Smoking out Texas is full-time job for first US barbecue critic
He was named to his post at Texas Monthly in March 2013, taking up a job that has sent him traveling across the state sampling barbecue, with pit stops at the doctor to check his cholesterol. "I have got to get my greens wherever I can but they always …
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Cowboy Hall of Fame to celebrate Mahan, 2015 inductees
Rodeo legend Larry Mahan is already a member of the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame, earning that honor in 1999. But 50 years after … Don Gay of Mesquite, who won a record eight PRCA world bull riding titles, said Mahan was a trend setter. “He's probably …
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Texas Tech alum and football player still barbecuing in the Depot District
Big E does one thing, and he does it well — barbecued meats, smoked over mesquite coals and flash-cooked in his little hutch in Lubbock's Depot District and served up while steam is still coming off the meat. “The secret to good barbecue is starting …
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