David Calkins, co-owner of Urban Bar-B-Que, called this afternoon to tell me that the Rockville location of the two-store chain had just installed a XLR-600 Southern Pride smoker, which is a significant improvement over the joint's previous equipment. The Southern Pride machine can handle about 600 pounds of meat on its self-basting rotisserie racks, but [...]

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The Shitheads, as I've noted previously, are an obnoxious lot, prone to loud outbursts in public, over-drinking and over-eating, and the occasional ridicule of the blind. Four of the six Shitheads have Texas roots, which may explain something. I spent 14 years in Houston, and I'm probably the least beholden of the Shitheads to the [...]