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

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.

TFP EP. 13 Grant Pinkerton - Pinkerton's Barbecue

We sit down with Grant Pinkerton and discuss his first brisket cooks, popups, alligators, his restaurant, and even toss out a few sports questions

 

TFP Ep. 12 Decoding BBQ Menus

Beef ribs don't come on the meat plate, varied pricing for brisket, and other ramblings about what's on the menu at Texas barbecue joints these days. 

TFP Ep. 11 seven stop Dallas area road trip recap 7-8-2017

Andrew and I recap a busy day after hitting Flores, BBQ on the Brazos, Heim, Lockhart Smokehouse, Pecan Lodge, Top 5 BBQ, And Harris BBQ on our quest to hit all 50 of the Texas Monthly 2017 top 50 BBQ

TFP Ep. 10 Stephen Joseph - Riverport BBQ

Travel with us to northeast Texas where we talk with owner and pitmaster Stephen Joseph about riverboats, gambling, prostitution, ghosts, Bigfoot, and yes, even BBQ.