This site is dedicated to sharing my experiences with food of all sorts, but especially smoked foods. There may be a heavy emphasis on my favorite, Texas Barbecue…
Because they're so darned good, I had to make some more home-smoked pork belly burnt ends on my Traeger Texas Elite 34 pellet grill. Man I love those things -- bite-sized nuggets just packed with flavor. And they are not too terribly hard to do either. This time around I bought a 4.2lb all-natural slab of …
I finally got some time this week to a make a late lunch visit to Lonestar Sausage & BBQ in north Houston. And I'm sure glad I finally got here. Kevin Mason started this business many years ago. Smoking meats and making sausages was something he enjoyed doing with his father. Like many, it started …
It's been a while since I made my own jerky. But a couple weekends ago, it was just time again. I started with a package of USDA Choice top round from my local Costco. The package weighed in at ~5.6lb. But I used one of the two top rounds from this package, so it was …
It's been a couple years since my first trip to Killen's Barbecue down in Pearland. And that is precisely why it's been so long - it is in Pearland. And from my house, there is no good nor fast way to get there. However, my sweetheart suggested that we take a mid-week daytrip to enjoy …
I believe that the beef rib is the king of Texas barbecue. It is such an impressive cut of beef. Of course we're talking about plate ribs. I think the smaller chuck ribs are good too. And I am sure the beef back ribs are reasonable. They just look too meager in the volume of …
What is it about full pork spareribs that makes me love them so much? I mean, I love all kinds of smoked meats and other smoked food. But there is something special about a full pork sparerib. I know the beautiful version of pork ribs is the baby backs (maybe it was the Chili's Restaurant …
So much in the world has changed since my last visit to Paw Paw Chico BBQ. My favorite change has to be that they have moved to a new location. Apparently their old landlord on Cypresswood wanted to build a carwash or something like that, which meant they had to find a new location. Fortunately …
One heck of a husband-wife team has been hard at work for a long time now to bring their dream of a brick-and-mortar barbecue joint to life - the result of all this hard work is called Bexar Barbecue and you can find them in Tomball. It was really enjoyable to get to talk for …
Being able to get to go back to Pecan Lodge in the Deep Ellum area of Dallas was something I had been looking forward to for a good long time. There are just so many outstanding barbecue joints to try in the DFW metroplex that it had been a couple years since I got back. …
There is no secret that I am a big fan of smoked meat. And spicy food. And bacon. And a whole lot of other stuff that either may or may not be good for me. But one of my favorite ways of bringing a whole lot of my favorite food together into one beautiful bite …
