Texas barbecue is all about beef. But at Pinkerton’s Barbecue in Upper Kirby, Grant Pinkerton helped put a new meat on the local radar: whole hog.
And at the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest, which took place May 13-16, he and his competition team earned fifth place for that same smoked Duroc hog.
“I want the United States to recognize that Texas doesn’t just cook great brisket,” Pinkerton said. “We can cook whole hogs.”…