Pulled-pork potato at Jim 'N Nick's Bar-B-Q (Jasper, AL)

Yesterday's lunch at Jim 'N Nick's Bar-B-Q in my hometown of Jasper, AL: baked potato with pulled pork.

Backyard BBQ: pork shoulder

Our 4th Backyard BBQ submission comes from The Windy City. Chicago's Jim Cavanaugh sent me some pics via Twitter (@JPC671) of a 7-pound pork shoulder he smoked for 8 hours at 225 degrees.   How'd it taste, Jim?

First stop in Alabama: BBQ

Landed in Birmingham at lunch time on Saturday. First stop: lunch at Full Moon Bar-B-Que (Fultondale, AL). Outside-chopped pork (Forgot to ask for the BBQ sauce on the side, but at least it's good sauce.), collard greens, slaw, chow chow, cornbread muffin, & iced tea. Home, sweet home.

Backyard BBQ: Beef ribs & stuffed jalapenos

Our 3rd Backyard BBQ submission comes from our friend Cary Franklin, who is the man behind Sograte BBQ & Brew (Lubbock, TX). Aside from being just a really, really nice guy, Cary does the world a service by making several kinds of jerky. By the way, Sograte is an affiliate of The Q Card, so that jerky is 10% off for our card holders! Anyway, here are a couple of pics Cary sent me via Twitter (@SograteBBQ). Beef ribs and bacon-wrapped jalapenos, stuffed with chicken and cream cheese. Is it just me, or do these two look awesome?!?! Time for lunch!

Post-meal at Snow's BBQ (Lexington, TX)

2nd video from our bus-trip stop at Snow's BBQ (1st video). View all of our videos here.

 

Backyard BBQ: Brisket & chicken

2nd "Backyard BBQ" submission comes from Andrew Montes & Stephen Montes (Twitter: @TXRevolutionBBQ), of Colleyville. 4 briskets & 4 whole chickens:

Backyard BBQ: Brisket

1st submission for our new feature Backyard BBQ: brisket from Dwayne Peacock (Houston, TX)

YOU choose our 3rd BBQ bus trip!!!

Our current USA BBQ Bracket has me in a voting kind of mood, so I thought I'd ask you to vote on where we should take our 3rd BBQ bus. (Our 2nd bus is heading to the Hill Country on Sat, June 16. Still plenty of time to snag a seat!) So, I've come up with some options (listed in no particular order). Make your pick!

Option 1: Opie's (Spicewood) & Cooper's (Llano), with some winery stops

Option 2: Schoepf's (Belton), Miller's (Belton), & Johnny's (Salado), with a stroll down main street Salado

Option 3: Gonzales Meat Market (Gonzales) & City Market (Luling), with a visit to Shiner Brewery (To stop by Shiner Brewery, the tour would have to be on a WEEKDAY.). If we did the tour on a Saturday, we could add a 3rd stop at a BBQ joint in Lockhart.

If none of these tickle your BBQ fancy, feel free to suggest other trips in which you'd be interested. We want to put together trips that folks want, so let us know what you want. In short, help me help you.

Videos from City Meat Market (Giddings, TX)

Official hotel of our 3rd annual Gettin' Sauced!

We are pleased to announce that, for the first time, we have a hotel sponsor for Gettin' Sauced! For this year's event, the exclusive hotel sponsor is DoubleTree by Hilton Austin University! If you're unfamiliar, it's at the intersection of the I-35 N frontage road and MLK, across the interstate from the Frank Erwin Center and next to Denny's. You can't miss it. They will offer a Gettin' Sauced! group rate of $115/night, good for the night before (Oct 26) and/or the night of (Oct 27) the event. (Click here to book.) They just underwent a multi-million-dollar renovation and are an easy 2.4 miles from the venue, Hops & Grain Brewery. FREE parking. FREE wireless internet. And, of course, the signature warm chocolate chip cookie upon check-in!  Some other hotel facts:

• On-demand movies and premium television channels (HBO®, CNN®, ESPN®)

• Coffee or tea by celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck

• Sweet Dreams alarm clock radio with MP3 connectivity

• Telephones, voicemail and data port

• CITRON Honey & Coriander by Crabtree & Evelyn® Bath Products

• Same-day laundry & dry cleaning

• 24-hour Business Center

• 24-hour Fitness by Precor®

• Gift shop & ATM

We're thrilled to have DoubleTree by Hilton Austin University as the official hotel of this year's Gettin' Sauced!, presented by Taste of the South magazine. (I'm posting this from a DoubleTree in San Antonio, actually!). Read to book a room? Here you go.