BBQ 086: Burt Bakman of Trudy's Underground BBQ and Slab in Los Angeles

This week was a hunt. I had to track down a rare bird. Usually indigenous to the Los Angeles area, this pit master has been cooking BBQ on the west coast for years and representing Texas with the quality and pride that the great city of Los Angeles deserves.

He’s a neighborhood source of brisket for executives and moguls in Hollywood. He spends his days selling million dollar homes and his nights cooking that good ol Texas Cue. His name is Burt Bakman. The creator of Trudy’s Underground BBQ. A true underground BBQ source in the LA area that he decided to make legit under the name Slab.

He now resides where Oprah’s favorite bakery used to be on third street in Beverly Hills. He’s walking distance from Uncle Paul’s Deli and in the center of one of the largest cities in the world and he comes all the way to Texas just to make sure he’s cooking the food right.

Also on this episode you’ll hear from a guy named Adam @adamcomplains on instagram. He’s an enthusiast that I also saw this morning at Valentinas so I know he’s legit. Look out for him in the LA scene.

Patrick and Erin Feges stop in to talk about their restaurant and their baby that’s due in a month.

Robert Lerma hops in and out of the conversation adding only exactly what you’d expect from him while taking world class photos in between.

And Leonard Botello the fourth also joins us and discusses his upcoming restaurant opening and how the city of Houston is making opening a restaurant very difficult. It’s hard out there for BBQ. If you work for the city of Austin, Houston, Los Angeles or any other cities that have great BBQ please reach out to us. We need your help explaining BBQ to the bureaucrats. They seem to have trouble comprehending a cooking method that is as old as time.

You’ll also get a few minutes with Clay Cowgill, Ben Sasssani and some other quick guests. It was truly fun to drive all over Houston and Austin just trying to keep up with Burt. He moves fast and eats BBQ faster. Please enjoy this nice juicy episode with Burt Bakman and friends. Enjoy.

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