Tabb Singleton mixes his Okie roots with a fine-dining pedigree at Phat Tabb’s, his Texas-style joint in Idabel, Oklahoma.
Idabel, Oklahoma, sits just across the Texas border. Drive fifteen miles west or twenty miles south and you’ll cross the Red River. This little town, just south of the more well-known Broken Bow, is where Tabb Singleton grew up, and where he left to pursue his culinary career in New Orleans. After fourteen years in the Crescent City, the former barbecue competitor jumped back into smoking meats when he returned home in 2020 to open Phat Tabb’s BBQ. Singleton chose “Phat Tabb’s” long ago as the name for his barbecue-competition team, with the tagline “Plenty Hot and Tasty.” That line on his résumé caught the eye of the team at NOLA, one of Emeril Lagasse’s great restaurants in New Orleans. His first phone interview, with…The post This “White Trash” Pitmaster Is Making Impressive BBQ Just Across the Red River appeared first on Texas Monthly.