t in Texas?

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

6 years

I have a BBQ show! The Cooking Channel will air the pilot for Smokelandia on June 27th at 7:30pm Central. If enough of y’all watch it they might even let me make episode 2. #smokelandia

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

4 years

Ok @JohnCornyn , if you send me that brisket recipe (Temp? Whole brisket or flat? Covered/uncovered? How many onion soup packets?), I’ll recreate it the best I can at home. My curiosity has outweighed my better judgement, and I gotta know how it tastes.

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

7 years

Before you ask for a TX BBQ recommendation, please refer to my BBQ guides for Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio.

BBQ Guides Archives

www.texasmonthly.com

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Daniel Vaughn

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4 years

Snow’s BBQ in Lexington has been closed since March. They’ll reopen on 11/14. Great news for TX BBQ, but don’t even think about going near Texas treasure Tootsie Tomanetz w/o wearing a mask.

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Daniel Vaughn

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4 years

If you haven’t seen the new BBQ season of Chef’s Table on Netflix, I have a suggestion on which episode to start with. Great work @snowsbbq

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

4 years

So many mentions of this photo it’s hard to ketchup.

Senator John Cornyn

@JohnCornyn

4 years

Brisket family tradition

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

3 years

LeAnn Mueller asked me to share the sad news that her brother and barbecue legend John Mueller has passed away. You will be missed John. The family will share more details later. #RIP @JSM_meat

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

4 years

Spent the last few weeks on a backyard upgrade with a new deck and landscaping. The side yard was just a mud path, and now it’s my dedicated barbecue kitchen. No more excuses. Gotta smoke more often now.

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

7 years

It took lots of debate to get this list down to 50, but here they are:

The List: The Top 50 Barbecue Joints in Texas

Welcome to the golden age of Texas barbecue.

www.texasmonthly.com

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Daniel Vaughn

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6 years

Hey @CillizzaCNN , these are from my recent BBQ travels. Until I (or anyone) can show you some tips on photographing BBQ, store them in your phone, and feel free to use one whenever you need to let people know you’re eating TX BBQ.

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

3 years

Here’s wishing @GregAbbott_TX a full recovery. Also hoping this bout with COVID will make him reconsider the active steps he’s taking and supporting to make unvaccinated kids, including mine, more likely to contract COVID at school this year.

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

3 years

So good I had to come back to Smoke ‘N Ash BBQ for more of the menu today. Baked potato stuffed w/ chopped brisket, but ask for the sambusa sauce and awaze, a spiced butter w/ berbere spice, in the potato. Fried rib tips (F&Sat only) w/ berbere, and that spiced pecan sheet cake.

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

3 years

Got my first look at the print copy today.

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

3 years

Starting this road trip off right with a brisket biscuit from @GatlinsBBQ . That’s how you do a BBQ breakfast. Egg, cheese, brisket, bacon jam, and sautéed onions and jalapeños on a fresh baked biscuit. Yowza!

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

5 years

I have so many BBQ shirts, but I end up wearing whichever ones just came out of the dryer last. I need to cycle through them, so we’re gonna see how long I can go without repeating. Here’s day 1 of #FreshBBQshirt

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

3 years

On the barbecue life of John Mueller, including some of my favorite conversations with him and stories about him:

John Mueller, Barbecue Legend, Dies at 52

“The dark prince of barbecue,” who always found a new audience to wow with his smoked beef, changed the Texas scene for good.

www.texasmonthly.com

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

5 years

Lunch in Chicago on #bourdainday means seeking out his favorite Italian beef sandwich at Johnnie’s Beef.

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

4 years

17 funerals needed thus far thanks to the blackouts. Rick Perry can workshop his theory amongst the mourners.

Houston Chronicle

@HoustonChron

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Perry says Texans wiling to suffer blackouts to keep feds out of power market

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Daniel Vaughn

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2 months

Watching the boys from @1775BBBQ get in on some @CollegeGameDay action.

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

4 years

Y’all asking me to comment are forgetting that this is an Oklahoma brisket.

Lincoln Riley

@LincolnRiley

4 years

Happy Easter‼️ 👨‍🍳

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

5 years

65 and sunny in Dallas. Beef ribs are on the KBQ, Kasey Musgraves is singing Slow Burn, and it’s a Garrison Bros. old fashioned kind of afternoon. #HappyChristmasEve

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

3 years

My week of barbecue consumption in preparation for our Top 50 list started yesterday in Dallas. Lockhart Smokehouse, Slow Bone, Terry Black’s.

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

5 years

Texas, here we come (with a stop in Miami first). Thanks to so many kind Peruvians who helped us get home, and made our stay here a comfortable one. We can’t wait to come back to Peru, but without the whole quarantine thing.

