Above-ground brick pits with a firebox to the side (offset) of the cooking chamber is the quintessential cooking appliance of Central Texas-style barbecue. This device gave rise to “indirect-heat” ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The burned skeletal remains found in a backyard BBQ pit last July have been identified as belonging to Miranda Rodriguez. Rodriguez, 24, was reported missing in August 2017.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Police are investigating after a man working at home in southeast Houston found human remains in the backyard BBQ pit. Officers responded to a "person down" call in the 5200 ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- Two workers hired to clean up a backyard in Houston, Texas, found human bones stuffed into a barbecue pit. Now, local police are trying to figure out who the bones belonged to and ...

HOUSTON — Nearly a year after a disturbing discovery inside a custom backyard barbecue pit, we now have some answers. Charred skeletal remains were discovered by a person claiming to be working around ...

South Carolina whole-hog barbecue expert and rocket scientist Howard Conyers, shown here with his above-ground barbecue pits at Hogs for the Cause in 2015, will be at SoFAB Nov. 7 and 8. (The NOLA.com ...