Barbecuing and Grilling

NPR is Doing a Barbecue Segment Today, and Brisket Help Us If Daniel Vaughn Isn't On it

If you can't get enough of blogger-turned-professional barbecue snob Daniel Vaughn, you might want to tune your radio dial (does anyone still do that?) to KERA 90.1 this afternoon at 1 p.m. The entire second hour of Krys Boyd's Think will be devoted to brisket, ribs, sausages and the endless debate ... More >>

Pecan Lodge and Lockhart Smokehouse Both Appear on Texas Monthly's Barbecue List

The brisket is out of the butcher paper. Texas Monthly posted their latest top 50 barbecue restaurants list and both Pecan Lodge and Lockhart Smokehouse made this year's cut. A look at previous years show just how far Dallas has come in the world of barbecued brisket. A long, long way ... Sonny Br ... More >>

The BBQ Posse is not Impressed with Daniel Vaughn's New Book

Have you read Daniel Vaughn's book, The Prophets of Smoked Meat? You probably have not. The first book released on Anthony Bourdain's Ecco imprint won't be available until May 14. Flimsy, black-and-white, pre-release copies known as galleys of the book went out to various media outlets in March, an ... More >>

3 Stacks Smokehouse Brings Barbecue to Frisco. But Why?

Frisco is an odd place for anything that isn't a strip mall. All those strange brick buildings are meant to give it character, I suppose, but end up making the whole place look like the efforts of a pioneering architect who desires a standardized building, and has had southern European buildings des ... More >>

An Englishman in Lockhart Part 3: Overcoming Meat Sweats to Revel in Kreuz's Brisket

Our Englishman in BBQ Sauce finally made it down to Lockhart, the Vatican City of Texas barbecue, where he and his posse gorged on smoked meat from Black's Barbecue, Smitty's and, as you'll see below, Kreuz Market. He went. He ate. He was conquered by a deep, some say oddly disturbing, love of smoke ... More >>

An Englishman in Lockhart, Part 2: Smitty's BBQ Looks Like Hell, Tastes Like Heaven

Our Englishman in BBQ Sauce finally made it down to Lockhart, the Vatican City of Texas barbecue, where he and his posse gorged on smoked meat from Black's Barbecue (see yesterday's post), Smitty's and, coming tomorrow, Kreuz Market. As soon as the Border Patrol rounds him up, he'll be back in Dalla ... More >>

The Texas BBQ Posse Picks Ten Faves: Pecan Lodge Is Looking Good.

If you spent some quality time with The Dallas Morning News on your couch this Sunday, you likely stumbled upon the BBQ Posse's latest piece, which lists a group of journalists' favorite barbecue places in Texas. And if you saw the map and noticed all of their spots were tightly grouped (at least by ... More >>

Smokey Jack's Free Beer-B-Q

Beer is a lovely word. We can all agree on that. Beer. There it is. If you had to add an adjective in front of such a glorious noun with the aim of improving it further, what would it be? Delicious? Cheap? Gold-plated? What about free?! FREE BEER. That is the maximum possible improvement of the word ... More >>

Angelo's BBQ Is So Good it Should Probably Be Illegal. Then I'll Be the English Jesse James.

I went on a previous trip to Fort Worth where I hit three places in a day, but against everyone's better advice I ignored Angelo's Bar-B-Que, on the wonderfully named White Settlement Road. On Saturday I put that right. Why couldn't they just drop the White from White Settlement Road? Is it crucial ... More >>

An Englishman Visits Fat Cow and Writes About Sex. Someone's Sleeping on the Couch Tonight.

This week, out resident smoke-addicted Englishman Gavin visits Fat Cow BBQ and ends up writing about sex, which we notice is cropping up more and more in his posts. Frankly, we're getting a little concerned about what all this barbecue-love is doing to him psychologically. Luckily, if he ever return ... More >>

This Englishman Knows Memphis BBQ Like He Was Elvis' Kin

This week, our Englishman in BBQ Sauce samples a little Memphis-style barbecue at Red, Hot & Blue in Plano (5017 W. Plano Parkway), which is a littlelike traveling to Glasgow to sample the cuisine of Rome, but please don't tell him that. It's much more fun keeping him in the dark. Before the year is ... More >>

A Caption Fight for a Meat Fight! We Got Tickets to Give Away.

