“We make everything ourselves” – Couple bring authentic Texas BBQ flavours to Halifax town centre

Visitors to The Woolshops might notice a new food truck — Blame It All On My Roots BBQ — parked outside JD Sports.

Husband and wife team Kenneth — who is from Texas — and Lisa Lohman are behind the new business, which they took full time last August.

The business offers authentic Texas BBQ food in a street food style, and will be open at The Woolshops Thursdays through to Sundays from 12pm to 2pm, as well as on several evenings throughout June, July and August to coincide with Piece Hall gigs during its summer concert series.

Describing the food they serve, the couple said: “All our meats are smoked low and slow over oak, the authentic Texas way, on a huge offset smoker, and then we decided to create a menu where you could eat those slow smoked meats, the ones that you really enjoy, in a street food style — so, beer in one hand, food in the other.

“So we do it in tacos, we do it as loaded mac and cheese, and we do our Texas hot links — that’s our sausage dog; we load that with some Texas brisket chilli, which has got the oak smoked chunks of brisket in there.”

“We make everything ourselves, from the BBQ sauce to the condiments — everything, it’s all us,” they added.

On the idea behind the business, Lisa said: “It was an idea we’ve had for years and years and years.

“All of our friends [said] ‘this is great food, why don’t you get it out there?’ and it’s just taken that plunge to actually see if people really want this and are they going to enjoy it, and it’s gone down really really well.”

More information, including opening dates and times, can be found on the business’ Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/blameitbbq/