Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Texans barbecue pork. -- Texans barbecue sausage. -- Texans barbecue cows' heads. -- 1 Legendary Barbecue The Evolution of the Pit -- The Barbecue Barons -- Mechanization -- The Portable Pit -- Stainless Steel and Gas -- Back to the Basics -- 2 What I Learned at Barbecue Summer Camp -- HOME BARBECUE RIGS -- Breaking It In -- Tools You'll Need -- Fuels -- Starting a Fire -- Direct and Indirect Heat Setups -- Cooking Temperatures -- That Old Dogma Don't Hunt -- Oversmoking -- When to Use the Oven -- 3 The Sport of Barbecue Tips from the Trophy Winners -- Harley's Pork Shoulder -- Klassic Mop -- Rockney Terry's Pork Rub -- Heath Ray's Rub -- Rockney Terry's Brined Chicken -- Barbecued Honey Pork Loin -- Marvin Lange's Barbecued Chicken -- Buttery Glazed Half Chicken -- Buttery Chicken Injection -- Red River Ranch Chicken Rub -- Orange-Tiger Chicken Glaze -- Johnny Trigg's Spareribs -- Robert Sierra's Baby Back Ribs -- 4 The Battle over Sauce Disappearing Traditions versus Modern Tastes -- Barbecue Joint Brisket Sauce -- Ancho Barbecue Sauce -- Spicy Chipotle Sauce -- Luling Barbecue Sauce -- Easy Meat Market Sauce -- Franklin's Espresso Barbecue Sauce -- Rebekah's Grapefruit-Chipotle Sauce -- Lady Bird Johnson's Barbecue Sauce -- Barbara Bush's Barbecue Sauce -- Mustard Sauce -- Shaker Bottle Pepper Sauce -- Chipotle Ketchup -- Barbecued Tomato Salsa -- Pico de Gallo -- 5 Butcher Paper Feasts The Old German Meat Markets -- Barbecued Turkey -- Lockhart Pork Loin -- Bryan Bracewell's Venison Sausage -- German Potato Salad -- Mustard Potato Salad -- Coleslaw -- Uncle Kermit's Barbecued Cabbage -- Red Cabbage -- Apfelkraut -- 6 Celebrating Juneteenth The Legacy of East Texas -- Sam's Mutton -- Louis Charles Henley's All-Purpose Rub -- Pulled Pork -- Stubb's Hot Pork Rub.

Gatlin's Vinegar Pepper Sauce for Pork -- Monte Barber's Country-Style Ribs -- Joe Burney's Juicy Links -- House Park Pork Loin Sandwiches -- Fried Green Tomatoes -- Mashed Potato Salad -- Lloyd Bentsen Highway Rice Salad -- Leon's Stepped-Up Rice -- Leon O'Neal's Turnip Greens -- Huntsville Butter Beans -- 7 The Last of the Open Pits -- Walter Jetton's Barbecued Beef for 250 -- Jetton's Beef Stock Mop -- 32 Pounds of Dry Rub -- Texas-Size Coleslaw -- Cold River Cattle Company BBQ Sauce for 250 -- Lorenzo Vences's Sirloin -- Barbecued Goat -- Rankin's Spicy Dry Rub -- 8 Feeding the Cotton Pickers The Rise of the Barbecue Business -- Vencil Mares's Bohunk Sausage -- Vencil's Slow Beans -- Mustang Creek's Bohemian Special -- Railhead's Barbecued Bologna Sandwiches -- Black's Simple Slaw -- Laura Novosad's Confetti Slaw -- 9 Tender Bones Urban Rib Joints -- Falls County Easy Pork Ribs -- New Zion Ribs -- Art Blondin's Chipotle-Marinated Ribs -- Sweet Pork Rub -- Rosemary Broasted Big Ribs -- Bourbon Glaze -- Oversize 3-2-1 Ribs -- Jalapeño Rib Glaze -- East Texas Rib Sandwiches -- Boudin-Stuffed Pork Chops -- 10 Barbacoa and Borracho Beans Down in South Texas -- Three Ways to Make Barbacoa -- Gerardo's Barbacoa de Borrego -- Lengua (Tongue) -- Bull's-Eye Pork Tenderloin -- BBQ Pork and Garlicky Guacamole Sandwiches -- Garlicky Guacamole -- Gonzales Food Market Macaroni Salad -- Borracho Beans -- Pickled Jalapeños -- Jalapeño Potato Salad -- 11 Smoking Beef Clods, Sirloins, and Briskets -- Lockhart Prime Rib -- Maurice Mikeska's Tri-Tip -- Rick Schmidt's Shoulder Roast -- Ray Lopez's Beef Ribs -- Smoke-Braised Beef Ribs -- Jim Goode's "Plugged" Brisket -- Jim Goode's Beef Rub -- Jim Goode's Barbecue Mop -- Edgar Black Jr.'s Overnight Brisket -- Cooper's Cowboy Brisket -- Robert Sierra's Brisket -- Darrington Penitentiary Barbecued Brisket.

Robb's Brisket Disaster Sandwiches -- 12 On the Barbecue Trail Following the Smoke -- The Barbecue Belt -- Lockhart -- Taylor -- Elgin -- Six Wait-in-Line Joints -- Ten Old Meat Markets and Grocery Stores -- Ten in the City -- And Ten for the Road -- Community Barbecue Calendar -- Five German Dance Hall Barbecues -- Three Big Barbecues -- A Barbecue Glossary -- Barbacoa -- Beans -- Black Pepper -- Chickens -- Chiles -- Chili Powder and Chile Powder -- Epazote -- Hog Casings -- Hot-Pepper Sauces -- Mexican Oregano -- MSG -- Rice -- Salt -- Smoked Tomatoes -- Tejano -- Tomatillos -- Tortillas -- Online and Mail-Order Sources -- Barbecue -- Elgin Sausage -- Dry Rubs and Sauces -- Fuel -- Cows' Heads for Barbacoa -- Barbecue Associations -- Bibliography -- Online Sources -- Photo Credits -- Permissions -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- X -- Z -- Table of Equivalents -- About the Author -- Chronicle Ebooks.