Tickets to Meat Fight, the barbecue competition and fundraiser being hosted by Alice "Cheap Bastard" Laussade at Sons of Hermann Hall in Deep Ellum, are sold out. Never fear, though, because City of Ate has a pair of tickets that will let some lucky duo gorge themselves on delicious dead animal pa ... More >>

Dickey's Would Be OK for Fast-Food BBQ If It Were 75 Percent Cheaper

For every gourmet $20 cheeseburger, there must be a McDonalds. For every independent Mexican restaurant that cooks fresh to order, there must be a Taco Bell. For every $40 steak, there must be ... a really cheap steak. You get the idea. So, barbecue food is popular round these parts. By what I am go ... More >>

Duck Dynasty's Uncle Si Video on Ice Tea and Napping Hard

Disclaimer: This really has nothing to food, other than Uncle Si drinking, talking about and pouring lots of iced tea. And he screams "Fire on the grill!" while cooking (surely a 'Nam thing). But, I love Duck Dynasty and as I anxiously await season two to begin on October 10, I'll try in earnest to ... More >>

An Englishman Reviews the BBQ of Smoke

I feel like I'm not the novice I used to be with these reviews. When I started out I didn't know what brisket was, what heavenly planet barbecue sauce had descended from, why I could just suddenly order meat by the pound now (and why I'd never been able to do this before) and basically where on eart ... More >>

An Englishman Reviews the BBQ of Hard Eight for The English

This is a blog written by a complete barbecue amateur. You see, the thing is, in the UK a barbecue is something you cook a burger on and is largely a celebration of the few and far between days when it's not raining. There's no sauce except tomato, and any beef will be cooked to a crisp. It's a cele ... More >>

Dickey's is Really Proud of its Deal with Sysco

First, a little back story: Dickey's Barbecue Pit has fired off round after round of press release material lately. The company is intoxicated with its expansion at every gas station and mall food court across the land, and its public relations firm mainlines Red Bull in order to make sure we all kn ... More >>

Dickey's Opens Its 200th Mecca of Meat

200th store in Abilene, Texas​Dickey's Barbecue done growed up. The restaurant chain celebrated its seventh decade of existence in October, and now it celebrates another major milestone: its 200th location. While new locations have been popping up across 36 states, this latest opening is a lit ... More >>

Buddy Guy: "If [Clapton] Says That I Am The Greatest Guitar Player Ever, Then Maybe I Am."

Buddy Guy​At 75, guitarist Buddy Guy remains as nimble of a string-bender as he was when his career started over 50 years ago. And what a career it's been: Eric Clapton calls Guy the greatest player ever, and, clearly, Guy has influenced generations of blues guitarists. He still makes gr ... More >>

Some Alternatives to Grilling for My Fellow Apartment Dwellers

Indoor grilling: It ain't the same, but it'll do.​When the warm weather reminds me of barbecues I had with family and friends growing up, I start craving that charred, smoky flavor. But since I can't have an open flame (apartments -- ugh), I started searching for grilling alternatives. Here ... More >>

Tim Love's Pickle...Nah, That's Too Easy...It's Just a Recipe

​In part one of this week's Three Course Meal, we learned about chef Tim Love's inspiration for his Love Shack burger joint, along with a secret, off-menu item he likes to order when he's in the mood for one of his burgers. Tomorrow, we'll give you the lowdown on the new Denton location and ou ... More >>

The Eating Plaza: Positive Portents

​The folksy tunes of The Dallas Family Band moved through the air as the large musical group wound its way through a crowded, vibrant City Hall Plaza, usually a barren, human-repelling concrete landscape interrupted by abstract sculpture and, occasionally, scrawny trees. The mass of people was ... More >>

Lockhart Smokehouse Gets the Important Thing Right- Brisket.

