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    BBQ News

    Rollin Smoke Barbeque from Las Vegas brings Southern BBQ to Dallas

    Teresa Gubbins
    Aug 15, 2024 | 6:27 pm
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    Rollin Smoke Barbecue

    Rollin Smoke

    A new barbecue restaurant has opened at Dallas' Trinity Groves: Called Rollin Smoke Barbeque, it's a small chain based in Las Vegas, and it's now serving brisket and ribs along with a whole menu of home-style food.

    The Dallas restaurant is from John McLaurin, a first-time restaurant owner and franchisee who will operate the franchise as a family-owned business.

    He's tweaked the menu to be more Texas-friendly, with home-style country sides and hickory-smoked barbeque.

    “I am excited about being a part of the fabric of Dallas,” McLaurin says in a statement. “My focus will be on quality food, employee retention, and giving back to those who served in the military and law enforcement.”

    Rollin Smoke was founded in 2012 by two friends from Arkansas who wanted to share Arkansas-style barbecue, and the chain prides itself on its distinctively Southern-style approach. The menu varies slightly from location to location, but includes ribs, smoked chicken, sliders, pulled pork, hot links, brisket, rib tips, catfish, shrimp, and hushpuppies.

    You can buy meat by the pound, in a sandwich, or on plates. They also have a smoked meatloaf served with "loaded" mashed potatoes with sauce and fried onion strings that's been featured on the Travel Channel.

    Sides include dirty rice, green beans, yams, fried okra, collard greens, and cornbread. Housemade desserts include peach cobbler, banana pudding, ice cream sundaes, and root beer floats.

    According to a release, McLaurin spent his career as a contractor for the American government. During his time working with the U.S. military, he would only be home for one to two months a year. After returning home to Fort Hood, he decided he wanted more time with his wife and three children, and settled on Trinity Groves as the best place to open a business.

    During the restaurant’s soft opening in July, he hosted the Run for the Blue 5k at Trinity Groves, supporting fallen and wounded officers and their families.

    Trinity Groves partner Sam Romano calls McLaurin a fresh addition to Trinity Groves.

    “We like to work with people who are trying something new - and John has a clear direction on the type of service he will provide and the mouthwatering southern barbeque will absolutely have customers coming back for more," Romano says.

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    Supermarket News

    Food & Wine names top 5 H-E-B items every Dallas foodie should try

    Brandon Watson
    Jul 29, 2025 | 5:50 pm
    H-E-B spicy pickles
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    H-E-B True Texas BBQ Spicy Pickles

    No store does more than H-E-B to impress the editors of Food & Wine magazine. On July 28, the venerable publication sang the praises of the Texas supermarket chain, naming the five best pre-made foods every Texan should add to their grocery list.

    The following H-E-B heavy-hitters made the cut:

    • True Texas BBQ spicy pickles
    • tarragon pecan chicken salad
    • fresh guacamole
    • pre-marinated taco and fajita meats
    • flour tortillas

    To compose the list, food writer Derin Yilmaz, an H-E-B neophyte, polled a gaggle of the magazine's editors who either live or have lived in the Lone Star State.

    "There was a time I didn't know what H-E-B was and had never even heard the name," Yilmaz said in her introduction." When I revealed this naiveté to my Texan best friend, she looked at me in shock..."

    Although Yilmaz's admission might indeed be jaw-dropping, it wasn't surprising that Food & Wine would want to celebrate the homegrown institution. If readers are making one of the magazine's chef-driven recipes, chances are they are getting the ingredients at H-E-B. Many experts admitted to keeping the picks in their own pantries.

    Southern Smoke founder Chris Shepherd, who serves as the magazine's "Editor in Chef," called the pickles a must-try item and the fajita meat a "delicious timesaver," but practically rhapsodized over the tortillas.

    "H-E-B arguably has some of the most delicious flour tortillas commercially made, and yes, those are in our refrigerator at home almost every day of the year," said the Houston-based chef.

    Food & Wine news editor Merlyn Miller, a native of Beaumont, raved about the convenient chicken salad, giving a secondary shout-out to the dill and mustard seed-seasoned pimento cheese.

    "Almost every time I go home, my mom has one of H-E-B's prepared, mayo-based salads in her fridge, and this one is my favorite. It has crunchy pecans, sweet grapes, and isn't overly dressed," she told Yaniz of the chicken salad.

    Chances are, if someone is making one of Food & Wine's elaborate recipes in Texas, they are using leeks, herbs, and olive oil picked up at one of H-E-B's hundreds of stores — or in Dallas' case, H-E-B sibling Central Market.

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