There’s a seriousness and beauty to a food whose preparation begins with the need to dig a rather large hole. Though it might come as a surprise that throughout the global history of gastronomy, ...

Bob Bloom, 50 years volunteer, turns the Maryland-Style Pit Beef on the grill at the Taneytown Volunteer Fire Company Pit Beef, Turkey, and Ham sale at Taneytown Activities Building, Carnival Grounds, ...

Barbacoa and Big Red: It's San Antonio's favorite weekend feast. Whether you're fresh out of church with the family, nursing a case of brown bag flu or just craving the best that beef can be, chances ...

At Chaps Pit Barbecue, meat-loving foodies won't find neon signs or flashing arrows. Instead, the roadside barbecue joint dutifully spouts meaty aromas into the surrounding air. It's almost hidden in ...

The BBQ Pit Boys fire up a full spread with pit beef roast, smoky chicken thighs, and their famous pig sticks all cooking low and slow. Big flavors, big portions, and pure pit style. Oil tanker ...

Full disclosure: Before moving to the DMV area and starting as The Baltimore Sun’s new food reporter, I had never had a pit beef sandwich. Embarrassingly, I didn’t even know what tiger sauce was! (For ...