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

3 years

I’ve always wanted to visit the Price Tower in Bartlesville, OK since learning about it in architecture school. It’s the only skyscraper Frank Lloyd Wright ever completed. I’ve made excuses to not go out of my way to see it, but I’m traveling alone today.

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

4 years

Last day at @StilesSwitchBBQ for the brisket sandwich on an everything bagel. Get the garlic cream cheese. That’s a burnt end on top. Fantastic.

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

7 years

Congratulations to Norma Frances “Tootsie” Tomanetz. She’s a (first time) semifinalist for the @beardfoundation award for Best Chef: Southwest.

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Daniel Vaughn

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4 years

@chrissyteigen I might be Texas Monthly's BBQ Editor, but I proudly hail from Wooster, Ohio.

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

4 years

I couldn’t resist when I found out you could design your own Nikes.

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

5 years

Happy Saturday! It was one heck of a morning at @snowsbbq .

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

5 years

I get it if you don’t want to wait in line for BBQ this week(end), but remember that many of your favorite BBQ joints ship their smoked meats, so support them if and when you can. Any pitmasters that offer BBQ shipping, please comment below.

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

6 years

The porchetta was a success last night.

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Daniel Vaughn

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3 years

This is just the best.

Austin FC

@AustinFC

3 years

From the smoke pit to the Heartbeat of Austin, Tootsie Tomanetz is #VERDE .

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

4 years

Exciting news for barbecue and for Tootsie Tomanetz of ⁦⁦ @snowsbbq ⁩. New season of Chef’s Table dedicated to BBQ coming to Netflix on 9/2

Chef's Table: BBQ | Official Trailer | Netflix

The Emmy-nominated series shifts its focus to the art of the barbecue, featuring accomplished chefs from the US, Australia and Mexico. Chef's Table: BBQ prem...

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

4 years

Just a beautifully prepared chopped brisket sandwich on a buttered bun w/ sauce, pickles, and rings of white onion at Randy’s Bar-B-Q in Denison. This little shack is known for their deep-fried jalapeños stuffed w/ sausage wrapped in biscuit dough. Sweet Chevy Blazer too.

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

3 years

@jwconductor @edsbs @ShutdownFullcas @thejasonkirk @HollyAnderson @celebrityhottub The pace of this game is as if they’re both stricken with

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Daniel Vaughn

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1 year

A new New BBQ list is here, and I’ll be driving all day. I’ll check in on any comments this afternoon. Until then, enjoy, and maybe this will you help you find a new favorite:

The 25 Best New and Improved BBQ Joints in Texas

For a while it looked as if big-city barbecue would hog the spotlight forevermore. We should have known better.

www.texasmonthly.com

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Daniel Vaughn

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6 years

The bbq at Flores BBQ in Whitney has gotten so good, it’s silly. The Friday only pork carnitas taco on a brisket fat tortilla is road trip worthy on its own.

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

7 years

An @Eater play in 4 acts:

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

7 years

Just spoke to Aaron Franklin who definitely sounds more hopeful than dejected. "We will rebuild!"

TMBBQ

@tmbbq

7 years

The pit room of Franklin Barbecue in Austin caught fire last night. No one was hurt, but the business is closed.

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

2 years

Got my #MemorialDay weekend brisket on this morning.

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

2 months

If you said yes, you’re in luck. I give you the United States of Texas BBQ.

These Are the Best Texas-Style Barbecue Joints in America

Texas Monthly's barbecue editor Daniel Vaughn spent sixteen months scouring the U.S., and determined Texas barbecue is its definitive style.

www.texasmonthly.com

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Daniel Vaughn

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4 years

This is Mitchell Davis. He has run the Corner Stop in Waco since 1990. He’s famous for the fried rib tips (get the spicy), but don’t miss the saucy smoked rib tips, potato wedges, and Kool-aid pickles while you’re there.

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

8 years

Behold the full size Gut Pak at @GutPak in Waco.

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

4 years

For a much cooler photo of musicians at Sam’s Bar-B-Que, here’s Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble in 1981. I think that’s Waunda Mays holding the door. Photo by Watt Casey.

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

5 years

Yeah, @subway , we need to know more about legendary pitmaster Ramone. Maybe start with a last name.

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Daniel Vaughn

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3 years

🎶 That’s what I like about Texas 🎶

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

5 years

Mornin’ Sunshine! The Real Deal Holyfield is always a good way to wake up @Valstexmexbbq

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

3 years

Started a NC BBQ tour yesterday with a stop at Backyard BBQ Pit in Durham. The fried chicken wings outshined the pork BBQ. Loved the cabbage and greens.

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

4 years

This guy rode his bicycle around the entire Texas border. Crazy.

