The history of Texas barbecue begins with celebration. In the early days, barbecues catering to thousands of guests celebrated community achievements.

In later years, meat markets became the source of Texan’s growing appetite for barbecue. Sometimes we just want to eat our chopped beef sandwich without being serenaded by a fiddle and harmonica.

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Contemporary barbecue mostly hews to that commercial tradition. Recently, though, pitmasters are going beyond cutting and serving brisket to revisit the tradition of celebration.

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Such is the case with a barbecue pop-up called Deckle & Hide.

Helmed by pitmaster Ralph Palmer and pit builder Daniel Andrade, Deckle & Hide offers a dizzying and wholly original vision of Texas barbecue as a........

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