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2017 HOUSTON BARBECUE FESTIVAL

NRG Park - Green Lot

9 April 2017

2017 Houston Barbecue Festival

2017 Participants

Blake’s BBQ & Burgers

Blood Bros BBQ

The Brisket House

Brooks’ Place BBQ

CorkScrew BBQ

El Burro & the Bull

Fainmous BBQ

Feges BBQ

Gatlin’s BBQ

Gerardo’s

Harlem Rd Texas BBQ

Killen’s Barbecue

Lenox Bar-B-Q

Louie Mueller Barbecue

Pappa Charlies Barbeque

Pinkerton’s Barbecue

The Pit Room

Pizzitola’s Bar-B-Cue

Ray’s BBQ Shack

Roegels Barbecue Co.

Southern Q

Southside Market & BBQ

Spring Creek Barbeque

Tejas Chocolate & BBQ

Tin Roof BBQ

Number of guests: 2400

Band: John Egan

Sponsors: Kat Creech Events,  Indian Motorcycles, Pitts & Spitts, Ruffino Meats, PV Rentals, Saint Arnold Brewing Co, Vita-Living, 1934 Barbecue Sauce, Green Mountain Energy

Memorabilia

2017 pitmasters

2017 HOUBBQ Festival Pitmasters

This year we took pictures in groups so there’s no single pitmaster photo. Here are two photos with many of the 2017 HOUBBQ Festival pitmasters. Top photo (l-r): Josh Scott, Pizzitola’s Bar-B-Cue; Veronica Avila, El Burro & the Bull; Grant Pinkerton & Sarah McQuillan, Pinkerton’s Barbecue; Sherice Garner, Southern Q; Wayne Kammerl, The Brisket House; Bramwell Tripp, The Pit Room; Brek Webber, Tin Roof BBQ.  Bottom photo, back row (l-r): Josh Scott, Pizzitola’s Bar-B-Cue; Wes Jurena, Pappa Charlies Barbeque; Russell Roegels, Roegels Barbecue Co;  Thomas Rios, Feges BBQ; Bramwell Tripp, The Pit Room; Michael Sambrooks, The Pit Room. Front row (l-r): Steve Garner, Southern Q; Jerry Pizzitola, Pizzitola’s Bar-B-Cue; Matt Favor, Feges BBQ; Don Blake, Blake’s BBQ & Burgers; Quy Hoang, Blood Bros. BBQ; Terry Wong & daughter, Blood Bros. BBQ; Robin Wong & son, Blood Bros. BBQ. Not shown: Trent Brooks, Brooks’ Place BBQ; Will Buckman, CorkScrew BBQ; Jamie Fain, Fainmous BBQ; Greg Gatlin, Gatlin’s BBQ;  Jose Luis Lopez, Gerardo’s Drive-in; Ara Malekian, Harlem Road BBQ; Ronnie Killen, Killen’s Barbecue; Erik Mrok, Lenox Bar-B-Q; Wayne Mueller, Louie Mueller Barbecue; Ray Busch, Ray’s BBQ Shack; Bryan Bracewell, Southside Market & BBQ; Ellis Dyson, Spring Creek Barbeque; Scott & Greg Moore, Tejas Chocolate & BBQ. Photos taken at Gatlin’s BBQ by J.R. Cohen.

PHOTO Galleries

Credit: Robert Lerma (top) & J.R. Cohen (bottom)

Media Coverage

Their clothes smelled like smoke and maybe sported some stains and greasy splotches. Their fingers glistened from many stabs into meat plumped with rendered fat. And their stomachs may have cried uncle. But those who attended the fifth annual Houston Barbecue Festival enjoyed the city's premier showcase for the glories of H-town barbecue. Link
Jody Schmal
Jody SchmalHouston Chronicle
Chris and Michael are the event founders, and thanks for always inviting us each year and allowing us to interact with barbecue specialists and enthusiasts from around the Houston area. Your passion for shedding the spotlight on these great barbecue endeavors is making a difference throughout the southeast Texas area. Link
Jeff Savell
Jeff SavellTexas A&M
There was a lot of good food this year. In fact I think it was the best year yet. The improvement in the Houston BBQ scene over the five years this festival has been going is nothing short of amazing. I think this fest should get some of the credit for that. Link
Don O.
Don O.Don O.'s Texas BBQ Blog
Where barbecue is concerned it's never a bad thing to plan early. Today the organizers of the Houston Barbecue Festival have announced the date for the 2017 smoked meat extravaganza: Sunday, April 9 at NRG Park. The festival also is offering a holiday gift with discounted admission for advance tickets to Houston's biggest barbecue event. Link
Greg Morago
Greg MoragoHouston Chronicle
It was the perfect Sunday for some finger lickin'. The saucy day was complete with 25 different Texas barbecue joints. Twenty-three of them were local H-town favorites including CorkScrew BBQ, Pizzitola's Bar-B-Cue, and many more! And of course, sampling was unlimited because everything is bigger in Texas. Link
Nicole Eldridge
Nicole EldridgeCW39
Congrats to the organizers of the Houston BBQ Festival on another sold-out show. Louie Mueller was my own personal money shot. That’s some Texas beef rib right there, folks, let me tell you. BBQ on a croissant, it’s what’s for breakfast in Houston. Great show! Link
Jeremy Parzen
Jeremy ParzenDobianchi
When the smoke clears at NRG Park on Sunday more than two thousand barbecue fans will head home with shiny faces, greasy fingers, and maybe a slight case of meat sweats. And they will have said goodbye to another year where Houston can rightfully claim itself as one of barbecue nation's most influential capitals. The Houston Barbecue Festival had something to do with that. Link
Greg Morago
Greg MoragoHouston Chronicle
The Houston Barbecue Festival, which will mark its fifth anniversary on April 9 at NRG Park, was conceived in 2013 as a way to promote the growing reputation of the Houston barbecue scene. Co-founders J.C. "Chris" Reid and Michael Fulmer began the festival to showcase the city's unique barbecue traditions that are larded with Mexican-American, African-American, Creole and Cajun foodways. Link
Greg Morago
Greg MoragoHouston Chronicle
I felt like some of the places were trying to one up each other with their BBQ offerings. It is a win-win for all of us when this happens. The event is a great way to showcase the best of the Houston barbecue scene. Hopefully I will be back every year. It is one of those events that I do not want to miss. Link
Jimmy Ho
Jimmy HoThe Smoking Ho
I had a great time and the crowd appeared to as well, trays were loaded deep with pounds of samples. Lines grew during the general admission time and the entire event was over in a flash, leaving daydreams of exotic meats and smoky memories until next year. Link
Bryan Norton
Bryan NortonTexas BBQ Treasure Hunt
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