Bodacious Gladewater (Gladewater, Texas) – Beef tenderloin and pork steaks with a red grape jalapeño relish
Brett’s Backyard Bar-B-Que (Rockdale, Texas) – Pork steak on a fried tortilla with a pineapple pico de gallo, brisket, ribs with a peach bourbon glaze, and pico de gallo sausage
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| Brett Boren pulling sausage |
Dayne’s Craft Barbecue (Forth Worth, Texas) – Pork belly tacos, beef ribs, brisket, cheesy sausage, and berry gouda sausage
Evie Mae’s Barbecue (Lubbock, Texas) – Smoked ribeye, brisket, and green chile cheese sausage
Goldee’s Barbecue (Fort Worth, Texas) – Brisket and hot guts with homemade bread and pickles
Guess Family Barbecue (Waco, Texas) – Oysters Oaxacafeller and 44 Farms Beef cheek barbacoa tostada
Helberg Barbecue (Waco, Texas) – Smoked Longanisa with crawfish pimento cheese and pork steak with chimichurri taco
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| Phillip Helberg |
HonkyTonk Kid BBQ (Waco, Texas) – El Oso (pretzel bun, pulled pork, cream corn, mozzarella and mole sauce), brisket, pork belly and sausage
Rossler’s BLUE CORD Barbecue (Killeen, Texas) – Brisket burger slider, tri-tip tacos, and spiced banana pudding
Schmidt Family Barbecue (Lake Travis, Texas) – Brisket, cream corn, and banana pudding
I was too busy eating and taking pictures of BBQ that I forgot to partake in the beer tastings. Doh! All is good because it is a two hour drive home from Waco. The Texas summer announced its arrival at Pints in the Park. The event was hot and humid, but luckily there was plenty of shade. This was my last BBQ festival for the season, and it was closed out in a strong way. All of the barbecue joints brought their game, and there was plenty of unique and different dishes. I will close out this festival season with Hot Luck this weekend.
Until next time, happy smoking…
