Pit-master Damian Brugger carries a tray of hot BBQ back into the kitchen at Black Label Ice House in New Orleans. (Photo by Chris Granger, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune) Pit master Damian Brugger ...

Damian Brugger surrounded by smoke as he works around his pit at Black Label Ice House in New Orleans when he was still the pit master of that Central City restaurant. (Photo by Chris Granger ...

Damian Brugger, a Texas-born pit master, will open two locations of Brugger's Barbecue early next year. In Uptown, he will have a full restaurant and beer garden. Off Frenchmen Street, he will ...

Damian Brugger was born in Texas. He was raised on barbecue. "I grew up around it," Brugger said. "As a boy, I did everything from fetch beer to fetch wood." At his stall in St. Roch Market ...

Damian Brugger has been cooking his Texas-style barbecue in New Orleans for the past four years, and he has been doing it by any means necessary. "I got my start in Ms. Mae's parking lot with a ...

Black Label Barbecue was originally a smoker on a trailer manned by Damian Brugger. Later, Brugger moved Black Label to the bar Barrel Proof in the Lower Garden District. When Brugger and his ...

Damian Brugger has been serving the distinctive flavors of Texas barbecue around New Orleans for years as a pop-up. With his own restaurant and bar poised to open, he plans to bring more elements ...

Head chef and pitmaster Damian Brugger told The Press Democrat Thursday that he and others decided to walk out over the alleged “toxic behavior” and belittling comments from Sheldon.

The recently closed Townes restaurant, formerly Third Street Aleworks, in downtown Santa Rosa will reopen as Downtown Barbecue in early November, according to owner and pitmaster Damian Brugger.

In a phone call, head chef and pitmaster Damian Brugger told The Press Democrat that he, a sous chef and the front-of-house manager decided in the past few days to walk out over Sheldon’s ...