Barbecue tray at Space City BBQ trailer in Baytown

Logan Glenn at his Space City BBQ trailer in Baytown

Space Jam burger at Space City BBQ trailer in Baytown

Brisket, pork ribs, sausage, boudin, cornbread casserole and pinto beans at Space City BBQ trailer in Baytown

For barbecue entrepreneurs getting their start in a trailer, tending the coals and wrapping briskets in the 100-degree heat of a Texas summer is literally trial-by-fire.

It’s the ultimate meritocracy — pitmasters who can make world-class barbecue in this extreme environment will often go on to open a successful brick-and-mortar restaurant where, if they’ve planned ahead, may include an air-conditioned pit room.

Such is the trajectory of Logan Glenn, owner and pitmaster at the Space City BBQ trailer located on a dusty, sunbaked stretch of a farm-to-market road east of the Grand Parkway in Baytown.

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