Meet the Pitmasters Bringing Ethiopian Spice to Texas BBQ
A barbecue joint blends Ethiopian cuisine with impressive results from an assuming strip mall in North Texas. Texas Monthly barbecue editor Daniel Vaughn profiles Smoke’N Ash BBQ in Arlington for The State of BBQ: A Texas Monthly Special, now streaming on the PBS app.
In The State of BBQ: A Texas Monthly Special, barbecue editor Daniel Vaughn takes viewers behind the scenes of the Texas BBQ scene—profiling pitmasters, exploring iconic smokehouses, and revealing how the Top 50 BBQ Joints in Texas list is made.
The State of BBQ is produced by Texas Monthly Productions in association with PBS. It was directed by Owen Schwartzbard, produced by Mike Snyder and Alyssa Estrada, edited by Field Humphrey, Nathan Berkowitz, Forest & Pine, and Devin Fortenberry, and sound design by Brian Standefer. Principal cinematography provided by Forest & Pine and Merit Productions. Reporting by Daniel Vaughn. Executive producer is Melissa Reese. Original production funding was provided by H-E-B and Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation. Special thanks to the Texas Public Broadcasting Association.
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I know where I’m going next time I’m in the DFW!
It's so disgusting. Vaughn is just a woke POS these days
Thank you….
So now ur telling me that immigrants come to America and elevate food with spices, sauces, and side dishes?!?!??? GET OUT OF HERE!!!!! 😂
This is what this country is supposed to be. This is its promise. Come here, be welcomed with open arms, and contribute your flavors and story to the tapestry of the culture, thereby improving it with its addition. Things like this, these revelations unto someone who's experiencing it for the first time, and wondering where it's been their entire life, that's what makes a culture greater.
I just made some Ethiopian food for Sigd this past Thursday and I loved the flavors! Wish there was a restaurant near me!
They need to keep simple traditional
Pinned on the map for when I make my cross country roadtrip.
If I ever visit the Dallas-Fort Worth area I'll have to try to eat at Smoke & Ash. Here in the DMV we have the largest population of Ethiopians in the diaspora and are spoiled with so many delicious Ethiopian restaurants around the DC region.
Love the video and the food but i don't like this guy narrating he's a stain on bbq culture and how restaurants are judge too much power only one opinion like his tongue is special
I would love to eat here and taste the unique blend of Ethiopian cuisine to American bbq. I don't love American sweet bbq, but I love Ethiopian food 👍👍
One of the best bbq bites I've ever had in my life.
A whole lot of American food is as good as it is because people immigrate here, eat the local cuisine, and then show us "how to do it right" – over and over and over.
I spent quite a bit of my childhood in Ethiopia and Smoke & Ash is my go to place here in the DFW Metroplex. One thing that may be of interest is that much of Ethiopian food is actually vegan as there are so many fasting days in the Ethiopian Tewahedo Church.
Fasicka catered a holiday dinner for a non-profit who I was Board Chair at the time and everyone was literally scraping the containers clean. I called her to say "did you use Teff from back home for the injera?" and she surprised me by saying it was actually from the US but she knew how to work with it. If you're in the Arlington, TX area, stop by! Arlington also rivals Houston for the sheer variety of world cuisines so it's well worth the time to see what else is on offer.
There's also an excellent Ethiopian only restaurant in the Austin area called "Taste of Ethiopia".
Love Ethiopian food…mouthwatering video.
Awesome!
Yum