Texas BBQ, with a foreign flavor

The Lone Star State's distinctive barbecue is getting some impressive variations, with the help of pitmasters with roots in such places as Egypt, Vietnam and Japan. Correspondent Lee Cowan talks with some of the new bright lights of Texas BBQ, and with Daniel Vaughn, barbecue editor of Texas Monthly. (This story was originally broadcast November 19, 2023.)

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[judithdomangue]

Congratulations Kareem, you are an asset to Texas❤

[deannamadrigal]

He looks so much better and himself in that apron then he did in the tie. Always follow your heart

[adelaferreira]

Sounds delicious, Egyptian style barbecue !

[marcopina]

I know the guys from Khoi BBQ! Incredibly nice guys and amazing food.

[judibarth]

Congratulations to becoming a U.S. citizen!
Looking forward to trying your BBQ food in
Austin when I visit my grandchildren! 🇺🇸💐🙋🏼‍♀️

[admiralkeelhaul]

Dude is wearing a Charley Crockett shirt, that's awesome.

[acbc]

I had it last year during F1 at Cota ! It was delicious

[fireproofart]

PURO TEJANOS!!! I LOVE MY TEX~MEX PEOPLE, FOOD, MUSIC!!!🪗🤠🪗 TEX~MEX BBQ FAJITAS ARE THE BEST!!!

[williamjohnson]

that chef had an interesting perspective about him not seeing his restaurant as being fusion. Like, we typically don't consider Italian-American food "fusion" because in essence, it's Italian cooking with the ingredients that were available to them in the US, kind of like his restraint seems to be Japanese cooking with the addition of a few local ingredients. If he were serving Jalapeno poppers on the side that would be fusion, but from what i saw the style seems fairly traditional.

[QuickThink]

Thank you Austin for representing the America of embracing immigrants for their culture and pride as citizens. Brought a tear...

[FernandoGomez-hhjm]

¡¡ !!
¡ I WANT TO BE THERE !💝💝💝🎉🎉🎉🐗🐗🐗🐑🐑🐑

[bennyboogenheimer]

There an Real American Country, and Western song in here somewhere?

🎼🎶American in my Heart, BBQ from my Home.
Pour me a whiskey, and I'll take out the bones.🎶

[crystalsherman]

I want to try his bbq. What's the name?

[Daniel-xgul]

I know a lot of my family would look down upon all the bbq featured in this piece. They would claim it's not real bbq. But, it would have nothing to do with them being foreigners. My family is from Western North Carolina. They look down upon Eastern North Carolina bbq, definitely down upon South Carolina bbq, and pretty much any place that's not Western North Carolina. However, if the people who were featured in this piece were to live in Western North Carolina and did their spin on that bbq, then they'd be happy to embrace them. I think a lot of places in the country that are famous for bbq feel this way.

[pacificrules]

I absolutely love seeing diversity being accepted in Texas (my new home since 2020). As a Pacific Islander, it gives me hope for Texas being a state of acceptance and tolerance. You can see it in local Texans and in the food 🥳🥳🤠🤠🥰🥰❤❤

[Brew]

The Americanization of food culture is when foreign cuisine becomes part of everyday American meals as if it’s normal to have everyday.

[fireflymary]

I wish everyone wouldn’t focus on Austin so much. Plenty of great places in Texas besides trendy popular Austin.

[capricious]

I just love how secret society wants to soften the blow.... America is going Global!

[ivanfletcher]

Great piece, great showing of a slice of the great addition immigrants bring to our country.

[billybob]

Good bbq doesn't need sauce so why would you need all that other stuff on it?