"The next stop on Rosenthal and Vaughn’s barbecue crawl is the newer modern African American barbecue truck in the McKinney neighborhood (which was also named one of Eater’s best new restaurants and Eater Austin’s best new food truck in 2021). The two enjoy a glass of beer from host site Meanwhile Brewing, and then Distant owner and pitmaster Damien Brockway (who was also a James Beard semifinalist chef earlier this year) serves them an array of barbecue and sides, the latter including black eyed peats with burnt ends, hot smoked peanuts, pickled golden beets, and tallow-roasted radishes. Rosenthal tries the chicken with the paired chili-vinegar dip, and says that “this is some of my favorite chicken and sauce ever, I am finishing this.”" - Nadia Chaudhury