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JP
The next day I picked my friend John Purcell (JP) up at the Austin airport. JP and I were roommates in grad school and we try to get together for a road trip once a year. JP lives in Houston, so the...
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City Market in Luling, TX
A few hours later, I found myself in Luling, TX. A quaint little town south of Austin, Luling is famous for the Watermelon Thump and the City Market. As I walked inside the restaurant, I was filled...
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Buzzie's Bar-B-Q in Kerrville, TX
After years of making my list of places and talking about making this trip, I was finally on my way. My first stop on the tour was Buzzie’s Bar-B-Q in Kerrville, TX. Buzzie’s was voted Top 50 in Texas...
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My BBQ Obsession
I've been a barbecue fanatic since college, when my roommate Adam brought home some of his father's ribs from Cleveland, TN. Danny Marr's ribs were legendary among our group of friends, and I quickly...
View ArticleLiving the Dream
I absolutely love barbecue. I'm addicted to it. I love making it, I love eating it and I love talking about it. For ten years I thought about taking a trip to visit the best barbecue places in the...
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Tex- Richmond, VA
The first time I drove by Tex on the corner of Semmes and Cowardin I did a U-Turn and pulled in. An hour later, I left excited, full of delicious barbecue and great stories."Tex" is hidden jewel on the...
View ArticleCongrats to the Bar-B-Que Shop
While I was in Memphis for the World Championship Barbecue Contest, I picked up the local weekly, The Memphis Flyer and noticed that the Bar-B-Que Shop won the top honor in the Best Ribs in the City...
View ArticleCNN Article on BBQ Quests
CNN ran a piece on barbecue and the quest for the best last week. In case you missed it, here's the link.BBQ Quest on CNN
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Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest
I could smell it before I could see it. As we walked down the hill leading to Tom Lee Park, the collective smell of literally hundreds of pits full of hickory smoke, ribs and shoulder was overwhelming....
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J.D.'s BBQ Barn-Somewhere in West TN
I got off the interstate at the Lexington, TN exit in search of a place I had heard about and eaten from, but never been to. A friend’s mother used to bring it up on her way from Jackson to Nashville...
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Barbecue Competition Judging School- Memphis
I decided that the next logical step in my barbecue dorkdom was to become a judge for the Memphis in May championship. As I went about exploring the process of how you get to be a judge, I found out...
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Abe's Bar-B-Q in Clarksdale, MS
After finishing the judging school, I headed south to Clarksdale, MS, home of the Delta Blues and Abe’s Bar-B-Q.I had wanted to do a Delta Blues tour as part of my 3 week barbecue excursion, but...
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Red's- Clarksdale, MS
I came to the Delta in search of an authentic juke joint. The kind of place you read about in magazines but aren’t sure really exists. The kind of place you pull up to and wonder whether it’s safe to...
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Mississippi Delta, Handy Andy & Mo's
The Mississippi Delta struck me as the land that time forgot. As I drove south on the Delta Blues trail, the only way you could notice it was 2009 was the cars on the road. Other than that, it could...
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Jimmy Carl's Lunch Box-Nashville, TN
“You got the money to start a barbecue restaurant from winning a game show?”That’s how my conversation with the owners of Jimmy Carl’s Lunch Box started earlier this summer at Yazoo Brewery. A couple...
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Music City BBQ Festival
24 slabs of ribs, 40 lbs of pork shoulder, six whole ducks and one ridiculously good time. That was the final tally for our teams at the first annual Music City BBQ Festival in downtown Nashville.Part...
View ArticleBBQ Blogs to Check Out
I've posted a couple of good barbecue blogs to the left side that you might want to check out. The first is called 3rd Degree BBQ by Andrew Bernstein. The other is called Full Custom Gospel BBQ by...
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Flood in Middle, TN- Part One
I haven't posted to this site in a while, and unfortunately this post isn't going to be about BBQ. I've spent some time in the areas hit hardest by the flood in Middle, TN and am going to post a couple...
View ArticleFlood in Middle, TN- Part Two
What would you do if you came home one day to find 8 strangers removing everything you owned from your home? That happened today to a 55 year old woman who lives in a forgotten part of East Nashville....
View ArticleBBQ Tour Magic
Almost two years ago I set out on a two week bbq tour across the country. If you recall (and I imagine those without my last name don't), there were some non-bbq adventures, the highlight of which was...
View ArticleKansas City- Booked
My New Year's Resolution: complete the bbq tour. With that in mind, I've booked a trip to KC for the last weekend in January. Going to try and fit in at least 6, maybe 7 places in under 48 hours. Any...
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Arthur Bryant's
Arthur Bryant’sThe neon red sign of Arthur Bryant’s beckons all who make the pilgrimage to barbecue’s Mecca. When you open the doors, your eyes are immediately drawn to the giant menu over the counter...
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Kansas City
“When you get your head out of your ass, come up to Kansas City”That was my favorite comment I received when I posted my first barbecue tour in 2009. I knew I was going to upset some people by leaving...
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Gates Bar B.Q.
Immediately after leaving Bryant’s, we travelled the half-mile down Brooklyn Avenue to the strip mall that houses Gates Bar B.Q.
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Messing with Texas
All right Texas, it’s time to reign back in your ridiculously large barbecue ego. You’ve gotten too big for your oversized britches and your gargantuan muffin top has spilled over, leaving you with a...
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