BBQ With Franklin

Learn what makes brisket the centerpiece of the Central Texas BBQ plate.

See why sausage, a BBQ basic with room for creative liberty, is finding reason to take center plate.

Learn the steps that go into a whole hog cook, from snout to tail.

See why for good BBQ, you need a good BBQ pit.

Explore the building blocks of BBQ: wood and fire.

Take a BBQ tour of chicken and regional sauces.

Cook “cowboy style” with direct heat and meat.

Aaron finds he's not in Texas anymore when he competes at a BBQ competition.

Get a “Meat 101” lesson and learn how to work with a butcher to find great beef rib cuts.

See what happens when three chefs turn leftover brisket into something unexpected.