Barbecuing and Grilling

Texas BBQ Predates the Civil War

The tradition of open-pit barbecues in Texas is older than you think.

Chef Adam Perry Lang: Charred & Scruffed

Get Grilling: A Memorial Day Barbecue Roundup

Like most red-blooded Americans, I'll be grilling out with my family today in celebration of Memorial Day. (You're not barbecuing? COMMIE. McCarthy is coming for you.) So while I'm out back helping my dad tend to his famous pork butt, here are a few links to help you enjoy the day in style -- with e ... More >>

Ohio Barbecue

The art of smoke, ten years later, at Bobbie Que's Rib Shack.

Barbecue - More Than Just Meat

​When we think of the rodeo, we think of barbecue. So in honor of the rodeo, we wanted to bring you our top five cities for barbecue in Texas. Sounds easy, right? Wrong. Sure, we have our personal favorites like Taylor and Lockhart. But, what we soon realized is that barbecue is very personal. ... More >>

Odd Pair: Barbecue Beef Sandwiches & Malbec

​Everyone knows that you usually pair red wine with beef. But what if that beef is brisket and it's smothered in tangy barbecue sauce? The pairing gets a little more interesting. Wanting to get as far away from Thanksgiving leftovers as possible, we picked up Goode Company sliced beef sandw ... More >>

BBQ Buffet

Korea Garden Grille offers a stellar selection of barbecue items in unlimited quantities — and new and interesting ways to eat them.

Almeda's New Playhouse

Bar-B-Que Blues on Almeda is bringing back a combination that Houston made famous.

Texas BBQ Day Tripping

Photos by J.C. ReidBBQ sampling at Louie Mueller in Taylor, Texas​The proposition is simple. Eat at every one of Texas Monthly's top five Texas barbecue joints -- all in one day. Easier said than done, right? A typical visit to one barbecue joint usually results in a stuffed belly and a food c ... More >>

Recipes: Fred's Fairly Famous Concoctions Cooking Sauce

Photo by Robb Walsh​Culinary tinkerer Fred Konig's Sixth Generation Foods is headquartered in Montgomery, Texas. Fred has been making his "fairly famous" cooking sauce for 45 years according to the company website. The "Our Story" page tell us that Fred was one of those guys who gave away bott ... More >>

The New Q: Smoke-Braising

Photo by Robb WalshThere's no reason that you have to choose between braising and barbecuing. While working on a new backyard barbecue cookbook, I discovered that the two techniques can be combined with awesome results. Start off by smoking or grilling the meat. Next, prepare a braising liquid in th ... More >>

Review: Texas BBQ

Texas BBQ is a new book of photographs from University of Texas Press by photographer Wyatt McSpadden, a longtime contributor to Texas Monthly and a verifiable barbecue fanatic. McSpadden was on the SXSW barbecue panel with me a couple of months ago, and we signed books afterward and talked for a wh ... More >>

Serious Q: Barbecue 101 at Texas A&M

photo by Robb Walsh It's not too late to sign up for the most serious barbecue seminar in the state. BBQ 101 is a three-day professional training session sponsored by the National Barbecue Association at the Texas A&M Meat Science Center in College Station. The class will be held next week beginnin ... More >>

SXSW BBQ Panel: Brisket as Health Food

The location of the nearest Texas barbecue joint and what to order when you get there seem to be the first questions on the minds of many visitors to SXSW in Austin. So this year, veteran barbecue writer Joe Nick Patoski put together a Texas barbecue panel for conference-goers. Panelists included ... More >>

SXSW BBQ Panel: Brisket as Health Food

The location of the nearest Texas barbecue joint and what to order when you get there seem to be the first questions on the minds of many visitors to SXSW in Austin. So this year, veteran barbecue writer Joe Nick Patoski put together a Texas barbecue panel for conference-goers. Panelists included ... More >>

Clyde's Wyldwood B-B-Q Shack, Casino & Freakshow

photo by Robb Walsh After talking about Texas barbecue and the health benefits of brisket all day, I was ready for a serious barbecue sandwich on the way back to Houston. So I stopped at Clyde's Wyldwood B-B-Q Shack and Casino. There I asked for a sliced brisket sandwich--a decision I regretted as ... More >>

Flavors of the 5th: Davis Meat Co. BBQ

The barbecue at Davis Meat Co. on Lockwood is worthy of your attention. The brisket is tender, juicy and tastes fabulous on a sandwich. And the housemade coarsely-ground pork and beef link is one of the best sausages made within the city limits. Unfortunately, the pork ribs come from oversize slab ... More >>

Real Deal Q: Barbacoa de Borrego

This is some awesome barbecued lamb. It's the result of a fairly complicated process--a hybrid of braising and smoking. But I figure this is the season for a challenging barbecue recipe, what with the Rodeo BBQ Championship coming up and all. I figure Houston barbecue enthusiasts are ready to show ... More >>

The Best Barbecue Sandwich in Texas

I'm saying the Bohemian Special at Mustang Creek B-B-Q on Highway 59 in Louise is the best barbecue sandwich in Texas. It excels by virtue of architecture alone--a mound of sliced brisket is topped with lengthwise slices of smoked Prasek's sausage and topped with thick raw onion slices and dill p ... More >>

Pork Ribs Taste Like Candy at Midway BBQ

BBQ on TCJ: Pierson & Company Bar-B-Que

Slideshow: Texas Barbecue Signs

Fixin’ to BBQ: D.W. Vasbinder’s in Richmond

Shade Tree Barbecue with Dewayne Pines

Barbecue and Bait in Navasota

What They're Saying About Texas Q in Chicago

Bubba Roese, the Mayor of Graball, Speaks of BBQ

Buffalo Beef: Dickey’s Barbecue vs. Longhorn Bar-B-Que & Café

Great Q at Hearne's Gas N Chew

Great Q at Hearne's Gas N Chew

The Sweet Smell of Wang Galbi

This stunning new Korean barbecue restaurant looks like a picnic grove inside a shopping center

The Seoul of Sharpstown

Broaden your horizons at Houston's most eclectic Korean eatery

Get 'Em While You Can

Guy's Meat Market

Best Korean Restaurant

Clyde's Hideaway

Drexler's is a shrine to "the Glide"

NYBBQ

Vic's Backyard Bar-B-Q Barn serves great links and ribs, but its owner isn't from around here

Best Fried Shrimp

Barbecue Inn

Letters

Barbecue in Black and White

Carving the racism out of Texas barbecue mythology

Bibim Bap's Rap

When Jeffrey Met Thelma

A Vogue foodie takes on an East Texas mess o' meat

Raking the Coals

The Houston Press throws some puffball questions to one of its own

The Barbecue Ward

The no-nonsense Kozy Kitchen is the last remnant of the Nickel's once-proud barbecue tradition

History in the Unmaking

Drexler's has finally outgrown its 50-year-old barbecue pit

Best Barbecue Restaurant

Drexler's Bar-B-Que

Best Barbecue Joint

Pizzitola's

The Art of Smoke

Technology has changed the nature of barbecue. But deep in the heart of Texas, a few true artists still cling to the old ways. We go in search of greater Houston's greatest pits.

Virtual 'Cue

Lyndon's Pit Bar-B-Q serves an excellent approximation of the real thing

Eats of Eden

Hot for Sauce

The tart joys of C. Davis Bar-B-Cue can make your brain boogie