EditorialFrom left, Nikki Crawford, Marcel Spears and Billy Eugene Jones in James Ijames’s “Fat Ham,” at the American Airlines Theater in New York, on May 20, 2023. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
Editorial Local residents keep warm by burning pieces of an old armoir in a barbecue grill in Austin, Texas, on Feb. 17 2021, after Winter Storm Uri cast Texas into frigid darkness. The state paid the Bitdeer bitcoin mine an average of $175,000 an hour to keep its servers offline during the crisis. (Tamir Kalifa/The New York Times)
EditorialFrom left, Marcel Spears, Nikki Crawford and Billy Eugene Jones in “Fat Ham” at the Public Theater in New York, May 11, 2022. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialAmazon employees sign a petition calling on the company to negotiate with the Amazon Labor Union at a barbecue hosted by the union near Amazon's JFK8 warehouse on Staten Island, Sept. 28, 2022. (DeSean McClinton-Holland/The New York Times)
EditorialA barbecue hosted by the Amazon Labor Union near Amazon's JFK8 warehouse on Staten Island, Sept. 28, 2022. (DeSean McClinton-Holland/The New York Times)
EditorialChef Tory Miller glazes his chicken while grilling at home with a gochujang barbecue sauce he developed and uses at his restaurant Graze, in Madison, Wis., June 28, 2022. (Andy Manis/The New York Times)
EditorialIn the up-and-coming neighborhood of Hole?ovice, Big Smokers serves Austin,Texas-style barbecue in Prague, July 16, 2022. (Lenka Grabicova/The New York Times)
EditorialBeef short ribs at San Ho Won, a Korean barbecue spot with both classic dishes and riffs on tradition, in San Francisco July 7, 2022. (Jason Henry/The New York Times)
EditorialDiners at San Ho Won, an acclaimed new Korean barbecue restaurant in San Francisco’s Mission District, July 13, 2022. (Aya Brackett/The New York Times)