{"id":468108,"date":"2026-10-16T19:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T19:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/468108\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T19:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T19:28:11","slug":"smoke-fire-bbq-fest-returns-to-san-antonios-pearl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/468108\/","title":{"rendered":"Smoke &#038; Fire BBQ fest returns to San Antonio&#8217;s Pearl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With gas prices surging and beef not far behind, taking a Texas barbecue road trip might soon require a loan. Once again, San Antonio\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pullmanmarket.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Pullman Market<\/a> is to the rescue with Smoke &amp; Fire, its annual mini meat fest bringing in top pitmasters from across the state.<\/p>\n<p>Held November 14, the event features a few familiar hometown names, including Sean Wen from Curry Boys, Alex and Brenda Sarmiento from El Pastor es my Se\u00f1or, Ian Lanphear from Isidore, Ian Corral and Max Mu\u00f1oz from Mezquite, and Jason Dady of Two Bros BBQ. Larkin Kuny, the recently appointed executive chef of Rosso, will give a first taste of the <a href=\"https:\/\/sanantonio.culturemap.com\/news\/restaurants-bars\/rosso-opening-pearl-erales-torres\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">upcoming Italian steakhouse<\/a> with restaurant partner and Top Chef winner Gabe Erales.<\/p>\n<p>Popular YouTube personality and cookbook author ArnieTex (AKA Arnie Segovia) will also be firing up the pit. Between them, the rest of the out-of-towners have two James Beard Award semifinalist nods, four spots on Texas Monthly&#8217;s Top 50 barbecue list, and a Michelin Bib Gourmand. They include:<\/p>\n<p>Cooper Abercrombie \u2014 Bar-A-BBQ (Montgomery)George Watts \u2014 GW BBQ (San Juan)Kareem El-Ghayesh \u2014 KG BBQ (Austin)Robert Celestino \u2014 Schulze&#8217;s Pit Room (Seguin)Roy Servan \u2014 Taqueria de Diez (Austin)Joel Garcia \u2014 Teddy&#8217;s BBQ (Weslaco)<\/p>\n<p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"85a54\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"50b40941a668e10c56a56a08062a0544\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/smoke-fire.jpg\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" alt=\"Smoke &amp; Fire\"\/> Tickets include all the barbecue you can eat.Photo by Briano.<\/p>\n<p>During the event, attendees will sample signature bites from each pitmaster, sip beverages, and enjoy live music and entertainment. A VIP package includes Pullman Market swag and access to an exclusive patio lounge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter an exciting first year, we\u2019re looking forward to welcoming the event back to Pullman Market and bringing together an incredible group of pitmasters and chefs for another night of great food, live music, and community,\u201d said Kevin Fink, founder and CEO of Pullman Market, in a release. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to continue building Smoke &amp; Fire into a tradition that people look forward to each year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All-inclusive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/2025-pullman-smoke-and-fire-celebration-tickets-1618587541909?aff=oddtdtcreator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">tickets<\/a> for Smoke &amp; Fire are $105.96 for general admission and $175.26 for VIP, with a discounted rate available for children 12 and under. The mini-festival at 221 Newell Ave takes place from 5-8 pm on Saturday, October 18, with VIP guests granted entry at 4 pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With gas prices surging and beef not far behind, taking a Texas barbecue road trip might soon require&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":468109,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1068,2808,1111,577,742,8270,82,84,83,6591],"class_list":["post-468108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-barbecue","tag-chefs","tag-event-planner","tag-festivals","tag-pearl","tag-pullman-market","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-things-to-do-san-antonio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468108","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=468108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}