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    Good Food

    BBQ in the Lone Star State

    Kansas City, the Carolinas and Memphis have all got their own styles of barbecue. Then there's Texas. The Lone Star State has at least four kinds of 'Q all by itself, says Robb Walsh, three-time James Beard Award-winner and member of Foodways Texas.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Jun 17, 2016 • 1 min read

    Kansas City, the Carolinas and Memphis have all got their own styles of barbecue. Then there's Texas. The Lone Star State has at least four kinds of 'Q all by itself, says Robb Walsh, three-time James Beard Award-winner and member of Foodways Texas. He breaks down the styles for us, and clues us into why BBQ is eaten on Juneteenth and how Upton Sinclair's The Jungle changed the lives of pit masters everywhere. A second edition of his Legends of Texas Barbecue bible is available wherever books are sold.

    Music: "Texas Flood" by Stevie Ray Vaughn

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    The full episode

    4 of 6
    Food on the Screen: Los Angeles
    1. 0:30Life before and after 'Chef's Table' at n/naka
    2. 15:12How the pluot was born
    3. 22:16Jonathan Gold dines Sichuan-style at Dongpo in Arcadia
    4. 29:59BBQ in the Lone Star StateYou’re reading this
    5. 41:49Taking over the tap at LA Beer Week
    6. 49:36How to make that Elvis cake vegan (and other baking tips from a teen)
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