Tales from the pits, a Texas BBQ podcast featuring trendsetters, leaders, and icons from the barbecue industry

When we started this podcast three years ago we had no idea what the show would become or the places it would take us. W... Read more

Andrew and I divulge some of what we've learned as we've cooked for our Doubleback BBQ venture

John Mueller is one of the most controversial men in the barbecue world and he's carved his niche in the industry doing ... Read more

While it has become commonplace in today's Texas BBQ explosion to see carefully sourced proteins, inventive sides, scrat... Read more

Pickles and barbecue have become a strong tradition. Pickling was invented for the same reason meats were salted and smo... Read more

The world, and more recently the United States, has begun to deal with the effects of novel coronavirus (COVID-19). As l... Read more

It's taken us three years of making sausage before we felt like we could truly speak on the art of craft sausage. A numb... Read more

Evan LeRoy's BBQ journey began in the backyard with his dad, took him all the way to New York to cook Texas barbecue, th... Read more

The legacy of BBQ is anchored in tradition and multi-generational families, passing methods down from a time when smokin... Read more

Brett Mckenzie Boren was bitten by the BBQ bug at an early, starting with the competition barbecue world. After years of... Read more

Listen in as we discuss the early days of Truth Barbecue, what is "Central Texas BBQ", status of the Brenham location, a... Read more

Over the last year the name Moberg has burst onto the barbecue scene, but what many don't know is that the man behind th... Read more

We have told a lot of stories about people in the barbecue world and the different paths that have taken them to a caree... Read more

Andrew Soto quietly launched his BBQ joint two years ago but the secret is out - he and family are cranking out great BB... Read more

Dylan Taylor has built up quite the resume at a very young age. After working at highly acclaimed BBQ spots such as Terr... Read more

Chris Magallanes and Ernest Morales are longtime friends who grew up cooking backyard barbecue and eventually foraying i... Read more

Andrew and I make the annual trip out to Franklin BBQ. We interview the first folks who arrived, some of the last people... Read more

Family backyard barbecue memories floated through Esaul's mind while working as a bus driver, calling him into the world... Read more

There’s quite a bit going on in the BBQ world these days with openings and closings and special events happening seeming... Read more

Listen to part one of our episode with Todd David of Cattleack Barbeque to hear about his early days of cooking barbecue... Read more