DALLAS — It started with conversation at parties. Barbecue, it seemed, just always came up.
After a friend posted a picture of brisket on Facebook, Neghae Mawla commented asking when they were going to have a competition. Zahid Ahmad replied that he received permission from his wife to host one. And so, a few weeks later, in 2017, six guys prepared brisket and brought it over to Ahmad’s house.
A few dozen of their friends showed up to judge. They used Survey Monkey to vote on different criteria (taste, tenderness, smoke ring and more) and determined a winner, who walked away with a first place medal.
