You don't have to worry about the meat being undercooked, Leah. It's probably been smoked at least 12-14 hours if not more...

In Texas, we have access to all the good BBQ, but pro tip, when you come to visit here or Louisiana, make sure you get the seasonings, ship the meats to yourself if you can, get at least dry ingredients you can use, because some things just will never taste the same without them. When we visit New Orleans, we bring a whole cooler to bring back gumbos, and stocks, and sauces, and seasonings and since most people are super friendly, we will ask, how do you make this or that, or what is their best tip for making a good xyz. A lot of people love to talk about their cooking or their families best recipes and you get the best advice along with places to go that aren't overly priced touristy trap places.

Maybe one of the reasons why BBQ has been and is such a thing in the states is due to our abundance of hardwood varieties great for smoking. Oak, Cherry, Pecan, Walnut, Apple, Mesquite etc. A big country with a lot of forests equals lots of firewood.

The beautiful thing about America - there are several different types or styles of BBQ, originally unique to specific places/regions/states - and now you can find great examples of the different styles in big cities like my hometown of Philly. BUT...yeah, you can't find better than going to the places/region where a specific style started.

This BBQ looked very good. The pink, or redness, around the edges is from the smoke during cooking. The bark and smoke ring is the best part of the meat. ❤

Haha. Leah is doing well for her age. And you have a point on building her confidence up Jono. You had built yours up through the videos you've done. Doing great.

Idaho or Russet potatoes are usually very big

Good job, Leah! Also, easiest way to think about the diff between grilling and bbq, is that grilling is fast like 3-10m, while bbq is lower temps for much longer, often hours. And holy crap, I've been watching Jolly for more than a year, and I never realized it was Josh + Ollie, lol! Final comment - I've actually eaten at Blue Oak. It was really good, and I'd recommend it? Thx for the reaction vid!

Texas and Louisiana are right next to each other, so the methods and tastes are similar. Btw, when you do visit Louisiana pronounce it "Lusiana", it's how natives pronounce it. Brussel sprouts are bbq, but not tailgate food

Maybe somebody has already said something about the potato, but just in case, it's probably an Idaho russet. They tend to grow large like the one in the video and are perfect for making a meal out of one. Especially when it's loaded

Go to Papas BBQ here in Houston, all the Baked Potatoes are that size....stuffed with brisket.

Good to see Leah today! Baked potato soup done right is delicious. It's a thick hardy soup. Glad to see another great video!

LOL!! If you don't like mashed potatoes, you might not like potato soup but it's SOOOOOOO good when done right.

Im from Louisiana & i cook this literally 2-3 times a week...btw your daughter did great & great job Leah you did amazing & ty both for this amazing reaction!!

There are malls in Houston and Dallas called The Galleria malls. You want 4 floors of shopping while you watch people ice skate on the ground floor? It's pretty amazing.

If you go to Buc-ee's they can shop to their hearts content. No one has figured out how Ollie's brain is wired to come up with all the things that come from his mind to his mouth.

A loaded potato has butter, chili, sour cream, bacon and chives. And some places scoop out the potato first to mash it up first then put it back in the potato.

Barbecue is low and slow while grilling is hot and fast. So if you have the heat up high, you’re grilling and not barbecuing. One of the things that make barbecue really good is when it includes either all wood or wood mixed with the charcoal. My personal favorite is mesquite wood. that smoky goodness is to die for.

My butcher shop here in Northwest Arkansas aside from all of the amazing meats and cuts they offer also offers pre-cooked sides, breads and desserts. One of my wife’s (and my) favorite sides is a baked potato salad. It has all the flavors of a baked potato- bacon, sour cream, butter and chives but made into a cold non-traditional potato salad. Which of course here in the South is very common alongside BBQ. So tasty regardless of which one one chooses.

On "Don't of the South" by Walter's World, they explain the difference between grilled meats and BBQ meats.

the way it works type/temp/time grill/high/fast -5 - 120 mins BBQ/low/slow -10 - 16 hours Smoking is an adjunct to BBQ called Texas BBQ Hawaiian BBQ involves the whole pig in a pit covered with coals that potato is called a Idaho russet potato

Love how you did the shelf and the US flag in the back.

Cabela's will impress you I love jolly videos because they're opened minded about the different states and food

Even though Louisiana and other states aren't as well known for their BBQ doesn't mean that those states don't have places that do serve really good BBQ.

