I feel like I got run over by a truck. This weekly post usually comes out on Sunday morning but even getting it up on Monday night makes me feel like I'm being dragged behind a herd of wild horses. 36 hours with no sleep will do that to a body.

Thank you to all the eaters who came out for our first BBQ Pop Up yesterday. There was room for improvement across the board and we appreciate all the feedback {good and bad}. It's the only way to get better. We'll take the lay of the land over the next few days to figure out if we'll do another one or not. Now, onto the weekly top 5 Austin, Texas food stories.

When we hatched the plan to tackle the most quintessential Texas meal on earth, y'all responded in a big way http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/7/10

Texas pit master {and we use that word VERY sparingly-there are hundreds of pit bosses around town but we can count the masters on one hand with fingers left over} John Mueller fell ill and know-nothing local media had the old pit boss dead and buried while he recuperated in a hospital bed. We knew better http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/7/9/

Paul Qui cooking demo http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/7/9/

The Boudin King had a birthday http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/7/10

Over priced breakfast tacos are spreading, Legionnaire disease-like across Austin http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/7/11

Thanks for putting up with y'all, it seems like every week we see heavier and heavier traffic on the site. And don't forget to check out http://chowpapi.com/ lots more ramblings over that way.

and last week's round up/top 5 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/7/8/

real deal Austin food news and reviews: https://twitter.com/RLReevesJr