Ones to Watch: Barbecue Edition Submitted by Lisa Siva Stiles Switch BBQ & Brew 6610 N. Lamar Blvd. JMueller BBQ 1502 S. 1st St. Live Oak Barbecue 2713 E. 2nd St. Double Trouble BBQ 5300 S. Congress

  Lockhart barbecue family buries the hatchet with new restaurant near Austin Addie Broyles, Relish Austin  

    from the Dallas Morning News     Southlake man raring to pit his barbecue pits against the best by Cheryl Hall (click to view article on the DMN website)

Yup.  That describes us pretty well! The world of Texas barbecue is vast, populated with thousands of barbecue enterprises big and small – from venerable temples of ‘cue that command national attention to unsung mom-and-pop joints that are known only to townies. And it’s this enormous breadth of smoky landscape that the passionate disciples of… Continue reading Houston Chronicle: The great state of barbecue

Barbecue navigates the twin perils of mass appeal and nostalgia IT IS a noun, not a verb. You do not barbecue meat; you smoke it until it becomes barbecue. And it is not a meal so much as a meditative process, perched somewhere between science and art, dependent on reserves of judgment. The science lies… Continue reading Fire in the Hole – The Economist

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http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/mo/entries/2010/06/28/jrs_corner_barbque_is_from_the.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_mo This place is 3 blocks from my old house and 10 from my new one. Went there today. Sausage was superb. Brisket above average. Ribs average – probably because he re-warms them (see comment in story). I actually had a conversation with the owner several months back while he was renovating. Definitely the kind… Continue reading More Austin Q News – JR’s Corner Bar-B-Que is from the old school