The new cookbook Smoked, by New York-based pitmaster Ed Randolph of Handsome Devil BBQ, features many of the Northeast’s best barbecue joints and even some vegan BBQ from Brooklyn.

Chef and pitmaster Corey Cash of Cash Only BBQ fame will soon open a new Brooklyn BBQ joint and bar called Southbound in Gowanus. This and much more in this week’s NYC BBQ Weekly newsletter.

Here are some of the top NYC BBQ stories of 2019 that you might have missed, including the nine best BBQ bites in New York, the new Brisket King of NYC, the launch of a great barbecue taco joint, and my first curated BBQ event.

Mothership Meat Company, a new Texas-style barbecue joint at the northern edge of Long Island City, promises a wide range of experimentation and innovation. This, plus the week’s top news stories and events.

Last Saturday, more than a thousand NYC barbecue fans attended the Jeff Michner BBQ Benefit at Pig Beach in Brooklyn, one of the largest events of its kind to be held this year. We should expect more like it over the coming years.

Juicy Lucy BBQ of Staten Island hasn’t even opened yet but it won Wednesday night’s Brisket King NYC 2019 event in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. This and much more in this week’s NYC BBQ Weekly.