Category Archives: Barbecue

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Houston Scores Strong in Texas Monthly Top 50 BBQ Joints

Posted on May 15, 2013 by J.C. Reid

Texas Monthly – June 2013 Houston barbecue made a strong showing in the every-five-year Texas Monthly Top 50 Barbecue Joints list released today (the full issue will be on newsstands May 22nd). Five barbecue joints from the area made the … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Enchiladas

Posted on October 25, 2012 by J.C. Reid

Borunda’s Bar & Grill in Marfa, TX I was in Marfa, that West Texas town where Austin hipsters go to retire and the East Coast jet-set-art-set fly their private planes in for cocktail parties in rundown adobe houses. I pulled … Continue reading →

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Ronnie Killen Bets Big on Barbecue

Posted on October 24, 2012 by J.C. Reid

Barbecue at Killen’s You might call Chef Ronnie Killen an outlier. He’s a classically-trained chef who graduated from Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Institute in London and chose to skip the high-end dining tradition of opening a stuffy French restaurant or … Continue reading →

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My Favorite BBQ Joints

Posted on August 20, 2012 by J.C. Reid

Kevin from the Kevin’s BBQ Joints website asked me to write a blog post for his series “My Favorite BBQ Joints.” You can see the original here. Patillo’s Bar-B-Q – Beaumont TX Patillo’s Bar-B-Q – Beaumont TX Growing up in … Continue reading →

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The Character and Soul of Barbecue

Posted on August 3, 2012 by J.C. Reid

Patillo’s Bar-B-Q – Beaumont TX When I sit down in front of a plate of barbecue, I often ask myself, “How did this get here?” Meaning, what were the techniques, traditions, beliefs, personalities, rituals, superstitions and hardships that resulted in … Continue reading →

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