Fire & Smoke

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Fire & Smoke

A Texas Monthly podcast highlighting the best barbecue in the world, hosted by barbecue editor Daniel Vaughn.

Episodes

  1. New from Texas Monthly: America's Girls

    12/06/2021

    New from Texas Monthly: America's Girls

    The original Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders squad burst onto the field back in 1972—the same year Title IX passed, the same year Deep Throat came out, and a year before Roe v. Wade. Sarah Hepola digs into the untold stories behind the global pop culture phenomenon, from the stripper who allegedly inspired the squad’s creation, to a scandalous Playboy cover shoot that was partly a battle over fair wages, to the ongoing debate about sexuality and women’s bodies in a post-#MeToo world. The result is a vibrant mix of history, cultural criticism, and storytelling, featuring interviews with New Yorker writer Jia Tolentino, award-winning novelist Ben Fountain, Oscar-nominated director Dana Adam Shapiro, local television sports legend Dale Hansen, folk-writing hero Joe Nick Patoski, and a whole bunch of cheerleaders whose names you don’t know yet—but should.

    4 min

  2. 12/21/2018

    La Barbecue is Feminizing Barbecue One Brisket at a Time

    How LeAnn Mueller and Ali Clem - the only wife-and-wife team in Texas - finally brought Austin's la Barbecue indoors, and why Los Angeles doesn't know what it's missing.

    26 min

  3. 12/07/2018

    The Resurgence of Bodacious Bar-B-Q

    The East Texas chain of Bodacious Bar-B-Q joints lost its founder, Roland Lindsey, in September. His son-in-law Jordan Jackson looks to not only carry on the brand's barbecue legacy, but improve it one location at a time.

    10 min

  4. 11/21/2018

    Gobble Gobble

    Sam Greenberg's family has been smoking turkeys the old-fashioned way since 1939 in Tyler, Texas, and he sees no reason to change things at Greenberg Smoked Turkeys.

    13 min

  5. 11/02/2018

    BBQ Fest Preview with Miguel Vidal Talking Tex-Mex BBQ

    Miguel Vidal of Valentina's Tex-Mex BBQ in Austin provides a preview of his dish at the Texas Monthly BBQ Fest, and we discuss how his San Antonio upbringing informs his current Tex-Mex BBQ menu.

    33 min

  6. 10/29/2018

    Plant-Based (Don't Call it Vegan) Brisket

    At Houston's Rice University, there's a little less meat in the dining halls because the chefs have embraced plant-based meat substitutes, including their own version of vegan barbecue brisket.

    9 min

  7. 10/05/2018

    Mad Jack's: A Taste of Lockhart in New Mexico

    Tired of used cars and small town bureaucracy, James Jackson closed his food truck in the barbecue capital of Texas and took his barbecue out of state.

    11 min

  8. 09/14/2018

    Johnny Walker Shares the Lessons of Momma Jean

    At Momma Jean's BBQ in Lampasas, owner and pitmaster Johnny Walker carries on his family's barbecue legacy.

    12 min

  9. 08/29/2018

    Did Lockhart Brisket Earn a Whooping?

    Austin American Statesman food critic, Matthew Odam, defends his recent article questioning the quality of the smoked brisket in Lockhart.

    34 min

  10. 07/20/2018

    Pioneering Pitmaster Etta Randall

    In 1926 Etta Randall, a young black woman from deep East Texas, set off for a lawless boomtown in the Panhandle, where she found unexpected success not in the oil fields but in an old concrete pit.

    10 min

  11. 05/25/2018

    Tootsie Tomanetz, the Snow's Queen

    Barbecue editor and host Daniel Vaughn tells us the story of Tootsie Tomanetz, pitmaster at the famous Snow's BBQ in Lexington, Texas.

    11 min
  • 11 Episodes

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About

A Texas Monthly podcast highlighting the best barbecue in the world, hosted by barbecue editor Daniel Vaughn.

Information

  • Channel
    Texas Monthly
  • Creator
    Texas Monthly
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2021
  • Episodes
    11
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright Texas Monthly
  • Show Website
    Fire & Smoke

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