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Did Your Favorite Joint Make It Onto the American BBQ Map?
Digital subscribers can listen to this article. Subscribe today for unlimited access to Texas Monthly. Already a subscriber? Log in. The most important map hanging on my wall at home isn’t about geography or roads. It’s about barbecue, naturally. I purchased an American Barbecue Map from Atlanta-based graphic designer and illustrator Joseph Veazey last year, and it’s since been a mainstay in our spare bedroom (where my barbecue art collection lives). The 24-by-36-inch map features hand-painted illustrations—signs, facades, pitmaster portraits, and, of course, food—from 184 barbecue joints selected by Veazey. “I wanted [them] to be the institutions of American barbecue,” Veazey said. “I didn’t want it to be about personal taste and my favorites.” Years before putting paint to paper, he scoured books on barbecue history, as…The post Did Your Favorite Joint Make It Onto the American BBQ Map? appeared first on Texas Monthly.