TICKETS ON SALE! The 12th Annual Houston BBQ Festival pre-sale discount tickets on sale now for a limited time! Get'em while they last! #houbbq @bar_a_bbq @brettsbbqshop @BloodBrosBBQ @FegesBBQ @patrick84_03 @RoegelsBarbecue @TxArch

Making beef belly & Armenian coffee at 2024 #HOUBBQ Fest w/ Ara Malekian & Harlem Road Texas BBQ @HARLEMROADBBQ. More info:

The thing that makes Texas barbecue different is the constant influx of new talent. Redbird BBQ & Bar-A-BBQ are perfect examples. The future of Texas barbecue is in good hands! @bar_a_bbq @redbirdbbq #houbbq

Patrick Feges @FegesBBQ @patrick84_03 bringing the MEAT at the 2015 #HOUBBQ Festival #flashback. Come taste the best of Houston BBQ on April 6th!

BOOM! New poster just dropped! Welcome to the 2025 #HOUBBQ Festival presented by Goodstock by Nolan Ryan. MEATY times ahead! In collaboration with @pittsandspitts @saintarnold @aegisifs Tix:

Ready to serve you on April 6th. Limited pre-sale discount tix available now. #houbbq @bar_a_bbq @thasscoupe @HARLEMROADBBQ @RoegelsBarbecue @FirecraftBBQTX

The Gulf Coast has a long tradition of creatively naming dishes when it comes to using the term “barbecue,” especially when it comes to seafood. Hello "BBQ Shrimp". #HOUBBQ @gatlinsbbq

Let's talk moist brisket. Let's talk Fire Craft BBQ. @firecraftbbqtx

These guys. These guys are everything #HOUBBQ represents. A dedication to craft, loyalty to customers, hard work day in and day out. Come see them on April 6th. @bloodbrosbbq @spacecitycowboy

It was a curious mention in the Oct. 22, 1938, edition of the Pittsburgh Courier, a newspaper covering African-American news in Pennsylvania and around the U.S. “Matt Garner, famous barbecue baron of Houston, Texas, was a visitor in the Crescent City.”

RT @CorkscrewBBQ: Spend a little time in Old Town Spring, super fun, and lots to do!! @oldtownspringtx @OldTownSpringVB

Concentration. Consistency. Collaboration. Just a few of the skills needed to make world-class barbecue. #HOUBBQ. @TejasChocolate @UrbanTexan. Check out how Tejas Chocolate & BBQ does it here:

It takes a team to make world-class barbecue. And there's no better team in #HOUBBQ than former NFL player Herb Taylor & his squad @raysbbqshack. @RaysBBQ1. More about Ray, Herb, and Maxine here:

Check out the poster from the 2022 #HOUBBQ Festival. Pretty cool, right? What will the 2025 poster look ,like? Coming soon!

The best sound in Texas barbecue. #chopchop #houbbq #soundon @bar_a_bbq @thasscoupe

The mighty BEEF RIB is as legendary as Texas barbecue itself. One of the many specialties served at the Houston BBQ Festival. #HOUBBQ. April 6th is closer than you think. Don't miss out - get tix now!

La Cruda Brand BBQ made their debut at the 2024 #HOUBBQ Festival. They've since opened a brick-and-mortar in Crosby and are the best #BBQ in the area. Come see them on April 6th!

The eastern movement of cotton and the westward migration of German immigrants along the San Felipe Trail would lay the foundation for the two styles of Texas barbecue — the CTX style that developed around Austin & SETX style that developed in Houston.

Ribs. For. Days. Get your fill on April 6th. #HOUBBQ

RT @RoegelsBarbecue: What's on your mind? Voss and Katy are both open this weekend. We will feed your curiosity.

A photo gallery from where it all started: the inaugural #HOUBBQ Festival in 2013. Cold and windy with a 100% chance of barbecue. Miss you Liz! @married2food