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Research Note: LeRoy & Lewis BBQ

Recommended soundtrack: Terraplane Blues

Recommendation: Strong Buy

“Down here in the heart of Austin, where the smoke rises like mornin' prayers and the brisket's got more bark than my granddaddy's pecan tree, LeRoy and Lewis done gone and changed the whole notion of what Texas BBQ oughta be. Y'all might expect them good ol' boys to stick to tradition like molasses on a summer day, but sweet mercy, they done taken their smokers down a different dirt road altogether, servin' up fancy-pants beef cheeks and whole hog that'd make your mama swoon right off her front porch rocker. Them folks done earned themselves one of them fancy-schmancy Michelin stars, which is about as rare 'round these parts as a vegetarian at a pig pickin', but don't you go thinkin' they got above their raisin' - they still treat every customer like kin come home for Sunday supper. Why, they got themselves a sauce made with beets of all things, which sounds about as crazy as a sprinkler in a rainstorm, but Lord have mercy if it ain't the finest thing to grace a piece of meat since salt discovered pepper. Reckon if the good Lord himself came down for some barbecue, He'd bypass them pearly gates and head straight for that little slice of heaven they got themselves down on Emerald Forest Drive, where the smoke signals tell stories sweeter than any hymn ever sung.”

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Audio: Follow Up Question

Recommended soundtrack: Nah

Key Issue: What’s wrong with “kneeing” your son, as an insurance policy within a modern religious framework?

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