Aaron N. Chamberlain

@elmachuca

4 years

Didn’t want to leave y’all waiting too long. Final map!! 3014.64 miles in 58 days (6 rest days, 62 riding days). Thanks for following along.

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6 years

It’s a beautiful Christmas Eve morning in Dallas (a happy one to y’all!), and I’m cooking my favorite item of the year. It all starts with prime rib, but the prize of buying a full 7 bone rack (a 103) is the best beef ribs of your life.

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Daniel Vaughn

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6 years

Our 13 hour flight to Tokyo is about to take off. No Texas BBQ for 11 days, but I think we’ll survive.

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Daniel Vaughn

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2 years

I took this photo ten years ago on my first day at @TexasMonthly . Hard to believe that writing about barbecue has been my full time job for a decade.

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Daniel Vaughn

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5 years

The sandwich game is strong at @guessfamilybarbecue . Here’s a brisket melt, which shouldn’t be confused with a brisket grilled cheese, and the sausage and brisket jam sandwich.

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

3 years

Day 3 in Austin started w/ a bacon rib from @LeRoyandLewis that @PhilRosenthal kindly shared with me, and a smoked burger.

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

4 years

I like lettuce and I like grilling. You should not be grilling lettuce.

NBC DFW

@NBCDFW

4 years

You should be grilling lettuce: Here's how:

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Daniel Vaughn

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6 years

Boom! #Smokelandia

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

5 years

Pretty good line up of tacos with no line at the @FranklinBbq taco trailer today. The (highly recommended) off menu “Franklin Taco” has brisket, egg, cheese, fried potatoes, and guacamole.

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Daniel Vaughn

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4 years

Went out on my first BBQ trip in a long, long while. Masked up and ordered takeout. Down and back home from Austin today. Stopped at @LeRoyandLewis , @la_Barbecue , @jleonardisbbq , and the iconic Sam’s Bar-B-Que. It was a good day.

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Daniel Vaughn

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5 years

This stunning apricot kolache is precisely why I’m loyal to Gerik’s Bakery. It’s the best in West, but you have to hunt for it. Turn east into town from the interstate and look for the Pizza House on the right. There’s a kolache shop inside every morning.

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Daniel Vaughn

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3 years

Lots of requests for me to comment on the viral BBQ map. Let it die the quiet death it deserves.

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

6 years

It’s certainly not safe if I’m around.

The Mirror

@DailyMirror

6 years

No amount of alcohol, sausage or bacon is safe according to cancer experts

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Daniel Vaughn

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4 years

Until today I never thought I would want to drive to Austin for a hot dog.

la Barbecue

@la_Barbecue

4 years

ALL BEEF RED ROCKET HOT DOGS!! With or without brisket chili 🥰 🌭 📸 by LeAnn Mueller ORDER ONLINE NOW!!

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Daniel Vaughn

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5 years

Ever used a pressure cooker? Well K-Rigg in Leander, TX makes a pressure smoker. Baby back ribs in 45 minutes. Brisket in 3 hours. More details coming in my write-up. @kriggsmoker

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

5 years

It’s lunch time in TX, and lots of barbecue joints are empty. One thing we can do to help keep them afloat is buy their merchandise and gift cards online. Barbecue joint owners, please respond below with links to your online stores.

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

4 years

Exciting stuff from Damien Brockway and his new Distant Relatives BBQ in Austin. Smoked chuck instead of brisket was a nice change of pace. Phenomenal sides, great pulled pork and ribs, and ridiculously crispy/juicy chicken. Wow.

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Daniel Vaughn

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6 years

Another incredible Texas Monthly BBQ Fest is in the books. Thanks to @Andylanger for this shot. In the background are vegan protestors, which I think provide another level of legitimacy to our yearly BBQ gathering. #BBQfreak

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Daniel Vaughn

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7 years

Because she’s an incredible wife, great friend, and dedictated mother who never asks, “Why did I marry a guy who quit a perfectly good profession to get fat while eating BBQ for a living?”

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Daniel Vaughn

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4 years

It’s hard to put into words how happy I am that @BodaciousHville had pork steaks and crawfish boudin on special the same day. The rest was spectacular as well. This place (15 mins from the original Bodacious) is an underrated gem.

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Daniel Vaughn

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2 years

It was a preseason exhibition, but what a joy to watch 9 innings of @Rangers baseball in 2:15 and eat freshly smoked brisket & beef rib from @HurtadoBBQ while in the stands.

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Daniel Vaughn

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4 years

If I’ve had a better BBQ meal in Texas this year, I don’t remember it. In Houston @truth_bbq is hitting every note. And that creamed spinach. And the smoked boudin!

