Fire & Smoke

Texas Monthly

4.3 (52)
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A Texas Monthly podcast highlighting the best barbecue in the world, hosted by barbecue editor Daniel Vaughn.

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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52 Ratings

A must listen to any keen BBQ fan

07/26/2018

Rtufton

Wonderful little bite size podcast bringing you an insight into the Texas BBQ scene. Well done Daniel!
Tootsie!

06/04/2018

Bigabe

A masterpiece!! Congratulations Texas Monthly and Mr Vaughn. I loved the story telling and the excerpts from Tootsie. I felt like I was along for the ride. It was very touching. Thank You, looking forward to many more!!
The Real Deal

06/02/2018

Tongatim

Texas Monthly is the curator of the world's best barbecue. Daniel Vaughn is The Monthly's gift to the BBQ world. Few people are as knowledgeable, traveled, and experienced in this great genre of our national cuisine. He has eaten enough barbecue for an entire Texas high school stadium on a Friday night...and that's just in one month. Already an excellent writer, it also turns out he's got a pretty decent voice and interview style. Interviewing Tootsie Tomanetz was an appropriate first edition, and very enjoyable. Can't wait for what's to come.
Set The Bar Too High

05/29/2018

Green Monstahs

Just listened to first episode of Fire and Smoke podcast and you’ve set the bar too high featuring Ms. Tootsie Tomanetz. Great debut episode, I’m hooked.