When it comes to BBQ in the US, the meat is pretty much cooked the same way everywhere. It's the rubs and sauces that is the big difference.

That was some great food. I am sure you will love the food in Texas. Love seeing your kids with you they add to the reaction and have cool expressions. Your daughter did really well in this video.

In America we love our food and to cook for others. We're very open and welcoming with our foods. Each region of the US has food that is it's specialty and you can't find anything that compares to it in other parts of the US.

Every southern state has their own style of barbecue. Don't forget the soul food. Amazing!

I love how you are introducing your kids to American culture!

If you're smoking, pink is great 👍. Just take the temperature to make sure 😅

Man, I feel so spoiled because my brother in law makes massive amounts of BBQ nearly every weekend. He gets freshly made sausage and other meats from a local butcher. We drink beer all day while waiting for it to cook. It's amazing.

Grilling is basically cooking the meat for immediate consumption, i.e. hamburgers, hot dogs, steak. Each portion is sized for one person. Barbecuing is done with whole cuts of meat like an entire chicken, pork loin, or even an entire pig. it is done low and slow with, depending on the region, different kinds of sauces and rubs. It's a process, while grilling is a method of turning raw food into cooked food in as little time as possible. Grilling also normally uses direct heat for cooking while barbecuing uses indirect heat.

0:05 it’s good practice for the day she inherits the channel.

Hi from Arkansas, so off topic but I absolutely love the South African accent. I even have my Apple phone Siri’s voice saved as S. African 😂

“Maybe we should just cancel Christmas and just go…” that look she gave you was scary.

I like your wall.

Loving the new background, Jono. Keep up the great content!

A Barbeque in America can be just like a Braaivleis most people would have in the backyard or a picnic. The professional BBQ and smoker guys are a different story, they have championship competitions and special awards for their skill, knowlege and experience.

Funny hearing Leah say "you should shave it..."

The pink is called a smoke ring. The meat smokes at 225-285 for 8-12 hours. It's fully cooked, the pink is just a chemical reaction to the smoke the prevents the oxidation of the iron content in myoglobin.

Man, y'all look so alike. 😭Very cute bonding moment over food videos.

The pink is called the smoke ring. That stuff cooks hours and hours. Thats why the pink is around the outside and not in the middle. Its from the smoke.

That's a normal sized baked potato. 😂😂

The large potatoes are russet potatoes, and they don't all grow that large, but the largest ones are worth more, because restaurants for instance will pay a higher price per pound for the large ones. You can also buy the large ones at the grocery store, but they cost more per pound than the normal-sized ones and are usually sold in smaller quantities, sometimes even individually. However, russet potatoes _in general_ are the most common and most affordable cultivar of potato. The red-skinned potatoes, and the yellow-gold potatoes, cost at least half again and sometimes double the price (per pound) of russet potatoes, which, depending on supply and time of year and stuff, can sometimes be comparable to or even more than the price of the really large russet potatoes.

Love your reactions. Your daughter does a great job. I could never get my 3 daughters to do something like this. I have a 13 year old I have asked, and she is just too nervous. I'm guessing your daughter is around that age, and you should be very proud of her. She is a lovely young lady

Another fun father daughter video. Great job guys!

Leah--remember that the smoke in a barbeque pit makes meat turn pink/red. The meat that is pink, here, is pink from the smoke!, not because it hasn't been cooked long enough. Pink ribs have probably been cooked more than 6 hour. the pink brisket, probably cooked 10-12 hours! (maybe even more!)

Great intro. Mac and Cheese is very localized. It can vary in how it's made from town to town let alone state to state. Keep up on the intro and soon it will feel real natural.

First, Leah, I’m right there with you…the redness comes from the sauce it is marinated in/cooked with…and if you like food and love humor watch more of these two…they have a couple of channels and it one can leave you crying on the floor from laughter!

The pink is a smoke ring in many cases

Prime Rib when fully cooked properly gets that pink color. Part of the slow cooking will also add a pink color as well.

I moved to Texas 10 years ago and promptly gained 80 lbs that i still havent lost and i was a vegan until they brought out the brisket, I had to try it and i have never gone back. Our food is delicious, it doesnt matter where you eat or what you eat, the food in Texas is phenomenal. Fast food or high end restaurant, it does not matter. LA is just as good. You will love Buccees, its about 15 mins from where I live. When you go, buy a few jars of the candied jalapenos (❤), We smoked some tritip last night and i made some sandwiches using the candied jalapeno and it was awesome. You will love buccees, you will probably be there at least 2 hours to see everything so prepare.

