Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents xi
3. Foreword xv
4. Acknowledgments xvii
5. Sidebar Twenty-four Hours of Barbecue xviii
6. Introduction xx
7. Republic of Barbecue
8. Section 1 Food and Foodways
9. Stories from Joe Sullivan 1
10. The Central Texas Plate 8
11. Sidebar Pie and More Pie! 13
12. Miles of Hanging Meat 17
13. Sidebar Ways to Make Your Own Smoker If Your Name Is MacGyver 20
14. Drinking Texas History 22
15. Sidebar In Homage to Big Red 26
16. Stories from the Archie Family 30
17. Stories from Marvin Dziuk 35
18. Section 2 Ideas of place
19. Stories from Ben Wash 41
20. Stories from the Inman Family 45
21. The Bridge to Ben’s 49
22. Sidebar Planes, Trains, and . . . Kayaks? 53
23. Red Dust , White Bread, Blue Collar 54
24. Sidebar Barbecue on Screen 58
25. Stories from the Meyer Family 61
26. Stories from Terry Wootan 66
27. Section 3 dreaming of old Texas and original barbecue
28. Stories from Vencil Mares 75
29. Stories from Rick Schmidt 79
30. Keep Your Eye on the Boll 82
31. Sidebar Timeline of Political Barbecues 87
32. Barbacoa? 88
33. Authenticity 90
34. Stories from Aurelio Torres 97
35. Stories from the Bracewell Family 100
36. Section 4 Ways of life
37. Stories from Nicole Dugas 108
38. Stories from Richard Lopez 113
39. Cavemen and Fire Builders 117
40. The Feminine Mesquite 122
41. Sidebar Brides and Brisket 127
42. “No Son Sandías ” 129
43. Stories from Bobby Mu ell 133
44. Stories from Joe Capello 139
45. Section 5 Bright lights, barbecue cities
46. Stories from Pat Mares 145
47. Stories from Waunda Mays 151
48. Eating Meat to the Beat 153
49. Sidebar Barbecue Melodies: Post Oak Smoke Gets in Their Eyes? 155
50. Thinking Locally, Barbecuing... Globally? 156
51. Placeless Barbecues 159
52. Sidebar Foreign Barbecue 161
53. Sidebar Barbecue Haute Cuisine: Brisket Gets Fancy 163
54. Stories from Danny Haberman 165
55. Stories from Art Blondin 168
56. Section 6 Modern Barbecue, Changing Barbecue
57. Stories from Jim McMurtry 174
58. Stories from Ronnie Vinikoff 180
59. Ain’t Easy Being Green When You’re Smoked 184
60. Sidebar Fun With Numbers, or How Much in a Year? 188
61. Tech no-cue? 190
62. Stories from Don Wiley 194
63. Stories from Tyler Graham 198
64. Personal Barbecue Histories: 205
65. Sidebar Daring to Go There: Sports and Barbecue 206
66. Sidebar Methodology Appendix: 212
67. As You Digest : 215
68. Sidebar Beginnings, Not Endings 219
69. Index 220
70. Photo credits 227