Just last year, Reid and others founded the Houston Barbecue Festival to showcase mom-and-pop barbecue joints in the city. The 2014 event drew 2,000 guests to sample meats from 20 restaurants.

Similarly, the brick pits at Pizzitola's Bar-B-Cue in Houston can be traced to the 1940s. Originally known as Shepherd Drive BBQ, founders John and Leila Davis became famous for pork ribs cooked ...

This week on Smoked Out we visit an old Houston institution, Burns Original BBQ in Acres Homes. The old school Houston barbecue joint is famous for its pork ribs and massive stuffed baked potatoes.

Bubba Moses. Dawson, TX In the sleepy town of Dawson, TX (population: 852), you’ll find one of the best off-the-beaten-path barbecue spots in Texas: Bubba Moses Pit Smoked BBQ. Smoking brisket was ...

Cape Girardeau barbecue pit manufacturer Ole Hickory Pits is using barbecue to help southeast Texas residents displaced by Tropical Storm Harvey. "Typically, it's just coffee and doughnuts, but ...