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well it's time for the Texas bucket list
burger of the weekend this week we're
right next to the border in Laredo at a
barbecue joint that I'm told has an
amazing burger we're at fringo when you
head to the southern side of the state
you don't expect to find a whole lot of
barbecue by the border it's a lot of
Mexican food here you know there's
plenty of fun cool places and honestly
it's all the same not here in South
Texas so Johnny Castaneda did something
about it he busted out his smoker and
brought some bodacious barbecue to
Laredo I learned to cook for my mom and
that was one of the things we were
really big in the family cooking
barbecue brings her family together a
huge fan of the movie tombstone he's
known as Johnny Ringo in these parts
ever since the movie tombstone came out
everybody would always call me Johnny
Ringo and I'm like I don't know why they
would call me Johnny Ringo because I'm
not a bad guy since it sounded cool
Johnny rolled with Ringo and he doesn't
mind throwing out a famous line from
time to time oh well bye we are not
going anywhere
cuz we called down the Thunder and we're
about to get it with 1pp burger
we'll put barbecue and a burger together
in sports the Doc Holliday first a
half-pound patty is placed on the grill
while a sourdough bun gets toasted
emanating fried as it all cooks Johnny
South Texas barbecue smoke with oak gets
ready for this showdown here mesquite is
in abundance I mean we can go to the
back right now and go grab a bunch of
Mesquite but oak is this totally
different gives it a milder taste a
little nutty and and people people
notice it the bun gets a layer of
chopped beef held together with hatched
sausage so you got a base for the burger
with a sausage hold it Nestle's
everything in nice and nice and smooth
and that's it right that's all the
barbecue was it's got one more one more
we're gonna fit its bridge oh and this
juror is gonna put everything okay so
it's a barbecue a barbecue breakfast
sandwich barbecue much with the burger
with the burger
and to all that the burger itself topped
with shredded cheddar bacon and an a
holy moley
and now it's time for the shootout there
it is it's you'll find a way oh my
goodness and that's just pretty it's a
monstrosity in the best possible way so
here's the docket
after giving every morsel of meat mixed
in my mouth it was marvelous
it's so fun it's not diet food
whatsoever but it's it's worth it
on occasion you get the brisket and then
you get the sausage just an incredible
compliment of flavors for the barbecue
or burger lover in your life this is
Texas soul food non barbecue it's really
good to pull off a concoction like this
not only do you have to have a good
burger you gotta have good barbecue too
and chicken I'd have to go out of town
to good find good find good barbecue so
now it's it's a home seeing people enjoy
his barbecue means a lot to Johnny
because not too long ago a stroke
sidelined him from stoking the fires at
ringo's I just thank God that I was here
when it happened we have a lot of Border
Patrol DPS that come in here during
lunch time and the Border Patrol is
certified in EMS and one of the one of
the agents came over there and said this
guy's having a stroke I was in a coma
for six seven days yeah and when I came
to I look to my right and I saw my wife
my daughter and my son that lives in
Washington and I need something happened
johnny is recovering but is unable to
play as big of a role in his business
very discouraging sometimes but I mean
knowing that I'm still alive and I can
like I'm still getting to leave my dream
and mix up for it seniors today was a
blessing and I'm glad that he's here
he's on his way back it'll take time but
you don't want never give up so get
reeled into Ringo's because this food
just taking it to the next level you're
like barbecue and you're in Laredo you
should come in here the American Way an
American entrepreneur I like that you
know I always try to support like those
small businesses well if you happen to
be now by the border and have a
hankering for a hammer that happens to
have beef brisket sausage and egg on it
ring goes down in the raid OS well we're
the stop on the Texas bucket list I wish
people could understand there's
something you should eat at least once
in your lifetime but once won't cut it's
like a potato chip once you have it one
time you know we got to have it all the
time