Daniel Vaughn
@bbqsnob.bsky.social
Barbecue Editor at Texas Monthly. https://www.texasmonthly.com/bbq/
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@texasmonthly.bsky.social’s BBQ Editor @bbqsnob.bsky.social joins @the-food-professor.bsky.social to reveal the people, passion, and craft behind the world’s best BBQ joints.
From brisket judging to Vietnamese fusion, it’s BBQ like you’ve never heard before: loom.ly/9E4Nd1s 🔥
From brisket judging to Vietnamese fusion, it’s BBQ like you’ve never heard before: loom.ly/9E4Nd1s 🔥
June 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
@texasmonthly.bsky.social’s BBQ Editor @bbqsnob.bsky.social joins @the-food-professor.bsky.social to reveal the people, passion, and craft behind the world’s best BBQ joints.
From brisket judging to Vietnamese fusion, it’s BBQ like you’ve never heard before: loom.ly/9E4Nd1s 🔥
From brisket judging to Vietnamese fusion, it’s BBQ like you’ve never heard before: loom.ly/9E4Nd1s 🔥
The 2025 Texas Monthly Top 50 BBQ list. www.texasmonthly.com/interactive/...
The Top 50 Texas BBQ Joints: 2025 Edition
Is there such a thing as too much good barbecue? If you’re trying to determine the fifty best barbecue joints in the state, the answer is yes.
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May 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The 2025 Texas Monthly Top 50 BBQ list. www.texasmonthly.com/interactive/...
The case was dismissed against La Barbecue in Austin for insurance fraud. An employee lost four fingers while grinding sausage back in 2016. www.mysanantonio.com/news/austin/...
Latest on Texas barbecue's finger-chopping legal battle
La Barbecue announced that all charges against its owner, Ali Clem, have been officially dropped, bringing a nine-year controversy to an end.
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May 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The case was dismissed against La Barbecue in Austin for insurance fraud. An employee lost four fingers while grinding sausage back in 2016. www.mysanantonio.com/news/austin/...
I was chided in TM’s monthly email about page views because nobody seems to want to read about the country’s first BBQ museum or the play Das Barbecü, a BBQ-themed version of Wagner’s Ring cycle. Maybe y’all want to read them. www.texasmonthly.com/bbq/museum-o...
Ball Pits, Smell Tests, and Ring Toss: Everything You Need to Know About the Museum of BBQ
I visited a Kansas City mall to experience the first museum dedicated to the cuisine in the country, and it's a good start for such a meaty subject.
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May 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I was chided in TM’s monthly email about page views because nobody seems to want to read about the country’s first BBQ museum or the play Das Barbecü, a BBQ-themed version of Wagner’s Ring cycle. Maybe y’all want to read them. www.texasmonthly.com/bbq/museum-o...
In 12 years as BBQ editor I had no reason to visit Del Rio because nothing happens there on the BBQ front. This year is different. A promising new spot just opened, and the 50+ year old Hot Pit BBQ closed for good. www.texasmonthly.com/bbq/humo-pri...
Three Pitmasters Want to Make Del Rio a Barbecue Town
Three pitmasters are bringing new barbecue cred to Del Rio with Humo Prime Barbecue, where they offer beef ribs every day and impressive jalapeño cream corn.
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May 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
In 12 years as BBQ editor I had no reason to visit Del Rio because nothing happens there on the BBQ front. This year is different. A promising new spot just opened, and the 50+ year old Hot Pit BBQ closed for good. www.texasmonthly.com/bbq/humo-pri...
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Our barbecue editor @bbqsnob.bsky.social visited a Kansas City mall to experience the first museum dedicated to the cuisine in the country.
He thinks it's a good start for such a meaty subject. www.texasmonthly.com/bbq/museum-o...
He thinks it's a good start for such a meaty subject. www.texasmonthly.com/bbq/museum-o...
