If you haven’t noticed, it’s barbecue season across the nation. In fact, May is National Barbecue Month!
And with a soon-to-arrive summertime season filled with holidays, starting with Memorial Day at the end of May to the mid-summer Fourth of July celebration and finally, a last hurrah on September’s Labor Day weekend, there is no shortage of opportunities to get the backyard ready, invite some guests over, and smoke some meat.
Now in Texas, where I’ve lived the bulk of my life, that means beef, and that means brisket. But growing up as a kid in...