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TM BBQ Fest 2024: Early Bird Ticket Information
Everything you need to know to get early access to TM BBQ Fest tickets.
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June 2024 Pit Perks
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May 2024 Pit Perks
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April 2024 Pit Perks
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March 2024 Pit Perks
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February 2024 Pit Perks
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Dates Announced for the Fifteenth Annual TM BBQ Fest
Mark your calendars for the first weekend in November!
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January 2024 Pit Perks
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December 2023 Pit Perks
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Thanksgiving Printable Placemats + Cards
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November 2023 Pit Perks
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September 2023 Pit Perks
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August 2023 Pit Perks
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Phone Wallpapers
Let that BBQ Freak flag fly on your lock screen!
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Sample BBQ Score Sheet
Rate your 'cue like Daniel Vaughn and the pros.
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July 2023 Pit Perks
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TM BBQ Fest 2023: Early Bird Ticket Information
(Updated!) Everything you need to know to get early access to TM BBQ Fest tickets.
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June 2023 Pit Perks
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May 2023 Pit Perks
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April 2023 Pit Perks
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March 2023 Pit Perks
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February 2023 Pit Perks
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January 2023 Pit Perks
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BBQ Bites: Daniel Vaughn and José Ralat at Vaqueros Texas Bar-B-Q
This video is video is part of BBQ Bites, a series that highlights high-quality Texas barbecue, available exclusively to TM BBQ Club members. Barbecue editor Daniel Vaughn and taco editor José R. Ralat pay a visit to Vaqueros Texas Bar-B-Q—a white-and-black trailer at Hop & Sting Brewing—to enjoy some
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’Cue Course: Beef Ribs 101 with the Masters at Goldee’s Barbecue
If you plan to impress your guests with a showstopping smoked meat, Daniel Vaughn suggests you learn to make beef ribs—the Goldee’s way.
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Burning Questions With Pinkerton’s Barbecue
What does it look like to build a barbecue empire from the ground up? Ask Grant Pinkerton.
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’Cue Course: How to Make the Three Week Pork Chop Special from Slow Bone BBQ
This video is part of ’Cue Course, a series that highlights barbecue tips and techniques available exclusively to TM BBQ Club members. The legendary pork chop special at Slow Bone BBQ is only available on Sundays and Mondays, but it’s well worth the wait. Jeffery Hobbs’ intricate process takes
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Burning Questions With Brett’s Backyard Bar-B-Que
Ever had top fifty barbecue from a mayoral candidate? Now's your chance.
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Burning Questions With Zavala’s Barbecue
Joe Zavala is a living, breathing example of what it looks like to love your job.
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Burning Questions With 1701 Barbecue
It was never a question whether Blue Broussard would serve his Beaumont community, but his passion for barbecue led him down an unexpected path.
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Burning Questions With Killen’s Barbecue
This article is part of a series that spotlights Texas pitmasters in their own words, available exclusively to TM BBQ Club members. Ronnie Killen was born to be a restaurateur, but the passion it takes to make a name in Texas barbecue isn’t something that can be taught in culinary
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’Cue Course: Fletch and Alfredo Make Sandwiches at Roegels Barbecue Co.
Russell Roegels may claim to be stuck in his ways, but he also believes that when it comes to Texas barbecue, "If you quit learnin', you're dyin'."
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How to Taste-test Like an Editor: Pro Tips from Daniel Vaughn and Patrica Sharpe
In the new series BBQ Bites, Texas Monthly food experts take us behind the scenes of the Top 50 tasting process.
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Burning Questions With Brick Vault Brewery and Barbecue
For Phillip Moellering, barbecue means family, hard work, and basic instinct.
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Burning Questions With 2M Smokehouse
The difference between a good pitmaster and a great one is the burning passion to improve and evolve—and Esaul Ramos Jr. is on fire.
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Burning Questions With Smokey John’s Bar-B-Que and Home Cooking
This article is part of a series that spotlights Texas pitmasters in their own words, available exclusively to TM BBQ Club members. Family has always been at the center of Smokey John’s, and keeping their father’s memory alive through food and service comes naturally to Juan and Brent Reaves. As
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Burning Questions With Goldee’s Barbecue
This article is part of a series that spotlights Texas pitmasters in their own words, available exclusively to TM BBQ Club members. Dylan Taylor, Lane Milne, Jalen Heard, Nupohn Inthanousay, and Jonny White—the five pitmasters behind Goldee’s Barbecue—finally opened up shop in Fort Worth just a few weeks before
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Burning Questions With Brotherton’s Black Iron Barbecue
John Brotherton wants to "punch you in the mouth with flavor" at his Pflugerville joint.
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Burning Questions With Hurtado Barbecue
This article is part of a series that spotlights Texas pitmasters in their own words, available exclusively to TM BBQ Club members. After making a name for himself hosting pop-up events, Brandon Hurtado finally opened his brick-and-mortar in February 2020. Hurtado Barbecue drew two hundred
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Burning Questions With Moreno Barbecue
Bo Moreno didn't open his own joint until 2019, but he has brisket, fajitas, chicken, tripas, and wild hog in his blood.
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Burning Questions With Desert Oak Barbecue
Richard Funk was bitten by the barbecue bug later than some, but that itch isn't going away anytime soon.
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’Cue Course: How to Make Smoked Beef Tallow Tortillas at Flores Barbecue
The secret ingredient in Flores Tortillas is all too familiar to Texas pitmasters.
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Burning Questions With LaVaca BBQ
Lupe Nevarez made barbecue the family business, but his heir has some big plans herself.
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Burning Questions With Ray’s BBQ Shack
This article is part of a series that spotlights Texas pitmasters in their own words, available exclusively to TM BBQ Club members. Ray Busch’s barbecue obsession, coupled with his Houston pride, makes Ray’s BBQ Shack the go-to joint for traditional H-Town barbecue.Tell me about the first person who taught
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Burning Questions With Smokey Joe’s BB-Q
This article is part of a series that spotlights Texas pitmasters in their own words, available exclusively to TM BBQ Club members. Kris Manning of Smokey Joe’s BB-Q in Dallas is no less than barbecue-obsessed. Ever since he was a kid, he’s been trying to emulate the top-notch ’cue
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Burning Questions With Fargo’s Pit BBQ
This article is part of a series that spotlights Texas pitmasters in their own words, available exclusively to TM BBQ Club members. Fargo’s Pit BBQ first entered the Texas Monthly barbecue scene back in 2013, when pitmaster Alan Caldwell first showed us his straight-shooting character in an interview
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Burning Questions With Evie Mae’s Pit Barbecue
This article is part of a series that spotlights Texas pitmasters in their own words, available exclusively to TM BBQ Club members. After selling their family landscaping business in Tucson, Mallory and Arnis Robbins moved to Texas with no plans to make a name for themselves in Texas barbecue. But
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’Cue Course: Cold-Smoked, Dry-aged Ribeyes at Thorndale Meat Market
Trey Felton’s ancestors have been cold smoking meat for hundreds of years, but keeping the tradition alive has made Thorndale Meat Market a unicorn in Texas barbecue.
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Burning Questions With Tyler’s Barbeque
Tyler Frazer has been going out of his way for ’cue since fourth grade, and that longtime love of the craft is evident at his welcoming Amarillo joint.
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