After years of studying the BBQ arts we decided it was time to learn them first hand. Over Labor Day Weekend we assembled the Manic Smoker, bought and seasoned a brisket and stayed up all night smoking it. Here’s how the process went.
Our visit to Schoepf’s was an aberration. We didn’t explore Belton, TX, we sat and took our time, and we didn’t try their brisket. None of that means that we didn’t like what Schoepf’s had to offer.
Smithville, TX attempts to distinguish itself by being the setting for a Sandra Bullock movie. But if someone from Smithville really wants to brag, they should talk about Zimmerhanzel’s BBQ.
Our first joint-inclusion in a juried photo exhibit was showing two Texas Barbecue photos in the New York Photo Festival’s 2012 “Feast Your Eyes” show.
The Texas BBQ landscape changes more often than you might think. Franklin Barbecue, which in 2010 was two trailers and some chairs in a former gas station parking lot, didn’t even exist two years prior.
In The Odyssey, people Odysseus doesn’t know often take care of him on his journey. We’ve met many people like the ancient Greeks. One example: Chris Harry Paskett.
We first visited Snow’s BBQ in Lexington, Texas in 2008, after Texas Monthly ranked them the #1 barbecue place in Texas. They weren’t wrong. We were wowed, and we’ve been back multiple times since that first visit.
