Smith Spot BBQ in Garland Is a Rare Original in the Texas Scene [Video]

Terrance Smith was good enough with a grill to make some spending money while attending Texas A&M-Commerce. He sold chicken and links from the parking lot of his dorm, and when he went back home to visit his parents he’d normally grill them some steaks. One day he decided to level up and try to smoke a brisket. “I got too big for my britches. The brisket was so tough, I couldn’t cut it,” Smith recalled with a laugh. Even worse, his mother, Odell, called him out. “You’ll be a real barbecue man when you learn how to cook brisket,” she told him, and he took on the challenge.

Smith didn’t smoke a brisket he was happy with until after getting his degree in psychology. He fell asleep in his Dallas apartment, leaving a brisket unattended in the smoker outside. He woke up in a panic. “I ran outside and …