Fast Food, Anyone?

Fish Tacos Swimming in Popularity, Cali-Style

​Fish tacos had a banner year in 2010, but California-style tacos made with beer-battered tilapia and chipotle mayonnaise are still outpacing the grilled fish variety more commonly served in Mexico. According to a survey from industry research firm Technomic, the number of fish tacos on resta ... More >>

Hops to the Stove

Go Oak Cliff Shares Details on Sunday's "Ethical Meat" Barbecue Contest and Festival

​Teams have been practicing and judges (including two City of Ate contributors) are advised to begin fasting as Oak Cliff is about to get smoked out this weekend for the Blues, Bandits & Barbeque street party.The festival takes place outside and inside the Kessler Theater and surrounding neigh ... More >>

Bonus MP3: Mount Righteous -- "Eat Your Wife and Kiss The Barbecue"

The cover for Mount Righteous' new self-titled release... once you unfold it.​At 8 p.m. on Saturday evening, the acoustic non-marching punks in Mount Righteous will celebrate the release of their new, self-titled full-length at Good Records--with a little help from another mountainous outfit, Fort ... More >>

Sammy's Bar-B-Q Would be Better Off Putting Some of that Smoke Flavor Into the Meat

Patrick MichelsSammy's pulled pork sandwich with potato casserole on the side.​Sammy's Bar-B-Q2126 Leonard St.214-880-9064Dude Factor: 4 (figure skating) on a scale of 1 (opening ceremony background dancing) to 10 (biathlon)A buddy's birthday lunch provided the occasion for a small invasion of a b ... More >>

Fine, Just Don't Go Planning Any Victory Parades Just Yet, OK, Mister Mayor?

Patrick Michels​Chris Heinbaugh, Mayor Tom Leppert's chief of staff, sends word this morning that Leppert and Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter (awesome) have made a bet on Saturday night's Cowboys-Eagles game. But, blessedly, they've dispensed with the wackiness (no jerseys worn to council mee ... More >>

Dude Food: Baby Back Shak

Merritt MartinBaby Back Shak1800 South Akard214-428-7427Dude Factor: 9, or "Bobby Patterson" on a scale of 1 (Cowboy Troy) to 10 (Freddie King)Remember those Chili's commercials with the "I want my baby back, baby back" song? Of course you do. They're burned into the memory of anyone who's ever been ... More >>

Food For Thought 2.9.09

Luisita Lopez Torregrosa"Not so long ago, Dallas was a culinary wasteland, save for its famous barbecue. But in recent years, celebrity chefs like Nobu Matsuhisa, Tom Colicchio and Charlie Palmer have planted their flags in Dallas, joining a fresh crop of hometown talent." (Luisita Lopez Torr ... More >>

Marc Brousssard

Wednesday, January 7, at House of Blues

Judge 'Droid

Wake him up and he votes

Because Our Founding Fathers Would Have Wanted You to Rock

Seasoned Right

Das Barbecu is short, spicy and sweet

Black Crowes, Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Drive-By Truckers

Friday, June 30, at Smirnoff Music Centre

Grills to Good Use

Peace in Rest?

Ghoultown's Lyle Steadham needed a brush with death to regain his goth country edge

BBQ Sauce for the Soul

When he's not catering for the president, barbecue maven Eddie Deen caters to the spirits of the indigent

Miss Independent

Annie Leibovitz makes a permanent mark

Best New CD Store

CD World

Best Children's Playground

Mesquite Parks and Recreations Debusk Park/KidsQuest

Best Bean Burger

Legal Grounds

Best Weekend Getaway

Austin

Best Sports Bar

1st and 10 Sports Bar

Best Ribs

Peggy Sue BBQ

Best place to commune with nature

White Rock Lake

Little people

A Bush victory in November could mean big bucks for small Dallas entrepreneurs

Black velvet Elvis

A little attitude goes a long way at The Hard Rock Cafe