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Twenty years ago, and five years before Franklin Barbecue opened in Austin, Aaron Franklin’s brisket got its first newspaper coverage. He and his wife, Stacy, had held a backyard barbecue in Austin, ...

Barbecue in Colonial America -- Barbecue and the early republic -- The barbecue comes of age -- Barbecue and the Civil War -- Barbecue, Reconstruction, and the Gilded Age -- The rise of barbecue ...