BBQ on the Brazos – Brisket, sausage, and cheesy grits
Black’s Barbecue – Brisket and jalapeño cheese sausage
Bodacious Bar-B-Q – Whole hog gyro and Greek sausage
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| New Bewley hog cooker |
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| Hoodoo Brown BBQ crew in town to help |
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| Pitmaster/owner Jordan Jackson |
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| Bryan Bingham and Ashton Dyer loading the Greek sausage |
Brotherton’s Black Iron Barbecue – NY strip on a loaded potato pancake topped with horseradish crème, and fried onions
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| Pitmaster Alanmykal Jackson with Steven Rossler looking on |
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| Pitmaster Dominic Colbert flipping the loaded potato pancakes |
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| Pitmaster/owner John Brotherton, Jessica Jackson, and Alanmykal Jackson |
CattleAck BBQ – Pastrami
Country Tavern – Brisket and baby backs
Evie Mae’s Barbecue – Brisket, green chile cheese sausage, and ribeye
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| Pitmaster Joseph Rodriguez checking on the ribeyes |
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| Ribeye searing in the coals |
Hutchins BBQ – Brisket, jalapeño cheese sausage, and Twinkies
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| Twinkies – brisket and cream cheese stuffed jalapeños, wrapped in bacon |
Kreuz Market – Original and jalapeño cheese sausage
LeRoy & Lewis – Full beef taco, beef cheek meatball, and ambrosia salad
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| Pitmaster/owner Evan LeRoy and Brad Robinson |
Lockhart Smokehouse – Brisket with peach habanero bacon jam sliders
Louie Mueller Barbecue – Lamb pop
Meat Church – Apple & brown sugar habanero pork belly burnt ends, chicken fried burnt ends, and barbacoa tacos
Micklethwait Craft Meats – Lamb ribs, pork belly, pork shoulder with Asian spices
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| Tom Micklethwait, Lane Milne, and Dylan Taylor |
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| Dylan Taylor and Lane Milne |
Miller’s Smokehouse – Maple-blueberry baby backs and apple pie sausage
Opie’s Barbecue – Brisket, sweet & spicy pork belly, jalapeño cheese sausage, craisin almond salad, and banana pudding
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| One of my favorite banana puddings |
Pinkerton’s Barbecue – Pork belly, crunchy Asian pear slaw, jalapeño cornbread with maple bourbon butter
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| Owner/pitmaster Grant Pinkerton slicing pork belly |
Riverport BBQ – Brisket
Roegels Barbecue Co. – BBQ pork sundae and bourbon banana pudding
Schmidt Family Barbecue – Brisket, poblano cream corn, and banana pudding
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| Bark |
Snow’s BBQ – Brisket tacos
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| Red Dirt mastermind Chase Colston and pitmaster/owner Kerry Bexley |
Stanley’s Famous Pit BBQ – Brisket, jalapeño cheese sausage, and baby backs
Stiles Switch BBQ & Brew – Serrano glazed ribs and smoked wings with an Alabama white sauce
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| Pitmaster Lance Kirkpatrick checking on the ribs |
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| Pitmaster Marco Olgesby shuffling the wings |
Truth BBQ – Pulled pork sliders with brisket
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| Joe Yim and Reid Carson |
Tyler’s Barbeque – Brisket and ribs
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| Pitmaster/owner Tyler Frazer |
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| Tyler Frazer and wife Rachel |
Red Dirt is still my favorite barbecue festival to attend. The weather cooperated, and it was a beautiful day. I ate so much tasty ‘cue. I was uncomfortable on the drive home, but it was so worth it. It was great to see all the fine folks in Texas BBQ. It makes everything I do worth it.
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| John Kulow aka @ATXFoodGuy getting down |
Until next time, happy smoking…
