Ken Wheaton – How Long Can You Talk About Brisket?

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“After over a decade of attending and planning and participating in panel discussions, I’d become pretty convinced that a) panel discussions suck and b) there’s no reason for them to ever go longer than 25 minutes,” Ken Wheaton said. “But last night, I sat through a panel that ran a little over two hours and I didn’t want it to end.”

Brisket heavyweights Bill Durney of Hometown BBQ, lauded chef John Tesar, Jake Dell of Katz’s Deli, and Texas Monthly’s Daniel Vaughn sat down to talk shop—and brisket—in this story from the archives.

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