Hear to Slay: They Took The Black Out of BBQ (with Adrian Miller, and Michael Twitty)

Hear to Slay: They Took The Black Out of BBQ (with Adrian Miller, and Michael Twitty)

By Roxane Gay

Barbecue as we know it was largely invented by Black people, but have been written out of BBQ history. Adrian Miller explains to Tressie and Roxane how that happened, and how to reclaim credit. Plus Michael Twitty talks to Roxane about how Black foodways are intimately bound up with the traumas of Black history.


Curtis Fox is the senior producer. Catherine Fenollosa is the producer. Ali McPherson and Isoke Samuel are the associate producers. Production help from Lauren Garcia and Kaityln Adams. Hear To Slay theme music by Taka Yasuzawa and Alex Sugiura.

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