Everybody claims to have the best barbecue. Kansas City has its sauce. Memphis has its ribs. The Carolinas have their pork.
But ask Texans, and they’ll tell you the Lone Star State sits at the top of the barbecue mountain.
To learn what separates average backyard grilling from championship-caliber barbecue, the Defender turned to two Houston-area pitmasters whose reputations have spread largely through word-of-mouth: Russell Fennell of Just Grilling (IG: @justgrilling.htx) and Zarak Peters of Big Z’s Que (IG: @bigzsque), whose motto is “The best BBQ this side of heaven.”…