You mentioned fishing… I know in the pacific NW you can charter a boat and fish for salmon. They’ll filet it, package it, and ship it to your home. My uncle and his son do that one and then (we’re down in Georgia) they also do the deep sea fishing for red snapper off the Florida coast and do the same. You should look into it to see if they’ll ship internationally and do that when you visit.

I feel the same way about undercooked meat Leah but believe us that the food you saw is definitely well cooked and tastes devine 😊

Nice thing for you is Louisiana and Texas are neighbors so you can easily visit both in one trip

Leah's reaction to the mac n cheese too cute. Leah you get there try taking some of the sausage placing it on a bun or biscuit then top it with coleslaw and some BBQ sauce it will be the best slider you ever have.

Looks just like what I had for dinner tonight. Ribs, baked beans, chili. I just love this stuff. I'm actually excited for you to try it.

Oh and the pink in bbq, isn’t it being undercooked, that’s the color meat takes from the smoke and slow cooking, plus any marinade/seasoning you use. And the dark pink on the edge of the meat is the smoke ring.

Bass Pro Shops does sale ladies clothing and shoes/boots it’s considered outdoor wear. Also, you can use your grill as a smoker. Instead of the coals being directly under the food, you push them to the outer edge of the grill and cover the grill so you’re trapping the heat inside of it. Yes, some restaurants really serve baked potatoes that large.

Looks like y'all sitting at the table with them!

If you notice with BBQ...It's pick from the OUTSIDE in not the inside out. that's because the smoke will turn it pink that way.

Hello!! Wild horses roam on the beaches on the outer banks of North Carolina! Would you trade New York for that?? You can rent a house ON the beach! Ms D

Jono...Texas native here. Austin is great, it's centrally located and close to San Antonio. It's home to Terry Black's BBQ (this video) and it has great steakhouses and Tex Mex, it's also home of the Texas Longhorns as well being the beginning of the Hill Country.

Marvelous job Layla !! ❤ Love your Shelves looking great Jono ! ❤ my steak rear raw in the middle, I just order my steak in the restaurants by saying Still MOOING 😂 Lost 17 lbs when I went to England It was just like my mother's cooking very BLAND . I was there in food hell for a month . My mother's family came from Liverpool and Cork Ireland am American flavor is a MUST 😂

When you go to the best BBQ houses, get there very early! You will likely be in line with a few hundred other people. The food will be worth the wait! Remember to remain friendly, as most those places will kick you out for being grumpy or argumentative. They believe in the concept of Southern hospitality. Friendly, fun and courteous!

The baked potato soup is probably just a homemade cream of potato soup. Several soup companies here in the US make a cream of potato soup, and with added pepper and chopped green onion makes it quite good.

It’s pink from the smoke. All the meat gets fully cooked to temperature ….it smokes for hours and “The pink-ring” is a sign of a long and well smoked meal.

If you have access to a old stand up fridge or freezer, you can easily repurposed into a smoker pretty fast.

=D that intro was awesome!~

Looks like a great meal

BBQ are good here anywhere in "America. Glad to enjoy this with you guys. Great job on the intro to the daughter.👍

0:32 This has to be the first time I'd heard Leia speak

Nice reaction, kiddo killed the intro.

Jono contemplating his direct move to Texas after this

When you smoke meat that color of red is from the length of time 12+ hours of smoking.

When Olly talked about the point being how is it that they do so few things well in the UK, I just couldn't help myself and thought: England, the land where steak is boiled.

That was me my tastes changed around 14, then again around 22-23 lol

I love the relationship that you and your daughter share. You both get so giggly! ❤😂❤

My ex-son-in-law made the most AMAZING, TENDER, DELICIOUS, JUICY, pitted pig for my other daughter's wedding reception. He pitted it and let it cook for over 16 hours. By the reaction of everyone, should have pitted 2 pigs (they went back for 2nds & 3rds, and even caught some putting it in containers to take home). I hope you will get to make your dream come true and come to the USA and have all the BBQ you can handle! It's a good thing that Texas and Louisiana are next to each other so you won't have a long drive to get to each place.

BBQ is different than Grilling. BBQ is smoked/cooked over low heat for a long time. Where as Grilling is cooking medium to high heat for a short time.

