Tales from the pits, a Texas BBQ podcast featuring trendsetters, leaders, and icons from the barbecue industry

Jan 26 2025 199 ep. 41 mins 280
Tales from the pits, a Texas BBQ podcast featuring trendsetters, leaders, and icons from the barbecue industry artwork

A Texas BBQ podcast highlighting the food, personalities, and traditions of the Lone Star State's smoked meats.

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For the Love of Meat Documentary

Jan 26 2025 27 mins  
Click for tickets! In the summer of 2010 Jeff Jones, Matthew Wallis, Matthew Johnson and Brandon Gonzales set out to make a documentary titled For the Love of Meat about Texas barbecue. Little did they know what an incredible time capsule it would become to film some of the top pitmasters of that time such as Joe Capello, Roy Perez, John Fullilove, Tootsie Tomanetz and others. Ad

2024 Year in review

Dec 30 2024 40 mins  
We reflect on our year of food and travel from 2024 as well as memorable moments from ten years of BBQ road tripping together

LaVaca BBQ

Dec 16 2024 63 mins  
The Nevarez family recently celebrated five years of their business, LaVaca BBQ. This family owned restaurants helmed by parents Lupe and Christine and daughter Kelli produces a large menu of high quality options in a region of Texas that was lacking in modern options. With standout items such as their smoked tamales and an impressive roster of desserts, LaVaca BBQ should be on you

Awards, Reviews, and Lists - Oh My!

Dec 08 2024 40 mins  
The spotlight on Texas BBQ has never been brighter, and 2025 will bring the newest edition of the Texas Monthly Top 50 list. Our thoughts on the recent Michelin news, the upcoming new Texas Monthly BBQ list, and more.

Cole Parkman, Kasey Durham, and old school barbecue

Dec 02 2024 47 mins  
One of the many great aspects of the newly minted Michelin starred restaurant LeRoy and Lewis is Evan and Sawyer’s cultivation of a strong team. That is no more apparent than with staff members Cole Parkman and Kasey Durham.Cole and Kasey might work in one of the most innovative BBQ places, but their passion for classic Texas barbecue runs deep. We caught up with them on the eve

10 /question Challenge

Sep 16 2024 92 mins  
In this episode we do something we’ve never done: interview each other. We chose ten random questions to ask one another with neither of us having any indication as to what the questions would be before recording. This is a fun one that goes off on some tangents and includes a challenge we hope Daniel Vaughn takes us up on!

Does BBQ still excite us? A discussion on our BBQ journey

Jul 28 2024 42 mins  
We’ve been asked what excites us to keep exploring barbecue after all these years. It’s not a simple question to answer because it’s evolved during our over decade long obsessions with barbecue. In this episode we go a bit down the rabbit hole of trying to explain what originally excited us, what interests us today, and how that has changed throughout our journey.

Grasslands Barbecue

Jun 02 2024 57 mins  
There may be no more majestic setting to cook barbecue than along the Columbia River Gorge in Hood River, Oregon. It is here that Brendon, Drew and Sam put down roots for their business, Grasslands Barbecue. Serving up superb smoked meats and seasonal scratch made sides, this trio is producing some of the best Texas influenced barbecue you’re likely to find not just outside of th

Redbird BBQ

May 19 2024 59 mins  
Amir Jalali started his barbecue career learning the business and operational aspects at the great Feges BBQ, struck up a friendship which turned into a job at the phenomenal Goldee’s Bar-B-Q, and eventually opened his own place back in his hometown of Port Neches, Texas.With a menu of expertly smoked proteins and scratch made sides and desserts, Redbird BBQ is off to a roaring s

Sabar BBQ

Apr 15 2024 47 mins  
Zain Shafi turned a curiosity into a passion and eventually a business in Sabar BBQ. Zain blends together the Pakistani flavors he grew up with alongside the familiar Texas barbecue staples. With seasonal, flavorful sides and well cooked proteins, Sabar is a great addition to the stellar Fort Worth barbecue scene.Instagram: sabarbbqOpen Saturdays 11a-3p (or sold out) 194 Bryan Aven