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Hot dogs are finding a home on Texas barbecue-joint menus

March 18, 2025 No Comments

Hot dogs are finding a home on Texas barbecue-joint menus. Barbecue menus are expanding with new items, including tacos, burgers, fried chicken and enchiladas. More recently, another culinary staple is popping up: hot dogs. Of course, hot dogs are ubiquitous in any city’s restaurant landscape. Houstonians of all ages can recall their first visit to James Coney Island, or JCI Grill as it is now called. A visit to New York City isn’t complete without a trip to a hot dog stand, where the classic boiled hot dog covered in yellow mustard and sauerkraut will set you back about seven bucks when you throw in a can of soda. Heading

Why the Caesar salad is a perfect match for Texas barbecue

March 4, 2025 No Comments

Why the Caesar salad is a perfect match for Texas barbecue. Who goes to a barbecue joint to eat a salad? Apparently, quite a few people. Salads continue to make inroads on expanded barbecue joint menus, with one in particular taking a leading role: the Caesar salad. Why does a Caesar make the most sense? It comes down to guest expectations and the flavors associated with smoked meats in Texas. The Caesar salad, like gumbo and cornbread, has reached that elite level of American culinary lore — everyone has an opinion about the best version and recipe. Croutons or toast? Chopped or whole leaves of Romaine lettuce? However, unlike other

Announcing the 2025 Houston Barbecue Festival

February 25, 2025 No Comments

Get ready, barbecue lovers! On April 6th, the Houston Barbecue Festival is back, celebrating 12 years of smoky, mouthwatering tradition. This annual event showcases the passion, dedication, and craft of Houston’s top pitmasters, drawing fans from near and far for an unforgettable culinary experience. This year’s festival is literally star-studded. Seven participating barbecue joints recently received recognition from the Michelin Guide, including the rare and prestigious one-star award granted to CorkScrew BBQ in Spring. That’s not all – Houston’s barbecue scene continues to shine with numerous additional accolades, from Texas Monthly’s Top 50 list to the Houston Chronicle’s Top 100 rankings.

The evolution of the Texas barbecue beef rib

February 22, 2025 No Comments

The evolution of the Texas barbecue beef rib. In the beginning, there were beef back ribs. In 2010, I was on a pilgrimage to the legendary Salt Lick BBQ near Austin and sat down at an expansive picnic table to order most of the menu. All the usual suspects were on offer: brisket, pork ribs, chicken, turkey and exemplary Hill Country-inspired, German/Czech-style sausage. The menu also featured a relatively unknown item listed as a “beef ribs.” I ordered a batch and a thin slab of beef and bones covered in a mustard-vinegar sauce arrived. They were messy to eat and the effort-to-reward ratio was minimal — I really had to

BBQ shrimp isn’t really barbecue, but it is delicious and worth the try

February 6, 2025 No Comments

BBQ shrimp isn’t really barbecue, but it is delicious and worth the try. The Gulf Coast has a long tradition of creatively naming dishes when it comes to using the term “barbecue,” especially when it comes to seafood. If we are sticklers for nomenclature (and Texans definitely are), “barbecue” is defined as cooking and flavoring meat with heat and smoke, using an appliance (smoker) in which the fire is on the side (offset) of the cooking chamber. To be sure, other countries and cultures are not so exacting when it comes to this term. “Barbecues” around the world — think Australia — refer to direct-heat cooking, where the meat is

How Houston’s Frenchtown gave rise to the ‘Barbecue Ward’

January 22, 2025 No Comments

How Houston’s Frenchtown gave rise to the ‘Barbecue Ward’. Driving through Fifth Ward — the area northeast of downtown that’s known by its residents as “The Nickel” — you can’t avoid the railroad tracks. Today, the Union Pacific tracks slash diagonally though the neighborhood exactly as they did in the 1862, when they were laid as the Texas and New Orleans Railroad. The Southern Pacific Railroad would eventually take over the route, and the Union Pacific after that. By 1880, the full route between Houston and New Orleans was complete, and many of Houston’s most important cultural traditions began to flow west from southwest Louisiana into Southeast Texas. This flow

HOUBBQ News & Info

Hot dogs are finding a home on Texas barbecue-joint menus

Why the Caesar salad is a perfect match for Texas barbecue

Announcing the 2025 Houston Barbecue Festival

The evolution of the Texas barbecue beef rib

BBQ shrimp isn’t really barbecue, but it is delicious and worth the try

How Houston’s Frenchtown gave rise to the ‘Barbecue Ward’

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