Distant Relatives

"Bib gourmand 2024 Meanwhile Brewing is home to a few food trucks, but Chef Damien Brockway's is the one to beat. It's barbecue, but certainly not your grandaddy's barbecue. Instead, there's more than a hint of new school in this cooking, with the chef's African diaspora inspiration coming through in the menu. There is a stern nose to tail and root to stem ethos here, where you'll find everything from pulled pork and brisket to chicken smoked using pecan wood and mixed hardwood. Classic pork sausage flecked with red pepper flakes impresses with its dialed-in flavor, but it's the chicken with chile vinegar butter that is the true standout. A rotating list of sides may include burnt ends with black-eyed peas and smoky spice-rubbed peanuts.  "

@nchavotier

"African American inspired BBQ trailer. Seen on « Somebody Feed Phil »"

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@bossanovocain

"AS : barbecue aux influences afro-américaines"

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"barbecue les tribulations culinaires de Phil cacahuètes fumées salées épicées "

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"Somebody feed Phil: African flavored barbecue. Black-eyed peas, burnt ends of brisket, hot smoked peanuts, pickled golden beets, tallow roasted radishes, all of the sauces are incredible and original"

@kris.mendenh

"While a newcomer to the city’s barbecue world, chef Damien Brockway and his Govalle truck have already made a huge impression (one of Eater’s best new restaurants of 2021 and Eater Austin’s food truck of 2021. The menu honors and explores what modern African-American fare really is with a Texas lens, which leads to items such as pulled pork served alongside tamarind barbecue sauce and brisket with a smoked mustard butter sauce. Service-style: Food truck service with indoor and outdoor dine-in areas courtesy of host site Meanwhile Brewing; takeout orders placed in person. Days and hours: Wednesday through Sunday, noon to 8 p.m. or until sold out. Recommended orders: Brisket, chicken, burnt ends."

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"Consigliato da Francesco Costa, un food truck che fa cucina tradizionale bbq in chiave afroamericana "

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"Food truck con carne super buona, by costa"

@erikacarpi

"Specialità carne con influenze afro."

@grizzi

"Consigliato da francesco costa"

@abrusca.federico

"Unlike other barbecue spots in Central Texas that stick with a minimalist, salt-and-pepper seasoning, the food at Distant Relatives aims to highlight the flavors and textures of the African diaspora in America. That means strong spice profiles, classic preservation methods, and a nose-to-tail approach that puts everything from spare ribs to hog jowl side-by-side on the menu. It’s creative and so consistently great that you’ll probably forget you just ordered from a trailer. Some of the sides and toppings change seasonally, but you can generally expect to see some menu staples like pulled pork sandwiches and brisket in some form or another. They also make a smoked chicken leg quarter with chili vinegar dip that just might be some of the best chicken we’ve ever had. And they’re conveniently located at Meanwhile Brewing, so you’ll have plenty of choices when it comes to drink pairings. "

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"BBQ truck at Meanwhile Brewery, African roots (other food trucks there too). Went w Billy & Christine."

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"Standing out in the crowded Texas barbecue field means going beyond excellent meat. For pitmaster Damien Brockway, this work is intensely personal: His food truck, Distant Relatives, plays with and pushes back on Austin’s unwritten barbecue rules — largely informed by German and Czech traditions — by centering African American cooking through the lens of his own history. Brockway traces his lineage back to West Africa (these ancestors, along with the greater African diaspora, are the distant relatives the truck’s name refers to), using the paths of enslaved people in North America to shed light on the often-overlooked foundations of America’s broader barbecue culture. Take sauce. Central Texas (especially Austin) tends to look down on dressing meats with basically anything, but Brockway rounds out nearly everything that comes off the smoker with some sort of delicious, culturally significant condiment. A tamarind and molasses sauce (the former native to Africa, the latter a legacy of plantation-system farming) tops pillowy pulled pork. For succulent chicken thighs, there’s chile vinegar butter that refers back to one of the mop sauces used by enslaved pitmasters — and Brockway’s family recipe for barbecue chicken. Sides like fresh corn grits topped with pickled okra show off his fine dining training and his consideration for staple African diaspora ingredients. There’s no other smokehouse like it in town, but the vibe is still pure Austin: The truck is parked at Meanwhile Brewing, where good beer and picnic tables await anyone ready for their next smoked meat adventure."

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"It’s fair to say Austin’s barbecue fanatics have gone hog wild for pitmaster and chef Damien Brockway’s Distant Relatives barbecue food truck. Specializing in “modern African American” eats and leaning into flavors of pecan and smoke and kicked-up spice, Distant Relatives features a meat-tastic menu of pulled-pork and brisket sandwiches, craveable snacks and sides (we’re looking at you, green mango slaw!), and, of course, all the pork spareribs, chicken legs, and beef brisket barbecue connoisseurs get fired up for."

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