Live Fire and Smoke

10/17/2026

🔥 FEATURED GUEST SPOTLIGHT! 🔥

She’s bringing the FIRE to Hondo, Texas! 🔥🇺🇸

We’re excited to welcome Raye Barker, better known as “Lil Gringa,” to the Live Fire & Smoke activation at the Texas Open Fire Meat Up!

Raye brings an infectious energy, a love for great food, and a whole lot of personality to the BBQ community!

We’re looking forward to having Lil Gringa join us for a weekend filled with live-fire cooking, incredible food, great friendships, and plenty of unforgettable moments!

🔥 Big fire. Bold flavors. Good people. That’s what it’s all about!

📍 The Barn at Quail Crossing Ranch – Hondo, TX
📅 October 22–24, 2026

Come hang out with Raye and the entire Live Fire & Smoke crew! You won’t want to miss this one!

🔥 LIVE OUTDOORS. COOK BOLD. 🔥

10/16/2026

🔥 FEATURED PARTNER SPOTLIGHT! 🔥

From the bayous of Louisiana to the open fires of Texas! 🔥⚜️

We’re fired up to welcome Matt & Toby from Farm to Fire Louisiana to the Live Fire & Smoke activation at the Texas Open Fire Meat Up!

These two know a thing or two about good food, great company, and cooking over an open flame! Their passion for authentic Louisiana flavors, outdoor cooking, and bringing people together around the fire is exactly what Live Fire & Smoke is all about!

If you’ve ever spent time around Matt & Toby, you know there’s never a shortage of laughs, incredible food, and good times!

We’re proud to call these guys friends and even more excited to have them joining us in Hondo! 💪🔥

📍 The Barn at Quail Crossing Ranch – Hondo, TX
📅 October 22–24, 2026

Come hang out, watch some incredible live-fire cooking demonstrations, and experience what this BBQ community is all about!

🔥 LIVE OUTDOORS. COOK BOLD. 🔥

10/15/2026

🔥 FEATURED PARTNER SPOTLIGHT! 🔥

Jesus, Family, and BBQ! 🙌🔥

We’re fired up to welcome Jordan Davis of The Smoking Pastor Project to the Live Fire & Smoke activation at the Texas Open Fire Meat Up!

Jordan is a man whose passions are rooted in three things: Jesus Christ, his family, and great BBQ! And if you know Jordan, you know he brings his heart and soul to everything he does.

For Jordan, BBQ is about more than just cooking incredible food. It’s about faith, fellowship, serving others, and bringing people together around the fire.

With his motto, “Crafting Smiles, One Bite at a Time,” Jordan represents everything we love about the BBQ community: faith, family, friendship, and some seriously good food!

We’re proud to have Jordan as part of the Live Fire & Smoke family, and we can’t wait to share the fire with him in Hondo! 🔥💪

📍 The Barn at Quail Crossing Ranch – Hondo, TX
📅 October 22–24, 2026

Come hungry, bring a friend, and get ready for an unforgettable weekend!

🔥 LIVE OUTDOORS. COOK BOLD. 🔥

10/15/2026

🔥 FEATURED PARTNER SPOTLIGHT! 🔥

We’re excited to welcome Tim Messer of Tim Messer to the Live Fire & Smoke activation at the Texas Open Fire Meat Up! 🇺🇸🔥

Tim is a true craftsman who turns beautiful hardwoods into incredible, handcrafted cutting boards and butcher blocks. His attention to detail, passion for quality, and American craftsmanship make Messer Woodworks a perfect fit for the Live Fire & Smoke family!

Great BBQ deserves a great cutting board, and Tim knows how to deliver! 💪🔥

Be sure to check out Messer Woodworks and come see us in Hondo, Texas, for an unforgettable weekend of fire, food, and fellowship!

📍 The Barn at Quail Crossing Ranch – Hondo, TX
📅 October 22–24, 2026

🔥 LIVE OUTDOORS. COOK BOLD. 🔥

10/14/2026

🔥 FEATURED PARTNER SPOTLIGHT! 🔥

We’re fired up to welcome Cam.the.Pitman of Cam The Pitman to the Live Fire & Smoke activation at the Texas Open Fire Meat Up! 🇺🇸🔥

Cam is all about BBQ, the great outdoors, and bringing people together over incredible food! His passion for live-fire cooking and good times makes him a perfect fit for what we’re bringing to Hondo, Texas!

📍 Hondo, TX | October 22–24, 2026

Get ready for some serious smoke, incredible food, and an unforgettable weekend with some of the best people in BBQ!

🔥 WHO’S READY TO GET FIRED UP?! 🔥

10/13/2026

Let’s go yall!!!

🔥 HONDO, TEXAS — WE'RE COMING. 🔥

Me and PitKid Wyatt will be DEMO COOKING, Father-Son style, at the Texas Open Fire Meat Up, October 22–23 — live fire, real smoke, and something coming off our pit you have NEVER tasted before. That's all I'm saying. 🤫🔥

Then Saturday, October 24th — the main event. Good food. Live fire. Family.

Come hungry. Come say hey. Come watch a kid out-cook half the grown folks there. 👊

🙏 Huge thank you to Small Biz Flavor, Cotton Gin Smokers, Finley Farms for having us — y'all are amazing!

📍 Quail Crossing Ranch, Hondo, TX
🎟️ Tickets through https://www.openfiremeatup.com/texas

Who's pulling up? 👇

09/30/2026

New YouTube video posted! Click the link in our bio! Talking about our time Finley Farms & The Ozark Mill this past week. Happy anniversary to our friends !

09/30/2026

Check out our newest video from our visit this past week with Finley Farms

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09/27/2026

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09/26/2026

Huge congratulations to Finley Farms on 5 years of serving Ozark, Missouri! Five years of great food, hospitality, and creating a place people want to come back to again and again.

Tim Messer from Messer Woodworks for always bringing incredible craftsmanship to the table! 🔥👏

We’re proud to work alongside great people and great brands like these.

Here’s to the next 5! 🥩🔥