{"id":117657,"date":"2026-01-10T02:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T02:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/117657\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T02:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T02:32:12","slug":"texas-bbq-to-be-served-on-some-american-airlines-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/117657\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas BBQ to be served on some American Airlines flights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260108-pecan-lodge.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-7d0efd03=\"\"\/> article    <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">DALLAS &#8211; Starting in February, some American Airlines passengers will have the option of eating authentic Texas barbecue as their in-flight meal.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The airline said they&#8217;ll be partnering with Pecan Lodge restaurant to serve Texas barbecue on board.<\/p>\n<p> American Airlines to serve Texas BBQ  <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The meals will be available to first-class passengers on flights from DFW International Airport to LaGuardia Airport and John F. Kennedy International Airport.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The meals will be available for preorder starting on Jan. 11 through <a href=\"https:\/\/aa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">aa.com<\/a>\u00a0or American\u2019s mobile app.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">&#8220;As we celebrate American\u2019s centennial anniversary in 2026, we\u2019re looking forward to delighting our customers in new ways that honor unique regional tastes, beginning right here in our home state through one of the most beloved barbecue restaurants in Texas,&#8221; said Rhonda Crawford, American\u2019s SVP of Customer Experience Design and Strategy. &#8220;Our customers deserve nothing but the best, and Pecan Lodge is certainly that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  Pecan Lodge meals <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">February offering: Pecan Lodge barbecue platter<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Smoked brisket and smoked sausage, paired with creamy mac and cheese, crisp coleslaw and a side of pickles, onions and barbecue sauce<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">March offering: Smoked chopped brisket sandwich<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Chopped brisket on a fresh brioche bun, served with roasted green beans, creamy potato salad and a side of pickles, onions and barbecue sauce<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information in this article comes from American Airlines.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/us\/tx\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/organization\/american-airlines\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">American Airlines<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/lifestyle\/food-drink\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Food and Drink<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/lifestyle\/travel\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Travel<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article DALLAS &#8211; Starting in February, some American Airlines passengers will have the option of eating authentic Texas&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117658,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[737,3613,242,223,1827,27,29,28,6208,216,393],"class_list":{"0":"post-117657","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas","8":"tag-american-airlines","9":"tag-food-drink","10":"tag-lifestyle","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-organization","13":"tag-texas","14":"tag-texas-headlines","15":"tag-texas-news","16":"tag-travel","17":"tag-tx","18":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}