Tales from the pits, a Texas BBQ podcast featuring trendsetters, leaders, and icons from the barbecue industry

TFP BBQ Ep. 23 - The Woodlands BBQ Fest interview

The fall BBQ event season is in full swing! Listen in as Stuart Lapp discusses The Woodlands BBQ Festival and beneficiary Pulmonary Hypertension Association

More information on the festival at: https://www.thewoodlandsbbq.com/

 

TFP BBQ Ep. 22 Bodacious Bar-B-Q Pit Tour

Head back into the pit room at Bodacious Bar-B-Q in our first audio pit tour. Jordan Jackson and Scott Turner walk us through their four very unique pits

 

TFP BBQ Ep. 21 - We finished the Texas Monthly Top 50!

We finally finished getting our barbecue passports filled up and collected our prizes. Listen in as Andrew and I discuss some of our least favorite road trips, surprises, and more memorable pleasant experiences from our Top 50 journey

 

TFP BBQ Ep. 20 - Listener Questions

This week we answer questions submitted by our listerners - Topics include Sausage, Wood, Baby Back Ribs, Pop Ups, The Expansion of Central Texas Style Barbecue, and more

 

TFP Ep. 19 Part two Evie Mae's BBQ - Arnis Robbins Interview

The conclusion of our interview with Arnis Robbins of Evie Mae's barbecue. Listen in as Arnis talks about learning of their top ten Texas Monthly ranking and discusses the business growth from a small trailer with a single pit to a brick and mortar with twenty employees. 

 

TFP Ep. 18 Evie Mae's Pit Barbecue - Arnis Robbins Interview part 1

From New Mexico to Arizona to Texas, and always using hand built reverse flow pits, listen t part one of a two part interview with Arnis Robbins and learn the history behind Evie Mae's BBQ

 

TFP Ep. 17 West Texas road trip Recap

Ride along as we recap 3 days of BBQ, including hitting up two of the Texas Monthly 2017 Top Ten joints; Cattleack and Evie Mae's. We're down to the final stretch in our quest to eat at all 50 joints in 90 days.

Coming soon will be a two part interview with Arnis and Mallory Robbins of Evie Mae's, see ya on the BBQ trail!

 

TFP BBQ Ep. 16 Bodacious Bar-B-Q Interview Pt2

Jordan introduces Bryan Bingham, the newest pit hand at Bodacious Bar-B-Que and how he lured him away from Starbucks, Bryan talks about his first week of working there, Scott Turner announces his future endeavor, and the team describes the moment they found out they were ranked 4th in the 2017 Texas Monthly Top 50

TFP BBQ Ep. 15 Bodacious Bar-B-Q - Interview with Jordan Jackson and Scott Turner

Part one of our interview with Jordan Jackson and Scott Turner of Bodacious Bar-B-Q. Just a few topics we cover: Le Cordon Bleu, K Mart, Pat Green, girlfriend wooing, briskets migrating upstream, and writing "Happy Birthday" over and over

TFP Ep. 14 South Texas BBQ run

We made a run to the border and back, hitting four of the top 50 joints. In this episode we recap our south Texas BBQ run, have a short interview with Mando Vera of Vera's Backyard Bar-B-Que, and preview an upcoming 2,000 mile west Texas run.