Episode 3: We had one of Austin’s most iconic pitmasters at the counter, Chef Evan LeRoy of Leroy & Lewis.

From the early food truck days in an empty lot with no shade or bathrooms…

to becoming Texas Monthly #2, earning a MICHELIN star, and now releasing his first cookbook! Evan’s journey is unreal.

We talked:

🔥 Building a pitmaster “coaching tree”

🔥 The steak experience (and why it had to be tableside)

🔥 What makes “new school barbecue” different

🔥 His favorite bites in Austin

🔥 Hunting, whole-animal butchery, chili philosophy

🔥 And yes… he tried shirako with me