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Texas Monthly: Two Texas Pitmasters Will Compete on the Third Season of Netflix’s ‘Barbecue Showdown’

July 5, 2024

WHO: Kareem El-Ghayesh of Austin’s KG BBQ and Sloan Rinaldi of Houston’s Texas Q. WHAT: The third season of Netflix’s reality competition show Barbecue Showdown, in which nine pitmasters vie to win $50,000, premieres on July 4. WHY IT’S SO GREAT: Texas barbecue is no stranger to the limelight, nor to Netflix programming—you may have seen it featured on shows like Chef’s Table and Somebody Feed [ more ]

Sloan and Texas Q on Houston Life

July 4, 2024

4th generation pitmaster, Sloan Rinaldi competes in new season of Netflix’s ‘Barbecue Showdown’ Houston – Sloan Rinaldi, President of Texas Q in Kingwood, returned to Houston Life to talk about her latest reality competition. “When they (Netflix) called, I was all in, immediately, it was a really exciting opportunity,” Rinaldi said. Previously, Sloan was selected by Food Network and Chopped as [ more ]

SFA Oral History: Sloan Rinaldi

November 16, 2022

Sloan Rinaldi is the owner of Texas Q, a craft BBQ joint located in Kingwood, Texas. A proud Texan and fourth-generation pitmaster, Chef Rinaldi is honing classic barbecue technique while expanding the parameters and flavors of traditional Texan ‘cue. Breaking into the barbecue scene through competitions and her legendary line of barbecue sauces, she has [ more ]

Texas Q on KHOU 11

March 10, 2022

Meet female pitmaster Sloan Rinaldi, the owner of ‘Texas Q’ barbeque Something she finds rewarding is breaking the mold and helping to establish a place for women in fields dominated by men.

2021 Updates

June 1, 2021

Texas Q has been up to a lot in the last few months! Check out our new updated look. We purchased our dream mobile commercial kitchen “BBQ Food Trailer” that should be ready early July. Check your newsletter for a calendar of events and where you can find us for your Texas Q fix! Our [ more ]