Jack Stibbs, Stibbs & Co., P.C.; Micki Gooch, Ty Robertson, Spencer Tindel, Alec Lucas, Libby Schneider, Marc Vogelsang, Devon King, Kenzie Lackey, Chandler Steele, Sandy Martinez, and Stuart Lapp, Stibbs & Co., P.C.
The Texas Barbecue program at Texas A&M University was honored to be asked once again to participate in The Woodlands BBQ Festival on Sunday, October 8, 2017. Faculty members Davey Griffin, Ray Riley, and Jeff Savell along with grad students, Spencer Tindel, Micki Gooch, Marc Vogelsang, and Chandler Steele, and undergrad students, Libby Schneider, Ty Robertson, Alec Lucas, Devon King, Kenzie Lackey, and Sandy Martinez traveled to the festival to make new and renew old acquaintances with the folks in the Texas barbecue business, and to visit and share knowledge with the participants at the festival.
This is the second year for The Woodlands BBQ Festival, which benefited the Pulmonary Hypertension Association. The festival was a community partnership between Stibbs & Co., P.C., the Pulmonary Hypertension Association, The Woodlands Area Chamber of Commerce, and a number of other sponsors. Congratulations to Stuart Lapp and Jack Stibbs for their hard work in getting the festival organized and back for a second year. Thanks also go to Chris Reid and Michael Fulmer, organizers of the Houston BBQ Festival, for their help and encouragement for this festival and their desire to showcase the great barbecue that is in and around the Houston metropolitan area. Houston is making a mark in the Texas Barbecue scene, and events such as these help to showcase these great establishments.
Visiting with pitmasters
We enjoy the opportunity to visit with the pitmasters at every festival we participate in. Our goal is to get there early enough to go by and introduce ourselves to those we do not know and to say high to those we do. We will be hosting the Texas Barbecue Town Hall meeting on Monday, December 11, 2017, and we invited each of the companies represented at the festival to come to campus to attend.
The Aggies and Blood Brothers BBQ folks
Russell Roegels preparing quail for The Woodlands BBQ Festival
Ronnie Webber of Tin Roof B-B-Q showing photo of products to students
Greg Moore, Ray Riley, Scott Sandlin, and Russell Roegels discussing all things barbecue
The Aggies with Bryan Bracewell of Southside Market and Barbeque, Elgin and Bastrop
Libby and Marc visiting with Southern Q pitmaster
Scott Moore, Tejas Chocolate Craftory, telling Spencer what they are serving at The Woodlands BBQ Festival
Sampling great barbecue
The major benefit of going to the barbecue festivals is to sample the great barbecue and side dishes that each of the vendors has to share. At each event, we try to pace ourselves, but it never works! Everyone does such a great job of bringing the best at what they do, and we are never disappointed that we have sampled so much great food in a short time without having to travel around for hours or days to do so.
Marc and Spencer sampling the barbecue at The Woodlands BBQ Festival
Great smoked product at The Woodlands BBQ Festival
Misty Roegels and John Brotherton
The Southern Q BBQ and Catering folks
Devon sampling the banana pudding
Answering questions about barbecue
The organizers provided us a Texas A&M University tailgate tent for us to hang out in. We had many people come by to talk to us about the Texas Barbecue program: ANSC 117, Texas Barbecue, Barbecue Summer Camp, and Camp Brisket. Some knew about these programs, but most did not so it was good to share what we do and why we were at the festival if we were not serving barbecue to everyone.
Ty answering questions about barbecue
Davey Griffin visiting with Greg Mueller
We love the opportunity to visit with people, eat great food, and help support worthy efforts such as the Pulmonary Hypertension Association. We hope that we see everyone in The Woodlands next year.
