Meet Bittercreek BBQ, An Outstanding New Barbecue Truck in Shreveport-Bossier
Their excellent barbecue looks and tastes different from any that I’ve eaten in Shreveport-Bossier.
Bad Wolf BBQ to Make Shreveport-Bossier Debut on July 4
Andrew Caskey, the 29-year-old pitmaster behind Ruston’s immensely popular Bad Wolf BBQ, calls the style of slow-smoked, Instagram-friendly barbecue that he serves “craft barbecue.” Caskey will serve barbecue in Shreveport-Bossier for the first time during the East Bank Block Party with Wayne Toups on July 4 beginning at 4:30 p.m. …
Louisiana Smoke House is an Outstanding Barbecue Truck
If you’ve seen the price of brisket lately, you know that operating a barbecue joint is an expensive proposition. As a result, it’s becoming more common to find genuinely great barbecue being served from a truck or trailer. In Jonesboro, there’s Bad Wolf BBQ. There are probably hundreds of barbecue …
Kirkendoll’s: Tiny Restaurant, Enormous Burger
With seating for 8, Kirkendoll’s Eats & Treats (280 E. 70th Street, Shreveport) may be Shreveport’s tiniest restaurant. But the dining room is the only small aspect of this friendly Cedar Grove eatery. The menu is big, with daily plate lunches, barbecue, and country cooking staples like beef tips, smothered …
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318 Restaurant Week: Real BBQ, El Cabo Verde and Other Highlights
Featured photo: Harvey Clay of Real BBQ and More is participating in 318 Restaurant Week. As the 2018 edition of 318 Restaurant Week draws near, local diners are starting to get a better idea of what some of the week’s standout lunch and dinner specials will be. 318 Restaurant Week …
Flying Pig BBQ Raises the Bar for Smoked Chicken
Update: Flying Pig BBQ has apparently closed up shop as of June 2018, per the Facebook post here. Carolyn Huggins Simmons, the proprietor of Flying Pig BBQ (1173 Louisiana Ave., Shreveport), understands how contemporary barbecue should look. Scroll through Texas Monthly‘s list of the Top 50 Barbecue Joints in Texas …
“We Don’t Change”: An Appreciation of Hickory Stick Barbecue
During the month of June 2017, Hickory Stick – a barbecue joint located at 4448 Youree Drive in Shreveport – is throwing itself a birthday party. The locally owned, family-run restaurant is celebrating 40 years in business this month. If you drop in on a Monday during the birthday celebration, …
Grillin’ for Grads, a Barbecue Adventure, Returns This Saturday
A lot of food events in Shreveport-Bossier are simple, self-explanatory and easy to enjoy. At Mudbug Madness, you eat crawfish. At CORK, you drink wine. Grillin’ for Grads, a barbecue cook-off presented by the folks who organize Holiday in Dixie, takes a little more effort to understand and enjoy, but …
Shreveport-based Barbecue Team Wins Prestigious Hogs for the Cause Category
Though they benefited greatly from the assistance of Baton Rouge-based butcher Jordan Ramirez, a bunch of guys from Shreveport accomplished something highly unlikely this past weekend: On their first attempt, they won the Porkpourri category at Hogs for the Cause in New Orleans. Hogs for the Cause (which has become …
Aspiring Young Cooks Sought for Grillin’ For Grads Kids Cook-Off
Know an aspiring young cook, or any young person who has expressed an interest in cooking? Consider signing ’em up for the 2017 Grillin’ for Grads Kids Cook-Off, which has just opened registration. The cook-off is open to kids ages 6-17, and will take place on the morning of Saturday, …
Meet Shawn Feaster, Longtime Pitmaster at Joe Cobb Bar-B-Q
Featured image: Shawn Feaster has prepared barbecue at Joe Cobb Bar-B-Q in Bossier City for 23 years. In 1952, Joe Cobb began selling barbecue out of the back of his brother Herschel’s meat market in downtown Bossier City. In the ensuing 65 years, Bossier City has changed all around it, …
Upcoming Barbecue Event to Feature Whole Hog ‘Cue by Dr. Howard Conyers
[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Featured photo: Dr. Howard Conyers will prepare a whole hog barbecue at Mahaffey Farms. Photo credit: Greg Miles for New Orleans Magazine. Photo provided by event organizers. The Seasons & Traditions Dinner Series, a collaborative farm-to-table dinner series produced by Mahaffey Farms and Chef Hardette Harris, has announced details …
Smoke on the Water: Butler’s Smokehouse on Cross Lake
Featured photo: A two meat plate ($10) from Butler’s Smokehouse. We all have our ultimate comfort food – the thing that we eat when we need to feed the spirit as well as the body. For me, that comfort food has always been barbecue, the smokier the better. I love …
A Beginner’s Guide to The Ark-La-Tex Ambassadors BBQ Cook-Off
Featured photo: A giant, inflatable pig soars at Grillin’ for Grads in 2015. Photo by Casey Habich. Here’s the deal: I love barbecue as much as anyone you’ll ever meet. I could eat brisket and smoked sausage three meals a day and live a happy, brief life. If you love …
Smokey Coyote: Very Good, Cheap Tacos in West Shreveport
Featured photo: Tacos al pastor (I ordered them without minced pineapple, but the pineapple is an option) from Smokey Coyote. I know that I’ve posted about several taquerías and taco vendors recently, but I can’t help it. For taco lovers like me, the local quality of life just continues to …
Bohemian Pork to Take Part in July 4 Event at Great Raft Brewing
Featured photo: The Bohemian Pork team serve a whole hog barbecue at Wine Country Bistro’s annual Wine & Swine party in 2015. There’s a lot of fun stuff taking place over the weekend of Independence Day in Shreveport-Bossier, including the huge Independents Day party at Great Raft Brewing. Independents Day …
Several Local Eateries to be Featured in New Cooking Channel Show
Featured photo: Chef Anthony Felan, of Wine Country Bistro and Bottle Shop, is filmed on the set of a new reality television show, Big Bad BBQ Battle. Big Bad BBQ Battle – a new, barbecue-themed reality television program on Cooking Channel – will feature several well-known Shreveport-Bossier businesses and filming …
Team Registration Underway for Third Annual Ark-La-Tex Ambassadors BBQ Cook-Off
Featured photo: A “sample” of pulled pork from a team at the second annual Ark-La-Tex Ambassadors BBQ Cook-Off. Organizers of the Ark-La-Tex Ambassadors BBQ Cook-Off, an up-and-coming regional barbecue competition held annually in downtown Shreveport, have opened team registration for their 2015 event. The third annual Ark-La-Tex Ambassadors BBQ Cook-Off …
Photo Essay: Real BBQ and More in Shreveport
Photo Note: All photos in this post are by Jim Noetzel. 20×49.com recently visited Real BBQ and More, a Shreveport barbecue joint run by owner and pitmaster Harvey Clay. As we have previously reported on this blog, Clay, who is a native of Midland, Tx., is obsessive about barbecue. Clay agreed …
Rib Tip Express to Host BBQ Cookout at Columbia Park
Robert Hutson, owner of Rib Tip Express restaurant in Shreveport, has been planning his May 31, 2014 cookout at Shreveport’s Columbia Park for at least six months. When I interviewed Hutson for this blog post about Rib Tip Express, back in January, he was already talking up the event, which …
