A Texas BBQ podcast highlighting the food, personalities, and traditions of the Lone Star State’s smoked meats.
Episodes
Monday Mar 05, 2018
Monday Mar 05, 2018
John Mueller is one of the most controversial men in the barbecue world and he's carved his niche in the industry doing things in own way. With a hot and fast method of cooking, house made sausage, tasty pork ribs, brisket stew, plus brisket and beef ribs rubbed with a heavy dose of pepper a good visit is rewarded with a unique and flavorful experience.
Don't forget the cheesy squash loaded with ladles of cheese, a rich end to a memorable meal.
John sat down with us for a fun and informative chat. In the episode we cover the time after he left Louie Mueller Barbecue to present day, including some big news from John!
We announce a new giveaway and also give an update on our Yeti cooler filled with BBQ swag that includes some very cool merchandise.
The Texas Monthly article we discussed on the episode is here: https://www.texasmonthly.com/food/of-meat-and-men/
Catch John and his crew Thursday - Sunday from 10:30am-sold out
201 E. 9th Street
Georgetown Texas 78626
Twitter @JSM_meat
Monday Feb 26, 2018
Monday Feb 26, 2018
Roegels Barbecue Co. (pronounced ray-gulls) received a positive review from the Houston Chronicle's Alison Cook in April 2015 which increased their customer base overnight but the Roegels crew didn't take their foot off the gas pedal. A continual evolution of their menu and launching weekly specialty meats such as smoked pastrami helped them earn a spot on the 2017 Texas Monthly Top 50 list and cemented Russell's place in the Texas barbecue scene.
Subscribe and listen every week to our journey in and through Texas Barbecue, from road trips to pit builders to interviews with the greatest pitmasters in Texas.
Follow us on twitter @bbqpodcast and Instagram @talesfromthepits to catch our latest giveaways including our biggest one yet, a Yeti Tundra cooler filled with great BBQ goodies!!!
For more information on Roegels, check out their website http://www.roegelsbarbecue.com/
twitter: @RoegelsBarbecue
or even better, visit them in person at 2223 S. Voss Houston, TX 77057
Open 7 days a week
Tuesday Feb 20, 2018
Tuesday Feb 20, 2018
Russell Roegels has been cooking barbecue longer than some of our listeners have been alive. Russell worked with Bodacious in East Texas and decided to move down to Houston with little to his name after a decision made while fishing to head up a Bakers Ribs location.
Russel and family put in long hours 7 days a week, eventually tweaking their product after experiencing other barbecue at the Houston Barbecue Festival and doing a Texas barbecue road trip.
Without media fanfare he launched Roegels Barbecue Co in the middle of a lunch rush, changing the sign while patrons ate inside.
In this episode you hear about the early days, that decision to open under his own name, and a pivotal visit by Houston Chronicle food critic Alison Cook
Tuesday Feb 13, 2018
Tuesday Feb 13, 2018
Family backyard barbecue memories floated through Esaul's mind while working as a bus driver, calling him into the world of barbecue. He made the jump from bus driver head first into his first gig working at La Barbecue. After learning the art from John Lewis the dreams of his own business pulled him back to San Antonio where he launched 2M Smokehouse with Joe Melig.
Chicharoni macaroni, serrano and Oaxaca cheese sausage, pickled nopales, barbacoa, and speciality cakes are just some of the unique items Esaul, wife Grecia, Joe, pithand Dusty, and team crank out with their unique flavor of barbecue for a growing fan base
Listen as Esaul takes us through his background, his time at La Barbecue, the menu at 2M, and his plans for a second pit at his busy restaurant
Find them online at https://www.2msmokehouse.com/
Twitter: @2m_smokehouse
Instagram: 2msmokehouse
Tuesday Jan 30, 2018
Tuesday Jan 30, 2018
The one where we talk about ribs:
Upon request, we've dedicated this episode to cooking pork ribs.
Andrew has placed in IBCA sanctioned BBQ cookoffs with his ribs and over the years he's developed the Doubleback BBQ rib rub that has served well in retail too.
