SFA Oral History: Sloan Rinaldi

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 received huge acclaim for her skills on the competition stage and homes around the nation. Chef Rinaldi is industrious and devoted to her craft as one of Texas’ foremost pitmasters; she continues to break glass ceilings as one of a handful of women pitmasters at the highest levels of American barbecue.