In the last six months, I’ve written glowing reviews of two barbecue joints whose pitmasters trained at Goldee’s Barbecue in Fort Worth. Chuck Charnichart of Barbs-B-Q in Lockhart and Amir Jalali of Redbird BBQ in Port Neches both worked the pits at the number one barbecue joint in Texas. Alongside them was Zain Shafi, who now completes a trio of promising new joints with the Sabar BBQ trailer in Fort Worth. It opened last November. Sabar means “patience” in Urdu. Shafi’s parents immigrated to Texas from Lahore, in the Punjab region of Pakistan, 42 years ago, 6 years before he was born. He honors that heritage with his blend of Pakistani cuisine and Texas barbecue. Shafi not only demonstrates patience in his smoked briskets, but…
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