Brix Barbecue Bows Out For Now

Owner and Pitmaster Trevor Sales has been drawing long lines for many years. Brix Barbecue has been a perennial favorite from the days of setting up smokers on Bryan Avenue near Wishbone & Flynt, to the opening of  Brix & Mortar in 2023 at 1012 South Main. Now he says it’s the end of the road.

“Our last day of regular service at Brix Barbecue will be Sunday August 17th,” Sales says in a Facebook post. “We have been blessed with serving the Fort Worth community and beyond since starting in my backyard in 2017. I thank you all, dearly.”

Brix was on the radar of “Barbecue Snob” Daniel Vaughn for many years as well, having earned and honorable mention on his newest Texas Monthly Top 50 Barbecue List which was released in May.

Texas Barbecue Loses Trevor Sales’ Unique Spin

Pitmaster Trevor Sales named the operation Brix in honor of his boxer terrier rescue dog that never left Sales’ side. Brix has been one of Fort Worth’s best joints for many years, first serving out of his trailer dubbed “Smokestream” and then his Brix & Mortar location.

This Chicago transplant, also known as “Big T,” is famous for his tender ribs, and juicy brisket. But a couple of unexpected hits kept his menu fresh as well. People couldn’t get enough of the specialty Brix burger, and his amazing Texas Porchetta ― a smoked pork belly stuffed with fresh herbs and spices. Fans turned out to taste his amazing tomahawk steaks as well.

“Over the next three weeks we are going to be serving things we’ve made for specials over the years that you all loved,” Sales says. “For starters, the Funkytown Hot Chicken Sandwich will be served all weekend long this week. Stay tuned for what else we’re pulling out of the woodworks. Please come out to support the staff these next three weeks, a lot of you guys are like family to myself and them.”

What’s Next? A Private Dining Concept Called Tallow

“While we love the BBQ World, we have decided it’s time to move on,” Trevor Sales says. “As the restaurant landscape has changed, so have my passions, family life, career, and what’s important to me. I still love to cook and serve others and plan to continue to do that through my private dining concept, Tallow.”

Sales hopes to lease or sell the cool space with its covered and rooftop patios at the corner of  South Main and Rosedale Avenue.

The barbecue business is a blood sport, with the rising cost of meat, the long, lonely, and hot hours tending a pit outdoors, and plenty of competition. Trevor Sales achieved something most only dream of ― not only surviving but thriving through covid closures and beyond. Not even a pandemic, supply chain or personnel madness could keep him down.  His big heart, and creative compositions will be sadly missed in the Texas barbecue scene.

“Is this the end of Brix Barbecue? I don’t know, probably,” he says. “Though I can tell you it won’t be the last time you eat something from me.”