Ball Pits, Smell Tests, and Ring Toss: Everything You Need to Know About the Museum of BBQ
I visited a Kansas City mall to experience the first museum dedicated to the cuisine in the country, and it's a good start for such a meaty subject.
www.texasmonthly.com
April 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Our barbecue editor @bbqsnob.bsky.social visited a Kansas City mall to experience the first museum dedicated to the cuisine in the country.
He thinks it's a good start for such a meaty subject. www.texasmonthly.com/bbq/museum-o...
He thinks it's a good start for such a meaty subject. www.texasmonthly.com/bbq/museum-o...
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You had to catch Hill Country on a right day, but when you did, it made you remember why Texas barbecue is beloved around the world.
Gift link: wapo.st/4ip2ofV
Gift link: wapo.st/4ip2ofV
Analysis | Hill Country raised the bar for barbecue in D.C. Now it’s closing.
The Penn Quarter meat market that helped spread the gospel of Texas-style barbecue will close March 28.
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March 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
You had to catch Hill Country on a right day, but when you did, it made you remember why Texas barbecue is beloved around the world.
Gift link: wapo.st/4ip2ofV
Gift link: wapo.st/4ip2ofV
Former staff made some serious accusations of diabolical behavior by the owners of AJ’s Pit BBQ in Denver. Reddit post says Jared and Amanda Leonard pocketed tax withholdings, didn’t pay vendors, and are hiding out in Mexico. www.reddit.com/r/denverfood...
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March 1, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Former staff made some serious accusations of diabolical behavior by the owners of AJ’s Pit BBQ in Denver. Reddit post says Jared and Amanda Leonard pocketed tax withholdings, didn’t pay vendors, and are hiding out in Mexico. www.reddit.com/r/denverfood...
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"Two barbecue pits, both alike in dignity
(In fair Lockhart Texas, where we lay our scene),
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil sauce makes civil hands unclean."
excerpt from my adaptation of Romeo & Juliet, the setting moved to the feud between Black's and Terry Black's BBQ
(In fair Lockhart Texas, where we lay our scene),
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil sauce makes civil hands unclean."
excerpt from my adaptation of Romeo & Juliet, the setting moved to the feud between Black's and Terry Black's BBQ
February 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"Two barbecue pits, both alike in dignity
(In fair Lockhart Texas, where we lay our scene),
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil sauce makes civil hands unclean."
excerpt from my adaptation of Romeo & Juliet, the setting moved to the feud between Black's and Terry Black's BBQ
(In fair Lockhart Texas, where we lay our scene),
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil sauce makes civil hands unclean."
excerpt from my adaptation of Romeo & Juliet, the setting moved to the feud between Black's and Terry Black's BBQ
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Check out @bbqsnob.bsky.social and @texasmonthly.bsky.social feature prominently in THEE @newyorker.com. www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
Texas’s Barbecue Schism
As the state becomes more urban, so does its barbecue. So why does a small-town family feud feel so important?
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February 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Check out @bbqsnob.bsky.social and @texasmonthly.bsky.social feature prominently in THEE @newyorker.com. www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
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Went to Goldee's today with the one and only @bbqsnob.bsky.social. One of the best meals I've ever had!
February 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Went to Goldee's today with the one and only @bbqsnob.bsky.social. One of the best meals I've ever had!
The New Yorker takes on the current state of TX BBQ, and @rachelmonroe.bsky.social gets it right. www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
Texas’s Barbecue Schism
As the state becomes more urban, so does its barbecue. So why does a small-town family feud feel so important?
www.newyorker.com
February 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The New Yorker takes on the current state of TX BBQ, and @rachelmonroe.bsky.social gets it right. www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
To find his favorite smoked brisket, Joshua Weissman travelled all over Texas using @texasmonthly.bsky.social as his guide. youtu.be/X8SIKtStUVM?...
I Tried The #1 BBQ In Texas
YouTube video by Joshua Weissman
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February 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
To find his favorite smoked brisket, Joshua Weissman travelled all over Texas using @texasmonthly.bsky.social as his guide. youtu.be/X8SIKtStUVM?...
