Houston BBQ and brisket go hand in hand, but some BBQ restaurants are now trying to figure out ways to keep brisket on the menu because of expensive the most popular cut of BBQ meat has gotten. Alec Varnell, pit master at J-Bar-M Barbecue , joins host Raheel Ramzanali to talk about why brisket prices are so high, how the industry is adapting, and if we could ever see brisket off the menu.
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Feges BBQ 

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