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Stood outside Franklin BBQ in Austin for 4 hours and watched a pitmaster skip the line entirely
I was in Austin two Saturdays back doing the whole tourist thing, waiting in that famous line that wrapped around the block by 9am. About three hours in, this guy walks up in a stained apron, nods at the door guy, and disappears inside while 200 of us just stared. Turns out he runs a spot in Lockhart and they trade brisket once a month, so he gets the back door treatment. Here is my gripe though, nobody in that line knew any of the names of the actual cooks working the pits that day. We all memorize restaurant names but the people actually running the fire stay invisible. Aaron Franklin gets his flowers but the overnight guys who wrap and hold those packers never get a mention anywhere. So my question is, who is the most underrated pitmaster you have actually met in person, not just seen on a show?
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thompson.julia29d ago
Ever waited in line so long you started naming the pigeons? That was me at Snow's in Lexington, and the lady running the pit that morning never got a single shoutout from anyone around me. Wish I'd caught her name, she was the real deal.
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