Edge Craft BBQ in OKC is on my list of the best Texas-style BBQ joints in America. The owner was keeping tip money. They’ve now settled with the DOL for $66K in back wages to employees. kfor.com/news/local/l...
Local BBQ restaurant accused of keeping $66K from its own employees
A popular barbecue restaurant in Oklahoma City is accused of keeping thousands of dollars from its own employees.
kfor.com
January 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Edge Craft BBQ in OKC is on my list of the best Texas-style BBQ joints in America. The owner was keeping tip money. They’ve now settled with the DOL for $66K in back wages to employees. kfor.com/news/local/l...
My 21 favorite bites of BBQ in Texas (at BBQ joints not in the Top 50). www.texasmonthly.com/bbq/best-tex...
My Favorite Texas Barbecue Bites of 2024
I traveled far and wide for Texas barbecue this year, and these are the 21 homegrown dishes that really impressed me.
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December 27, 2024 at 3:02 PM
My 21 favorite bites of BBQ in Texas (at BBQ joints not in the Top 50). www.texasmonthly.com/bbq/best-tex...
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I can’t wait to join the food team of @kimyanattalie.bsky.social, @bbqsnob.bsky.social, and @tacotrail.bsky.social. Giddy-up y’all, this is gonna be fun.
December 20, 2024 at 6:45 PM
I can’t wait to join the food team of @kimyanattalie.bsky.social, @bbqsnob.bsky.social, and @tacotrail.bsky.social. Giddy-up y’all, this is gonna be fun.
City Meat Market in Giddings getting some love on @collegegameday.bsky.social
November 30, 2024 at 4:02 PM
City Meat Market in Giddings getting some love on @collegegameday.bsky.social
The bathroom wallpaper at Wright’s BBQ and Tacos in Longview.
November 15, 2024 at 11:02 PM
The bathroom wallpaper at Wright’s BBQ and Tacos in Longview.
Javier Sanchez of Chief Firewood supplies post oak to 3 of the 4 BBQ joints in TX that received a Michelin star. His father Joel “Chief” Sanchez started the company in 1990.
Way before a piece of meat is laid in a smoker, there's a lot of work done to source, cut, and deliver wood. @bbqsnob.bsky.social talked to one such company. www.texasmonthly.com/bbq/chief-fi...
Meet the Man Who Supplies Wood to Your Favorite Texas Barbecue Joints
Javier Sanchez and his family business, Chief Firewood, have carved out a niche in the barbecue world by delivering split post oak to the likes of Franklin Barbecue, in Austin, and Truth Barbeque, in ...
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November 15, 2024 at 10:52 PM
Javier Sanchez of Chief Firewood supplies post oak to 3 of the 4 BBQ joints in TX that received a Michelin star. His father Joel “Chief” Sanchez started the company in 1990.
The barbecue down in southeast Texas is so great now. Mout’s Barbeque in Winnie, Charlie’s Bar-B-Que and 1701 BBQ in Beaumont, and Redbird BBQ in Port Neches make the area one heck of a BBQ destination.
November 15, 2024 at 10:51 PM
The barbecue down in southeast Texas is so great now. Mout’s Barbeque in Winnie, Charlie’s Bar-B-Que and 1701 BBQ in Beaumont, and Redbird BBQ in Port Neches make the area one heck of a BBQ destination.
There are now 4 BBQ joints in the world with a Michelin star, and they’re all in Texas. www.texasmonthly.com/bbq/texas-ba...
Four Texas Barbecue Joints Now Have Michelin Stars
Michelin's first Texas guide proves that barbecue has attained new level of respect from the world's most discerning diners.
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November 14, 2024 at 2:30 PM
There are now 4 BBQ joints in the world with a Michelin star, and they’re all in Texas. www.texasmonthly.com/bbq/texas-ba...