An Amarillo Veteran Went From Managing a Nuclear Arsenal to Tending Offset Smokers
Charles Carr opened Class-1 Barbecue in Amarillo last year, and it features nods to his long military career.
BBQ Joint Reviews
August 22, 2025
An Amarillo Veteran Went From Managing a Nuclear Arsenal to Tending Offset Smokers
Charles Carr opened Class-1 Barbecue in Amarillo last year, and it features nods to his long military career.
BBQ
August 15, 2025
A Top Ten BBQ Joint Struggles to Find Its Footing in Florida
Since Evie Mae’s Pit Barbeque opened a new location in Miramar Beach last year, it has had trouble finding success in an area unfamiliar with Texas barbecue.
BBQ Joint Reviews
August 14, 2025
This Couple’s Barbecue Bus Stands Out on the Corpus Christi Scene
With its thoughtful music curation, variety of sides, and mesquite-smoked meats, Full Send BBQ draws diners to the bay.
BBQ Joint Reviews
August 10, 2025
This Pitmaster Made the Switch From Fighting Flames to Lighting Fires
Serafin Ramirez was training to be a firefighter when he decided that he was more suited to life as an entrepreneur. He’s been slinging smoked meat ever since at his Houston joint, Chicano BBQ.
BBQ Joint Reviews
July 31, 2025
Just Six Weeks In, This New Austin BBQ Joint Is Already Impressive
Waylon J’s Barbeque recently opened within Salty Sow, a restaurant on the East Side, to serve smoked meats during lunch.
BBQ Joint Reviews
July 30, 2025
A Pitmaster Traded Seven Longhorns to Get a Smoker for His Tex-Mex BBQ Joint
Fernando “Fred” Mendoza’s barter has proven worth it, with Tia’s Tex-Mex BBQ’s impressive platter of smoked sausage, brisket, beef ribs, and beef cheeks.
BBQ Joint Reviews
July 25, 2025
Five Family Members Decided to Go All In on Their Tex-Mex BBQ Joint
El Tejas Twist, in Forney, offers a full menu of post oak–smoked meats alongside an impressive number of dishes featuring brisket birria.
BBQ Joint Reviews
July 24, 2025
The Must-Try Dish at This BBQ Joint Is the Cold-Smoked Salmon—Really
Outpost 36 Texas Barbeque, in Keller, sources some of its beef from its own cattle ranch, but it’s the other meats that are most impressive here.
Business
July 18, 2025
MAHA-Approved Beef Tallow Is Nothing New to the Barbecue World
Although pitmasters have long tried to use up every bit of brisket trim, they’re now selling the pure, in-demand fat to consumers.
BBQ Joint Reviews
July 16, 2025
A Pastor on Sundays and a Pitmaster on Fridays, John Baines Is Just Happy to Serve
At JB’s Barbeque & More, in Houston, he offers house-made pork-and-beef sausage alongside brisket, spareribs, and boudin.