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3 years

Back at it again today. The Top 50 BBQ search is coming to a close. Started at Brotherton’s Black Iron BBQ in Pflugerville for a tray and an Italian beef sandwich made w/ smoked brisket. Then on to Stiles Switch in Austin where the Cuban sandwich on telera bread was the special.

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

3 years

They get a double digit increase in profits last quarter, but want us all to believe the massive increase in meat prices should be chalked up entirely to “inflation.”

Food Dive

@FoodDive

3 years

. @TysonFoods ' saw double-digit increases in sales and profits in the last quarter, and shares of the meat giant hit an all-time high this week after it reported that demand for its products has not eased despite price increases.

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4 years

Just saw a BBQ joint that last posted on Facebook 13 months ago. Said they’d be closed for a month due to COVID. They’ve been back open for months. Reminder to restaurants who don’t often use social media: Update it at least often enough to not looked permanently closed.

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Daniel Vaughn

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3 years

Day 2 in Austin, and I forgot to take a pic of my tray, but this peach tea glazed pork belly from @interstellarbbq will be coming to an episode of Somebody Feed Phil on Netflix next season.

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

1 year

Texas is “the country’s ultimate barbecue destination,” says the New York Times. Here are the 20 best joints from the new generation of BBQ according to @priyakrishna and @BrettEats .

The 20 Best Texas Barbecue Restaurants From the New Generation (Published 2023)

Over the last decade, the rule book for barbecue has been rewritten. Here are some the most important new authors of this singular cuisine.

www.nytimes.com

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

6 years

BBQ joint owners, if you have an active social media account and wonder when and what to post, here’s a tip. That time you decide to close the place for 2 weeks...post that. It’s helpful.

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@BBQsnob

6 years

I’ve got a month or so to finalize my list of the best new BBQ joints in Texas. Send me your nominations for joints opened in 2017 or later (not already in the Top 50). BBQ trucks w/ a set schedule/location are fine, but no pop-ups. Thank you.

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7 years

PSA to my fellow Texans: NYE is on a Sunday and the liquor stores will be closed. Start shopping early.

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@BBQsnob

5 years

Subway said they can’t tell me anything more about Pitmaster Ramone other than that he’s a real person who works for one of their suppliers. BUT, I’m pretty sure I found him. I’ll let y’all know more about the search for Ramone very soon.

Kevin's BBQ Joints

@KevinsBBQJoints

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. @BBQsnob I’ve been out of the loop. Did @SUBWAY ever get back to you on the reclusive pitmaster named Ramone?

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Daniel Vaughn

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5 years

I got my Texas trinity a little differently today at @kerlinbbq . Brisket Frito pie, sausage kolache, and a pork rib.

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

5 years

These Boomers never talk to real people anymore. They spend all their time in line at fast food restaurants reading the news on their floppy, huge screens. What happened to conversation? #okboomer

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

3 years

Our annual BBQ fest is heading south of Austin to Lockhart, where we’ll have two days of BBQ celebration!

Texas Monthly

@TexasMonthly

3 years

The best barbecue event around is moving to the BBQ capital of Texas. Mark your calendars for 11/5 & 11/6 in Lockhart for our biggest BBQ Fest ever! Like Texas Monthly BBQ Fest on Facebook to stay in the know. @cityoflockharttx #tmbbqfest

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Just left the Lower Rio Grande Valley, and the area’s BBQ credibility is quickly rising since my last real tour through there two years ago. Behold the Peacemaker at @GWsBBQ in San Juan which opened last year. Pork loin, pimento cheese, bacon, and candied jalapeños.

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3 years

Happy 87th birthday to the Queen of BBQ, Tootsie Tomanetz. This photo is from last year, which means it’s been too long since I’ve been to @snowsbbq . 📸 by Wyatt McSpadden.

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7 years

The post is from 2014. It’s as silly now as it was then, but they could at least choose a convincing photo.

MUNCHIES

@munchies

7 years

Why is Brooklyn barbecue taking over the world?

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5 years

Sunday BBQ used to be illegal, so let's thank Al Hall for fighting the man in two 1891 court cases in Denison, TX for the right to sell BBQ on Sundays.

When Barbecue Was Against the Law

A Denison newspaper described Al Hall as “a magnificent specimen of physical manhood.” When a local alderman pistol-whipped him during an argument at

www.texasmonthly.com

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2 years

We doin’ pit room proposals in Texas! Congrats to @franklinbbq fans Matt and Becky!

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Daniel Vaughn

@BBQsnob

6 years

What a meal. First lunch in Tokyo was yakitori at Isehiro. We tasted 9 cuts. The chicken is of such high quality they cook the breast meat medium rare. The chicken liver tastes like foie gras, and the restaurant designed their own de-skewering fork. I love this country.