When Josh Burke took an ownership stake in Smitty’s Smokehouse, in Jasper, in 2017, he wondered if I had ever shared my opinion on his family’s barbecue business. He didn’t find anything in Texas Monthly, so he looked at my old blog and found this snippet from my review of another restaurant in Jasper: “A fancy looking joint with fake Austin stone on the exterior proudly displayed stainless steel gasser pits on a busy corner. We passed it by.” I didn’t mention Smitty’s by name, but Burke knew what I was describing back in 2012. Burke told me the story just after serving me the best slice of brisket I’ve had from a Southern Pride rotisserie smoker, at his new joint, Black Gold Barbeque. He…
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