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The Texas BBQ Posse is a group of writers, photographers & BBQ hardcores. We love to travel and discover new places to eat the best in Texas barbecue. Let the meat speak for itself!
Texas BBQ Posse
3y ago
Mark Gabrick holds a bottle of his Texas Tang BBQ sauce (Photo courtesy of Mark Gabrick)
Ready for some upbeat news in these troubled times?
Here’s some.
About two-thirds of H-E-B’s 300 or so Texas grocery stores will begin selling Mark Gabrick’s line of sauces on Jan. 18.
“I’m so excited, Gabrick said in a recent interview. “A little nervous, but excited!”
Later, he added: “Will I be successful? I don’t know. I hope people like it. I’m thinking the situation with H-E-B was luck.”
Luck or not, the journey has been a long one. When the Covid virus pandemic began in earnest early last year, Gabr ..read more
Texas BBQ Posse
4y ago
Austin pitmaster Mark Gabrick’s new BBQ sauce “Texas Tang.” Photo ©Gary Jacobson/Texas BBQ Posse
First, an admission. Mark Gabrick is a friend. He has accompanied the Posse on some of its smoked meat sojourns. He’s good company and he knows barbecue.
Gabrick also operated a food trailer in Austin until the Coronavirus Pandemic shut everything down in March.
Now, with his regular business closed, he is making and selling barbecue sauce. His first offering: Texas Tang.
We sampled some during a rib cook on July 4 and it got strong positive reviews from four Posse regulars. Keep in mind, these are ..read more
Texas BBQ Posse
4y ago
Customers arrive at Ridgewood Barbecue in Bluff City, Tennessee. Photo ©Sherry Jacobson/Texas BBQ Posse)In Bullock’s Hollow, there are culinary secrets galore.
Amid the Appalachian Mountains of Eastern Tennessee, you’ll find Ridgewood Barbecue. It opened in 1948 and still attracts a full house of customers, even on a recent Friday not long before New Year’s. That’s when Sherry and I visited with friends Phillip and Trish Townsend, who live an hour or so away in North Carolina.
The secrets?
Start with the recipe for the tomato-based sweet and sour barbecue sauce, which goes on much o ..read more
Texas BBQ Posse
4y ago
Phillip Townsend shows off his tray of smoked meats at Franklin Barbecue in Austin, one of the highlights of his four-day Texas BBQ trip. (Photo ©Trish Townsend)By Phillip Townsend Special to the Texas BBQ Posse
The North Carolina barbecue tradition runs in my veins. Doctors say that might account for my triglycerides, but that’s another story for another day.
As a kid, I grew up helping my dad raise, butcher, and cook hogs on our small farm. Through my teen and college years, I eagerly embraced every opportunity to sample good barbecue — the Eastern N.C. style of my youth (whole hog, ch ..read more
Texas BBQ Posse
4y ago
Snow’s BBQ pitmaster Tootsie Tomanetz works the smokers during the Posse’s 10th anniversary trip. (Photo ©Tom Fox/Texas BBQ Posse)Anniversaries are often times of reflection. So it was for the Posse on Saturday when we visited Snow’s BBQ and Louie Mueller Barbecue 10 years after our very first trip to these Central Texas meccas of smoked meat.
In many ways nothing has changed. The food was still terrific. Snow’s brisket remains among the best around and my first bite of the beef rib at Louie Mueller’s was the best mouthful of barbecue I’ve eaten in a long, long time. Posse member Mike Gagne ..read more
Texas BBQ Posse
4y ago
Paul Wise, left, and David Phelps unload half a pig from the pit at Buxton Hall Barbecue in Asheville, N.C. (Photo ©Gary Jacobson/Texas BBQ Posse)Make no mistake. I’m partial to Texas style barbecue. Nothing compares.
But when in Rome, or in this case Asheville, N.C., it’s O.K. to be venturesome.
We weren’t disappointed. As we walked into Buxton Hall Bar-B-Cue just after 2 p.m. on a recent weekday, we immediately got a glimpse of barbecue as performance art.
Workers lifted half a pig off the pit and put it on a cooling table with the other half.
“As a customer it was weird to se ..read more
Texas BBQ Posse
5y ago
Customers stand in line at the world-famous Franklin Barbecue in Austin. (Photo ©Tom Fox)
Others may have their Top 50 or Top 40 lists. Not the Texas BBQ Posse. After years of eating and months of debate, we’re listing our Favorite 41 joints in the state, including a ranking of the Top 10. 2M Smokehouse in San Antonio is No. 1. Of course, there wasn’t universal agreement among Posse members so we’ve included Top 5 lists from others elsewhere in this package.
Austin/San Antonio region
Brotherton’s Black Iron BBQ, Pflugerville: Traditional Texas barbecue and creative sandwiches includin ..read more
Texas BBQ Posse
5y ago
The partial lineup of wines and meats at the Posse’s Smoke, Wine & BBQ shindig. (Photo ©Don Rypka)
When the Posse eats smoked meat, the word “sipping” is usually not in our vocabulary. We prefer to swig, whether it’s beer or Big Red.
But we did change the pace a bit recently with a barbecue and wine tasting shindig that had even Posse co-founder Chris Wilkins sounding like a sommelier.
“This is incredible,” he wrote about a Gamble Family Heart Block Sauvignon Blanc from Napa Valley. “Very smooth, not too dry, full of complex flavors.”
The party, which started at 4 p.m. and was ..read more
Texas BBQ Posse
5y ago
Customers stand in line at the world-famous Franklin Barbecue in Austin. (Photo ©Tom Fox)
Others may have their Top 50 or Top 40 lists. Not the Texas BBQ Posse. After years of eating and months of debate, we’re listing our Favorite 41 joints in the state, including a ranking of the Top 10. 2M Smokehouse in San Antonio is No. 1. Of course, there wasn’t universal agreement among Posse members so we’ve included Top 5 lists from others elsewhere in this package.
Austin/San Antonio region
Brotherton’s Black Iron BBQ, Pflugerville: Traditional Texas barbecue and creative sandwiches including br ..read more