Sponsors: Aegis Insurance, Boerne Brand Hot Sauce, Champion Energy, Harris County Precinct 3, Harris County Votes, Kat Creech Events, Pitts & Spitts, Power Home Remodeling, Qwick Staffing, Renewal By Andersen Windows, Ruffino Meats, Saint Arnold Brewing Co, Texas A&M Meat Science, TX Made Supply Co.

Memorabilia

2023 pitmasters

Front, sitting (l-r): Jaime Valencia, Blood Bros. BBQ; Patrick Feges, Feges BBQ. Front row (l-r): Adam Gamez & John Burns, Burns Original BBQ; Mark Mason, Tin Roof BBQ; Savannah Welch, Fire Craft BBQ; Jim Buchanan, Dozier’s BBQ; Wayne Kammerl, The Brisket House; Russell Roegels, Roegels Barbecue Co.; Michelle Holland, Tejas Chocolate & BBQ; Sherice & Steve Garner, Southern Q BBQ. Middle row (l-r): Erik Mrok, Lenox Bar-B-Q; Ronnie Webber, Tin Roof BBQ; Eudel Hernandez & Ruben Angel, Pizzitola’s Bar-B-Cue; David Welch, Fire Craft BBQ; Ara Malekian, Harlem Road Texas BBQ; Cooper Abercrombie, Bar-A-BBQ; Joseph Quellar, JQ’s Tex Mex BBQ; Greg Gatlin, Gatlin’s BBQ; Scott Moore, Tejas Choclate & BBQ; Maxine Davis, Ray’s BBQ Shack. Back row (l-r): Don Nguyen, Khoi Barbecue; Michael Sambrooks, The Pit Room; Randy Duncan, Daddy Duncan’s BBQ; Arash Kharat, Blood Bros. BBQ; Herb Taylor, Ray’s BBQ Shack; Cory Crawford, Burns Original BBQ; Greg Moore, Tejas Chocolate & BBQ. Photo taken at The Pit Room by Conor Moran.

PHOTO Galleries

Michael Sambrooks of The Pit Room and Michael Fulmer of HOUBBQ

David and Savannah Welch of Fire Craft BBQ

Wayne Kammerl of The Brisket House and Greg Gatlin of Gatlin's BBQ

Ara Malekian and AJ of Harlem Road Texas BBQ

Steve and Sherice Garner of Southern Q BBQ

Photos by conor moran

Bill "Sausage Sensei" Dumas of Brotherton's BBQ

Russell Roegels, Bill Dumas, and Kerry Bexley

Lots of room, lots of seating for guests

The Boerne Brand Hot Sauce team

Scott Moore Jr. of Tejas Chocolate & BBQ

Photos by Robert Lerma

Cindy has been a volunteer since day one of HOUBBQ. Thank you!

Co-Founder JC Reid and longtime HOUBBQ supporter Don O.

Co-Founders J.C. Reid,and Michael Fulmer with J.R. Cohen. Photo by Gabe Ramirez.

Co-Founder JC Reid with Ray's BBQ Shack team: Ray Busch, Maxine Davis, Herb Taylor

A rare sighting of the 2018 HOUBBQ golf towel

Jacqueline from Brett's BBQ Shop taking a concrete nap

Boerne Brand Hot Sauce is a longtime sponsor of HOUBBQ. Thank you!

Jim and Colleen Buchanan of Dozier's BBQ

Russell and Misty Roegels and Kerry Bexley

The Burns Original BBQ team brought the good stuff

The family that grills together stays together.

The Webber family of Tin Roof BBQ. They have participated in every HOUBBQ Festival!

Will Buckman, Wade Elkins, and Brek Webber

Catherine Myers of Boerne Brand Hot Sauce

Ray Riley and Davey Griffin of Texas A&M University

Chile Relleno sausage from Tejas Chocolate & BBQ

Longtime HOUBBQ supporter Frederick Ercia

CorkScrew BBQ served a classic barbecue fold-over

Kerry Bexley of Snow's BBQ helping out at Brotherton's

Always great to have the Cohen family join us!

Another sighting of an original year 1 T-shirt!

The team from The Brisket House. They've participated in every HOUBBQ festival!

John and Veronica Avila of Henderson & Kane

Blue and Rachel Broussard of 1701 Barbecue in Beaumont

Our awesome volunteers Lori and Shelby Mason

Thank you to Ruffino Meats for being a 2023 sponsor!

Will and Nichole Buckman of CorkScrew BBQ

Boerne Brand Hot Sauce is longtime sponsor and supporter of HOUBBQ

Trays of gold (carrot souffle) from Tejas Chocolate & BBQ

Another sighting of an original year one t-shirt!

Longtime HOUBBQ supporter Richard Rienstra

Jimmy Ho being welcomed by Michael Fulmer

Scott Moore, Michelle Holland, Don Nguyen

Our awesome volunteers the Compofelices!

Scott Sandlin, Ara Malekian, Victor Halfon

J.R. Cohen and HOUBBQ sponsor Victor Halfon of Aegis Insurance

Scott Moore Jr and Michelle Holland of Tejas Chocolate & BBQ

Mark Mason, Brek and Ronnie Webber of Tin Roof BBQ

John Brotherton, Kerry Bexley, William Tischina, Ray Riley

Colleen and Jim Buchanan with Robert Lerma

Co-founders J.C. Reid and Michael Fulmer

Photos by J.R. Cohen

Media Coverage

Tejas pulled out the same playbook as last year by offering two mini desserts alongside its meats. The legendary carrot soufflé is regularly on the menu at the Tomball joint, as is the chile relleno beef sausage packed with pepper jack cheese and roasted poblano peppers. This year at the festival, Tejas offered a boozy version of its chocolate panna cotta. Link

“Ten years ago we started this festival to raise the bar and awareness for Houston barbecue,” said J.C. Reid, who co-founded the festival with Michael Fulmer. “Though we’ve come a long way in accomplishing this, Houston barbecue continues to expand and evolve, and we’ll continue to celebrate it this year and in future festivals.” Link

Are you ready for some of the best BBQ in the world? Head north of Houston to Humble for the 2023 Houston Barbeque Festival. Some of the most popular barbecue joints in Southeast Texas will be on hand along with several new and up and coming places will be in attendance.” Link

"The festival was created to highlight Houston barbecue and all the hardworking people who create it. We bring everyone together and you pay one price and you have as much as you want. You can have all the barbecue samples from the places that you like.” - Michael Fulmer Link

"When we started off, we had 11 or 12 barbecue joints and now we are capped at about 28 or 29. The mission of our festival is to highlight the diversity and beauty of what Houston barbecue is and we stay true to our mission." - Michael Fulmer Link

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Absolute blessing to represent Montgomery, TX at this years @HouBBQ festival.

Lots of long days worked after a great week and my team showed up and showed out.

Out here dream chasing and soaking it all in.

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2023 HOUSTON BARBECUE FESTIVAL

HUMBLE CIVIC CENTER

2 APRIL 2023

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