I have exciting news: I’m going to Memphis in May! For those of you not as clued in to competition barbecue, MIM is the World Championship barbecue competition with a penchant for a party. It’s all about the pig at this Grandaddy of Grilling event. I’ve been invited to be a guest chef for Char-broil […]

I fell a little behind along the book tour in my posts about other barbecue restaurants I’ve tried on the road. The thing is, of all that I sampled along the way, only the barbecue joints in Austin and Lockhart got me excited. Those places I tried in Atlanta and Birmingham were decent, but not […]

Hello from the road! I’ve just spent a great day with my Alabama family after two great events in Birmingham. The first was an appearance on Good Day Alabama. What a cushy gig! I grilled on a rooftop patio in perfect spring weather, overlooking the city.  Host Janice Rogers and the crew were so nice […]

Getting up at 1am for work is a little rough, but spending the wee hours with the crew of Better Mornings Atlanta was a blast. Together host Tracye Hutchins and I smoked baby backs on a Big Green Egg, made chocolate barbecue sauce, pork sliders, Island slaw, and talked about my book event tomorrow….all before 7am. […]

I allowed extra time on this book tour for Austin and the surrounding areas specificaly so I could sample some of the best barbecue in the country. The next series of posts, interrupted by book tour news, will be about the barbecue joints I tried in Austin and nearby Lockhart. The first place on my […]