
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