😸 Actually smoking, grilling and pit roasting are all subdivisions of barbecuing.

The pink is the smoke ring.That beef is cooked 12 hrs or more

My Dad smokes meat, he's won an award. Our church alway's ask's him to smoke meat for church event's. Rib's usually 2-3 hour's and their usually fully cooked and you want prep them coated in olive oil or mustard to lock in the juces. But Beff brisket and Pork shoulder is 4-8 hour's in a bath, of beef broth vegetable stock or apple juice with applecider vinegar and baist them with a brush often. Applecider vinegar break's the meat down, to make it tender. And than slow cooked in the oven overnight. You can over smoke meat easily. You want the natural taste of the meat and spices to come through. The biggest thing, cook it how your family likes it. Fruit wood is the best, we like pairing apple wood and apricot wood. You can do hickory and mesquite but the have a powerful flavor, so we would pair a fruit wood like cherry with it. Some people hate hickories taste.

I've never had Britain's version of Fish & Chips, but I will say that if it's truly very oily, as I have heard it is, then I can tell you what's wrong. The oil isn't hot enough. When you're deep frying food, and the oil isn't hot enough, then it allows the oil to seep into the food while it's cooking, and that is NOT good. When we do Catfish fish fries at church for Lent, the one thing I was told by one of the old timers was that you gotta get your oil up to a certain temp BEFORE you put your first piece of food in it. When the oil is at that specific temp (can't remember what it was as that was over 25 years ago) the batter starts to cook immediately instead of sitting there and soaking up the oil. The act of deep frying is when you want to crisp up the outer layer (the batter) while cooking the inner food and sealing in the juices. (That's kinda what the batter is for.) So again, if the UK's Fish & Chips are too greasy, then they aren't letting the oil reach the right temp. And once you start cooking something in it, it rarely if ever rises in temp. So you need to let it reach temp before putting anything in it. Ah, OK, just looked it up. The best oil temp to deep fry is between 325° F (162° C) and 375° F (190° C).

Now as for how long this stuff is smoked, I usually smoke ribs for about 6 hours, and up to 12 hours for my brisket. I let my ribs get to about 200 degrees internal temp (F) and my brisket to about 192. I've found that if I go higher, it gets dry and crumbles. Some people like it crumbled, I like mine sliced.

I can see the relation! Too cool! Hope yall have a wonderful holiday season!

Baked potato soup is more like a chowder than a soup (if done properly). If he was saying it was like watery mash, they probably literally put mashed potatoes in it as thickener, which doesn't really work as it makes it more watery than chowdery.

Pink with BBQ doesn't mean undercooked. If anything it's more cooked. The sauce and/or dry rub makes it look undercooked at times. Frankly, the average cooking time for BBQ is about 16 hrs.

Love the wall decoration! Looks great!

Normally, pork is added to beans. “Pork, and beans,” is canned, and served as such. Brisket is commonly beef.

Nice job on the background! Looks badass!

That's a medium size potato in some of the states. I one use 3 huge potatoes to make mashed potatoes that fed 7 people with big portions.

Loving what you have done with the walls.

smoked meat has a pink color from the smoking process its called a smoke ring

Idaho potatoes are huge! That one is medium size

Hey Jono The audio levels may need a little adjustment. When you and your daughter talk while the Jolly video is playing it nearly drowns out your voices.

Just so I can confuse you furthfer, there is also Kansas City BBQ, there is a white BBQ sauce that I can't remember where it is from. When I lived in Virginia we use to get a pulled pork BBQ sandwich that was served with a scoop of Cole slaw.the first bite was Nirvana! I have made BBQ baby back ribs in the oven with commercial BBQ sauce. It took 4hours before I was satisfied and it was delicious. Why don't you try that before you come to the States. Use pork belly and look on line for a BBQ sauce recipe. Good luck!

One rule I always follow when cooking meat: pork and chicken should always be cooked properly, with no pink on the inside.

Texas has various shopping opportunities with outlet stores that sell the same items available in NY, but without the great risk of crime. Jono, besides the BBQ Louisiana has things like boudin (a type of sausage) as well as gumbo, jambalaya, and a host of foods you might find exotic. A great side that I would recommend from Louisiana is Dirty Rice. Despite the awkward name, it is real good. The closet way to describe it is southern style fried rice.

Baked potato soup is so good. Top it with green onions, cheddar cheese and I like mine with chopped tomato.