“Live-fire cooking next to a gas station: who would have thought?” Brisket & Rice co-owner Hong Tran asked. “Only in Texas,” he added with a laugh. It’s in this unlikely location in northwest Houston ...

Since they first met about a decade ago, Erica McKinley and Greg Mueller of Fourth City Barbecue have been a force in their home kitchen, dazzling friends and family with McKinley’s delicious cooking ...