From purchase to trimming to cooking, we describe what has worked well for us, listen in and let us know any tips or tricks you use!
Check out videos on our instagram page @talesfromthepits and follow us on twitter @bbqpodcast
Tuesday Jan 23, 2018
Tuesday Jan 23, 2018
From family barbecues to nearly opening a brick and mortar before the building was destroyed by Hurricane Harvey, Jim Buchanan has persistently pursued his barbecue dream. Jim developed his taste for Texas barbecue living in Katy Texas beginning with backyard cookouts. The competition circuit was his next endeavor where he did well and met up with Wes Jurena, leading to his work at Pappa Charlies.
Jim stepped out on his own and was set to open his own place before the hurricane sidelined him, but he recovered and is currently popping up at several locations. Listen to Jim's story and the time he almost gave his girlfriend a heart attack when he was experimenting with his espresso ribs!
Twitter: @bucksbbqco
www.bucksbbqco.com
Catch Buck's Barbeque Co. at:
Wed, Thu, Fri 11am-3pm with specials often on Friday evenings
Lucky's Lodge
2024 Rusk St
Houston, TX 77003
Saturdays from 11am to sell out or 6pm
8th Wonder Brewery
2202 Dallas Street
Houston Texas 77003
Sundays from 4pm-9pm
Frio Hill Country Grill
16410 Mueschke Rd
Cypress, TX 77433
Monday Jan 15, 2018
Monday Jan 15, 2018
Foodways Texas and the meat science department at Tezas A&M host multiple barbecue education events each year. Two of these are held in partnership with Foodways Texas; Barbecue Summer Camp and Camp Brisket. Creative Sausage Making and Beef 101 are options available directly through A&M.
Recorded at The Hop Stop which is celebrating its 2 year anniversary on January 27th, Andrew and Bryan discuss our experience at Barbecue Summer Camp and Camp Brisket as well as provide some information on the other two courses.
Learn more at https://bbq.tamu.edu and http://www.foodwaystexas.com/
Wednesday Jan 10, 2018
Wednesday Jan 10, 2018
Starting with family barbecue outings in east texas the passion of barbecue kept calling at Steve and Sharice Garner until they were able to put their unique touch on the barbecue world.
Listen in as Steve Garner talks about his path to launching a brick and mortar after driving trucks and running a food trailer. Steve talks about his path to launching his restaurant, boudin, firecracker crackers, and visiting the bookity bookity boudain man.
Steve also tells us some big news about the future of Southern Q!
Trivia - A visit to Southern Q in February of 2015 was Andrew and Bryan's first BBQ visit together
Thursday Dec 28, 2017
Thursday Dec 28, 2017
Thank you for listening in 2017!
First up on this episode, we announce the winner of the $50 gift card from Truth Barbecue
Listen in as customer-turned-pitmaster Nathan Pier takes us on a pit tour at Evie Mae's. Arnis Robbins custom builds his own unique reverse flow pits that are like no others in the business.
The first two pits, named Shadrach and Meshach started from 750 gallon propane tanks but the tops are boxed out to provide up to three racks of cooking surface. Their third pit is a large J&R Oyler 1300. Pits four and five were the most recent pits built for full time restaurant use. They retain Arnis' reverse flow design but leave the rounded tops from the original tanks intact and also benefit from an insulated firebox.
Monday Dec 18, 2017
Monday Dec 18, 2017
Reid guess has worked hard to get to where he's at today including cleaning vent hoods, graduating from Le Cordon Bleu, working in the fine dining world, and launching his own trailer.
It's been a family endeavor; he's built his own pits with the help of his father, including the 19 foot long behemoth he wrangles into cooking some great smoked meats, and his nephew Aaron grinds out some great and unique sausage. Sides are produced only with wood fueled heat - and don't skip the grits!
Listen to this episode as he describes his ascent and tells us some major news for the business.
Also in this episode we announce the winner of the Brotherton Black Iron Barbecue gift certificate and let you know about our latest giveaway, a gift certificate to Truth Barbecue!