title: Texas BBQ: Platefuls of Legendary Lone Star Flavor
author: The Editors of Southern Living
description: <DIV>For over 50 years, <I>Southern Living</I> has been the definitive resource for Southern food, decorating, and entertaining ideas, reaching 16 million readers monthly. They use it, keep it, and live by it. It&rsquo;s the magazine no Southern home&mdash;anywhere&mdash;can be without.</DIV>
zlib_text: CONTENTS
  PREFACE:
  MY TEXAS BARBECUE JOURNEY
  1 BRAGGING RIGHTS TEXAS BBQ
  CHAPTER 1 Q’ED UP: THE RESURRECTION OF A ONCE-DYING ART
  CHAPTER 2 THE COMPLETE LONE STAR OUTDOOR KITCHEN: BARBECUE
  BASICS, FUELS, EQUIPMENT, AND TOOLS
  2 REALLY SMOKING
  CHAPTER 3 LONE STAR RUBS AND SEASONINGS
  CHAPTER 4 PARTY STARTERS AND WHILE-YOU-WAIT SNACKS
  CHAPTER 5 BEEF: THE SACRED COW OF TEXAS Q
  CHAPTER 6 PORK, PLUS LAMB, GOAT, AND GAME, OH MY
  CHAPTER 7 CHICKEN, TURKEY, AND GAME BIRDS
  CHAPTER 8 GULF SEAFOOD AND LAKE FISH
  3 FROM THE GREAT INDOORS
  CHAPTER 9 SAUCES AND CONDIMENTS
  CHAPTER 10 SIDES: BEANS, GREENS, SALADS, AND MORE FROM INSIDE
  CHAPTER 11 HAPPY ENDINGS: A HANDFUL OF SWEET FINISHES
  THANKS
  ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  INDEX
  
  I
  PREFACE: My Texas Barbecue Journey
  was not born to Texas barbecue. As a kid growing up in central Illinois, I
  was familiar with the term used for grilled food and for meat that was
  tomato saucy and surrounded by a bun, something like a sloppy Joe. I had
  an early epiphany with true Q on a fami